Excerpt from Sketches of the Literary History of Barnstaple: Being the Substance of a Series of Papers Read at the Literary Institution, Barnstaple It would appear that this latter was his fate, as I have found no other notice or record of him, and I should not have done more than merely give the volume its place among our local publica tions, had I not been struck by the mournfulness of the language of the young and unknown poet. We are now come down to the present century, which affords far more materials for the Literary History of Barnstaple; but before continuing the roll of literary men and literary works, I must turn aside to bring up another phase in our literary history to the same period. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.