New Bedford of the past

<div><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;background:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;background:#FFFFFF;">xiii, 196 p. : 1 leaf
frontispiece (portrait) ; 23 cm. ; preface -- </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;background:rgb(255,255,255);">the following sketches were written <i><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;">currente calamo</span></i> in 1875 for the New Bedford "Evening Standard," with no intention of further publication.  </span><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;background:#FFFFFF;">Believing, however,
that they have much of local historic value for the lover of bygone days, we
have decided to publish them in book form, not only for their more sure
preservation, but also to show the keen interest felt by the author in his
native town.  <i>editors</i></span><div><font face="Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;"><i><br /></i></span></font><div><div><div><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;background:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>