PREFACE. THESE Sketches were prepared to illustrate THE GUIDE TO THE GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY, published first in 1881. It having been found that they were too costly to be used in a volume that had to be sold for one shilling, it was resolved to offer them to the public in a more artistic guise than the pages of a guide-book. They are therefore now produced in this Edition de Luxe, with such descriptive and historical notes as the Editor has been able to collect. The letterpress has already appeared in part in the Guide, but has in most cases been largely supplemented. |
