THE     BRADFORD     MAP
 

prejudices and predilections. An
historic character in the eyes of
one writer may be a god-like
hero, in those of another, a vil¬
lain of the deepest dye, but when
we look upon an engraving of a
locality we are justified in believ¬
ing that it tells the truth. It may
be hampered in its expression by
lack of skill, but the artist de¬
picted that which came within
the range of his own vision and
so his picture comes down to us
as the testimony of an eye wit¬
ness, and it should not be per¬
verted, either through careless¬
ness or by design.