Beyond the Biography

My biography of James Crossley was published by the Chetham Society towards the end of 2012, and this blog will contain snippets of material outside, over and above the information in the book. This will not be presented chronologically or in any way systematically, but just as it occurs to me. It will therefore be a haphazard supplement, but, I hope, of interest to anyone who has come across this eccentric Manchester man of letters whose life spanned most of the nineteenth century; a crucial period in the development of the world's first industrial city.