"I love ANECDOTES." DR. JOHNSON. "By recording the lives and actions of the good, those who come after them have encouragement to imitate their virtues; and nothing more inciteth the mind of man to an emulation of others, than to hear the report of their noble achievements." AILRED of Rievaulx' Preface to the " 'Life of Anecdote Eboracenses. YORKSHIRE ANECDOTES; OR, Remarkable Incidents in the Lives OF CELEBRATED YORKSHIRE MEN AND WOMEN. COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, AND ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER'; BY THE Rev. R. V. Taylor, B.A., LATE FELLOW OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY; MEMBER OF THE YORKSHIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION; AND AUTHOR OF THE "Worthies and Churches of Leeds, &c.," &c. “Deo, patriæ, amicis.' ‹ Dulcis amor patriæ.” “Labore et perseverantia.” “Omne bonum Dei donum.’ [ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL.] કાળી PREFACE. N introducing this volume of "YORKSHIRE IN ANECDOTES," the compiler wishes to state that he has been engaged for several years in getting together, from reliable and authentic sources, some of the most striking and interesting facts and Anecdotes relating to the lives of celebrated Yorkshire Men and Women. The compiler hopes that these "out-of-the-way" phases of Yorkshire Life and Manners may prove both interesting and instructive, and be by no means an unworthy contribution to Local History. They were originally intended for the edification and amusement of young people, as they contain many valuable and important lessons in an easy and agreeable manner; with references to other and larger works, for those who may wish to gain further information respecting the various Yorkshire Celebrities. Many of these Anecdotes, or Remarkable Incidents, were originally contributed by the compiler to the "Weekly |