CURIOUS EPITAPHS.
MARTYRS’ MONUMENT, EDINBURGH.
Curious
Epitaphs
Collected and Edited with Notes
By William Andrews
LONDON:
WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., 5, FARRINGDON AVENUE, E.C.
1899.
THIS BOOK IS
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
CUTHBERT BEDE, B.A.,
Author of “Verdant Green,” etc.,
AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR
LITERARY ASSISTANCE AND SYMPATHY
GIVEN IN YEARS AGONE,
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
W. A.
Preface.
This work first appeared in 1883 and quickly passed out of print. Someimportant additions are made in the present volume. It is hoped that inits new form the book may find favour with the public and the press.
William Andrews.
The Hull Press,
May Day, 1899.
Contents.
| PAGE | |
| Epitaphs on Tradesmen | 1 |
| Typographical Epitaphs | 24 |
| Good and Faithful Servants | 35 |
| Epitaphs on Soldiers and Sailors | 49 |
| Epitaphs on Musicians and Actors | 73 |
| Epitaphs on Sportsmen | 92 |
| Bacchanalian Epitaphs | 105 |
| Epitaphs on Parish Clerks and Sextons | 119 |
| Punning Epitaphs | 134 |
| Manxland Epitaphs | 141 |
| Epitaphs on Notable Persons | 149 |
| Miscellaneous Epitaphs | 209 |
| Index | 235 |