Beauties of the North, p.iiii

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	preface, page iii:- The introduction of any great work to public notice, requires some sort of preface, explanatory of the motives which induced the undertaking, and the object proposed by it. The very numerous collection of engravings now published by Mr. Green, were undertaken with an intention to shew, that while the northern counties of this kingdom afford some of the finest scenery in nature, they have been greatly neglected, or very imperfectly seen. Travellers in general, though pursuing the wild untutored beauties of nature, have passed rapidly through these counties, deviating little from the turnpike-road, and most of the artists who have visited them, have followed the same practice. On the contrary, the present work was undertaken on a plan the most likely to produce a complete series of the several beautiful and striking scenes of the North. Mr. Green relinquished all his other pursuits, and for some months fixed his residence in different parts of the countries he wished to examine, and thoroughly understand. This gave him a comprehensive idea of the whole, though at the expence of much time and fatigue, by traversing the most stupendous mountains in all directions, and finally enabled him to select the views now laid before the public. The purposes for which they are intended, are either as elegant furniture, or as subjects of imitation to those who practice drawing. These
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