A CONCISE DESCRIPTION OF THE ENDOWED GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND AND WALES; ORNAMENTED WITH ENGRAVINGS. BY NICHOLAS CARLISLE, F. R. S., M. R. I. A., ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN TO HIS MAJESTY, AND FELLOW AND SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY OF BY W. BULMER AND CO., CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES'S. HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, CHARLOTTE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, MADAM, &c. &c. &c. This attempt to describe The Endowed Grammar Schools is with humility and devotion dedicated to YOUR MAJESTY, as the Illustrious Exemplar of Piety, Virtue, and the beneficial effects of Learning, now so diligently and successfully taught to the Youth of this happy Kingdom. That YOUR MAJESTY'S protecting favour may long continue to inspire and exalt the deserving Scholar, is the ardent Prayer of, YOUR MAJESTY'S, Most dutiful, and devoted Subject, Queen's Palace, 19th May, 1818. and Servant, NICHOLAS CARLISLE. |