About the book, Balgarnie's Salt

This website has the honour of bringing to you the full original text of the Reverend Robert Balagnie's biography of Sir Titus Salt, written in 1877. You can download it here as a complete text - FREE OF CHARGE (please read the terms and conditions first) with the kind permission of writers and historians, Philip Barlo and Dave Shaw, who have republished the book with their commentary and additions.

[Image of Barlo & Shaw at the book launch of Balgarnie's Salt - see larger image]

What is "Balgarnie's Salt"?
Dave Shaw, 2003

"In the 10 months following the death of Sir Titus Salt in December 1876, Reverend Robert Balgarnie wrote a biography of Sir Titus, the founder of Saltaire, whose vision and industry continue to be recognized in the present day. This first biography of Sir Titus is now a collector's item - long out of print, difficult to find, and too expensive for many would-be purchasers."

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PREFACE of "Balgarnie's Salt"
Rev. Robert Balgarnie
Scarborough, November 1877

"THIS work has been written during the summer season, and amid the pressing duties that a large sea-side congregation entails. We are fully aware of its many imperfections; but, as such as it is, we send it forth. It has been, throughout, a labour of love, which we have gladly performed, in memory of one whose long friendship has been to us, both an honour and a privilege. Though the lack of material, especially in connection with his earlier years, has rendered our task more difficult than we anticipated, yet we have done our best. If the record of such a life shall furnish the reader with an example worthy of imitation, - if it shall stimulate him to lofty purpose, - above all, if it shall induce him to regulate his course by Christian principles, and "to seek those things which are above," - the highest desires of the writer will be attained.