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A TALE OF ONE CITY:

THE NEW BIRMINGHAM.

_Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald"_,

BY

THOMAS ANDERTON.

Birmingham: "MIDLAND COUNTIES HERALD" OFFICE.

TO BE HAD FROM CORNISH BROTHERS, NEW STREET; MIDLAND EDUCATIONAL CO.,
CORPORATION STREET.

1900




I.

PROLOGUE.


The present century has seen the rise and development of many