Hillingdon Hall: Or, The Cockney Squire, a Tale of Country Life

Preface: The author of this work will not trespass on the indulgence of the reader, in the way of preface, further than to say that the agricultural portion of it is not meant to discourage improvement, but to repress the wild schemes of theoretical men, who attend farmers meetings for the pleasure of hearing themselves talk, and do more harm than good by the promulgation of their visionary views.