Excerpt from In Colston's Days: A Story of Old Bristol All that is known with any certainty of the man, of whom Bristol is justly proud, is to be found in Mr. Thomas Garrard's life, ably edited by Mr. Tovey. I have to acknowledge my obligations to that work, and also to the three beautiful volumes entitled Bristol Past and Present, which ought to be in the library of every one who wishes to realise the history of this ancient city. I fimust also express my thanks to Miss Emily Holt for her valuable information as to the costumes of the period - a subject which, with its Christian names, she has studied so carefully, that she is an undoubted and reliable authority upon it, and many other like ques tions of interest, connected with the past of her country. 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.