Excerpt from The Lancaster Sketch BookIt is hoped they will prove acceptable in the more pretentious form of a book, to the residents of the town, and perhaps those whose former home was in this locality, but who have wandered far away from this pleasant valley among the moun tains, will recall the scenes of other days in reading these sketches, and the summer Visitor who has found health and pleasure among our hills, may find in the drives I have attempted to describe, a mem ory of happy hours.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.