Excerpt from A Hand-Book to the Peak of Derbyshire, and to the Use of the Buxton Mineral Waters: Or, Buxton in 1854 The want of such a work as the present has been so continually and urgently complained of, that I hope this volume may prove to be acceptable to the public. I have made occasional use of my work on Buxton and its Waters. The present hand-book is, however, of a much more extensive character; at the same time that it is not intended to answer all the more strictly medical purposes of the older publication. I am so much indebted to Miss Hawkins, for the excellent botanical commentary and catalogue, - to Mr. Smithers, the able and indefatigable agent of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire, for valuable suggestions, and kind and. 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.