ΕΡΙΤΑΡΗΙΑΝΑ.

OR,

The Curiosities of Churchyard Literature.

BEING A

MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF EPITAPHS.

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION,

GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS CUSTOMS PREVAILING AMONGST
THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS IN THE DISPOSAL

OF THEIR DEAD.

BY

W. FAIRLEY, F.S.S.,

MINING ENGINEER, CERTIFICATED COLLIERY MANAGER, MEMBER OF THE MIDLAND
INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, AUTHOR OF "THE COLLIERY MANAGER'S
CALCULATOR,

33 66

PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE SOUTH WALES

66

COAL FIELD," GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN THE COAL
MINING DISTRICTS OF SOUTH WALES, BRISTOL,

AND SOMERSETSHIRE," ETC., ETC.

London:

SAMUEL TINSLEY, PUBLISHER,

10, SOUTHAMPTON STREET, STRAND.

1873.

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270. f. 401.

Watson & Hazell, Printers, London and Aylesbury.

ΤΟ

MR. ALBAN CHIVERS,

OF WRITHLINGTON, SOMERSETSHIRE,

AS A MEMENTO OF MANY YEARS' FRIENDSHIP,

THIS LITTLE BOOK,

WITH SENTIMENTS OF RESPECT,

IS DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.