AN

HISTORY

OF

BIRMINGHAM.

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THE SECOND EDITION,

WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS.


By W. HUTTON.




PREFACE.

A preface rather induces a man to speak of himself, which is deemed the
worst subject upon which he _can_ speak. In history we become acquainted
with things, but in a preface with the author; and, for a man to treat
of himself, may be the most _difficult_ talk of the two: for in history,
facts are produced ready to the hand of the historian, which give birth