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xxxii And here, too, David Cox produced those glorious pictures which are the delight of all who have taste to admire the beautiful in art. Birmingham has indeed reason to be proud of the labours of her sons—her own, and those whom she has adopted.

To show how Birmingham has grown from the little "hardware village " to be one of the greatest and most important centres of manufacturing industry in the world, is the object of the present work.