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The Romany Rye, by George Borrow, Edited by
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Title: The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro"
Author: George Borrow
Editor: Theodore Watts-Dunton
Release Date: April 24, 2007 [eBook #21206]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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Transcribed from the 1900 Ward, Lock and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
THE ROMANY RYE:
A SEQUEL TO "LAVENGRO."
BY GEORGE BORROW, AUTHOR OF "THE BIBLE IN SPAIN," "THE GYPSIES OF SPAIN," ETC.
WITH SPECIAL INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE WATTS-DUNTON
"Fear God, and take your own part."
LONDON WARD, LOCK AND CO. LIMITED WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE
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ADVERTISEMENT.
It having been frequently stated in print that the book called "Lavengro" was got up expressly against the popish agitation, in the years 1850-51, the author takes this opportunity of saying that the principal part of that book was written in the year '43, that the whole of it was completed before the termination of the year '46, and that it was in the hands of the publisher in the year '48. And here he cannot forbear observing,