John Potter Briscoe (1848-1926) was a British librarian and author. His works include: Old Nottinghamshire (2 volumes) (1881), Curiosities of the Belfry (1883), Gleanings from God’s Acre (1883), Stories About the Midlands (1883), A Great Masonic Writer (Dr. Oliver), and Other Masonic Publications (? ), A Popular History of Nottingham (1893), The Old Guild Hall and Prison of Nottingham (1895), Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire at the Dawn of the 20th Century (1901), Bypaths of Nottinghamshire History (1905) and Chapters of Nottinghamshire History (1908). He also edited Sportsman’s Classics (3 volumes) (? ), Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions (2 volumes) (1876), Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Notes and Queries (6 volumes) (1895), The Bibelots (1899) and Tudor and Stuart Love Songs (1902). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.