Excerpt from The History of Nottingham, Embracing Its Antiquities, Trade, and Manufactures, From the Earliest Authentic Records, to the Present Period In history, as in the science of astronomy, there 15 a certain space, beyond which, the native and artificial powers of man, never will enable him to penetrate. The virtuoso, who delights to wander in the fogs of his own raising, may grope, if be please, in the nebulous regions of history; but until it be proved that some good is likely to result to mankind from his labours, I shall not attempt to follow him into his darksome retreat. For what matters it to us whether the ancient Druids dwelt 111 rpcky caves, 01; in huts of a conic form or whether they transmitted their legends from father to son by oral or written means which, to the world are now no more, except what are pretended to be preserved by modern dreamers, to feed the folly, and waft the flame of the readers of romance, a Species of composition which tends so much to dissipate the morals of the fair part of the creation, that the Almighty wisely created to solace the other sex through the thorny path of life but who, for want of due attention being paid to their education, and a proper cultivation of their morals, when nature begins to bloom, too often implant the thorn, instead of the rose, in the breast of the partners of their bed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.