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  Cassell & Co. Ltd Cassell 6 - Guides to Sidmouth The Day Brothers were Sidmouth proprietors with premises in the High Street. They advertised themselves as high class stationers, booksellers, newsagents etc. and were the office of the Sidmouth Observer and visitor’s list; Published every Wednesday, price one penny . They published a guide to Sidmouth in 1888 or 1889; Rambles Round About Sidmouth – being a guide to the pretty walks and favourite drives of this fashionable health resort . This work was written and compiled by C D S and was available as a paperback for 6d. This guide is relatively scarce and was possibly not a commercial success, which would explain its rapid replacement. The map in this work was taken from the W & A K Johnston map and covered a wide area surrounding Sidmouth. In 1894 Macvean and Williams  published their guide to Sidmouth. As they note in the preface, much of the content was the work of P O Hutchinson, local historian and writer of w...