Wells--Hermits and Hermit Cells--Church Wakes--Fortified
Church Towers--The Knight Templars: their Churches and their
Privileges--English Mediaeval Pilgrimages--Pilgrims' Signs--Human Skin on
Church Doors--Animals of the Church in Wood, Stone, and Bronze--Queries
in Stones--Pictures in Churches--Flowers and the Rites of the
Church--Ghost Layers and Ghost Laying--Church Walks--Westminster
Wax-Works--Index. Numerous Illustrations.
"It is a work that will prove interesting to the clergy and
churchmen generally, and to all others who have an antiquarian turn
of mind, or like to be regaled occasionally by reading old-world
customs and anecdotes."--_Church Family Newspaper._
"Mr. Andrews has given us some excellent volumes of Church lore, but
none quite so good as this. The subjects are well chosen. They are
treated brightly and with considerable detail, and they are well
illustrated.... Mr. Andrews is himself responsible for some of the
most interesting papers, but all his helpers have caught his own
spirit, and the result is a volume full of information well and
pleasantly put."--_London Quarterly Review._
"Those who seek information regarding curious and quaint relics or
customs will find much to interest them in this book. The
illustrations are good."--_Publishers' Circular._
"An excellent and entertaining book."--_Newcastle Daily Leader._
"The book will be welcome to every lover of archaeological
lore."--_Liverpool Daily Post._
"The volume is of a most informing and suggestive character,
abounding in facts not easy of access to the ordinary reader, and
enhanced with illustrations of a high order of merit, and extremely
numerous."--_Birmingham Daily Gazette._
"The contents of the volume are very good."--_Leeds Mercury._
"The volume is sure to meet with a cordial reception."--_Manchester
Courier._
"A fascinating book."--_Stockport Advertiser._
"Mr. Andrews has brought together much curious matter."--_Manchester
Guardian._
"The book is a very readable one, and will receive a hearty
welcome."--_Herts. Advertiser._
"Mr. William Andrews has been able to give us a very acceptable and
useful addition to the books which deal with the curiosities of
Church lore, and for this deserves our hearty thanks. The manner in
which the book is printed and illustrated also commands our
admiration."--_Norfolk Chronicle._
* * * * *
A Book About Bells.
BY THE REV. GEO. S. TYACK, B.A.,
Author of the "Historic Dress of the Clergy," etc.
_Crown, cloth extra, 6s._
CONTENTS:--Invention of Bells--Bell Founding and Bell Founders--Dates
and Names of Bells--The Decoration of Bells--Some Noteworthy Bells--The
Loss of Old Bells--Towers and Campaniles--Bell-Ringing and
Bell-Ringers--The Church-Going Bell--Bells at Christian Festivals and
Fasts--The Epochs of Man's Life Marked by the Bells--The Blessings and
the Cursings of the Bells--Bells as Time-Markers--Secular Uses of Church
and other Bells--Small Bells, Secular and Sacred--Carillons--Belfry
Rhymes and Legends--Index of Subjects, Index of Places.
THIRTEEN FULL-PAGE PLATES.
"A most useful and interesting book.... All who are interested in
bells will, we feel confident, read it with pleasure and
profit."--_Church Family Newspaper._
"A pleasing, graceful, and scholarly book.... A handsome volume
which will be prized by the antiquary, and can be perused with
delight and advantage by the general reader."--_Notes and Queries._
"'A Book About Bells' can be heartily commended."--_Pall Mall
Gazette._
"An excellent and entertaining book, which we commend to the
attention not only of those who are specially interested in the
subject of bells, but to all lovers of quaint archaeological
lore."--_Glasgow Herald._
"The book is well printed and artistic in form."--_Manchester
Courier._
"'A Book About Bells' is destined to be the work of reference on the
subject, and it ought to find a home on the shelves of every
library."--_Northern Gazette._
"The task Mr. Tyack has set himself, he has carried out admirably,
and throughout care and patient research are apparent."--_Lynn
News._
"We heartily recommend our readers to procure this volume."--_The
Churchwoman._
"An entertaining work."--_Yorkshire Post._
"'A Book About Bells' will interest almost everyone. Antiquaries
will find in it an immense store of information: but the general
reader will equally feel that it is a book well worth reading from
beginning to end."--_The News_, Edited by the Rev. Charles Bullock,
B.D.
"An excellent work."--_Stockton Herald._
"It is a well-written work, and it is sure to be popular."--_Hull
Christian Voice._
"Covers the whole field of bell-lore."--_Scotsman._
"Most interesting and finely illustrated."--_Birmingham Daily
Gazette._
* * * * *
Historic Dress of the Clergy.
BY THE REV. GEO. S. TYACK, B.A.,
Author of "The Cross in Ritual, Architecture, and Art."
_Crown, cloth extra, 3s. 6d._
The work contains thirty-three illustrations from ancient monuments,
rare manuscripts, and other sources.
"A very painstaking and very valuable volume on a subject which is
just now attracting much attention. Mr. Tyack has collected a large
amount of information from sources not available to the unlearned,
and has put together his materials in an attractive way. The book
deserves and is sure to meet with a wide circulation."--_Daily
Chronicle._
"This book is written with great care, and with an evident knowledge
of history. It is well worth the study of all who wish to be better
informed upon a subject which the author states in his preface gives
evident signs of a lively and growing interest."--_Manchester
Courier._
"Those who are interested in the Dress of the Clergy will find full
information gathered together here, and set forth in a lucid and
scholarly way."--_Glasgow Herald._
"We are glad to welcome yet another volume from the author of 'The
Cross in Ritual, Architecture, and Art.' His subject, chosen widely
and carried out comprehensively, makes this a valuable book of
reference for all classes. It is only the antiquary and the
ecclesiologist who can devote time and talents to research of this
kind, and Mr. Tyack has done a real and lasting service to the
Church of England by collecting so much useful and reliable
information upon the dress of the clergy in all ages, and offering
it to the public in such a popular form. We do not hesitate to
recommend this volume as the most reliable and the most
comprehensive illustrated guide to the history and origin of the
canonical vestments and other dress worn by the clergy, whether
ecclesiastical, academical, or general, while the excellent work in
typography and binding make it a beautiful gift-book."--_Church
Bells._
"A very lucid history of ecclesiastical vestments from Levitical
times to the present day."--_Pall Mall Gazette._
"The book can be recommended to the undoubtedly large class of
persons who are seeking information on this and kindred
subjects."--_The Times._
"The work may be read either as pastime or for instruction, and is
worthy of a place in the permanent section of any library. The
numerous illustrations, extensive contents table and index, and
beautiful workmanship, both in typography and binding, are all
features of attraction and utility."--_Dundee Advertiser._
* * * * *
The Miracle Play in England,
An Account of the Early Religious Drama.
BY SIDNEY W. CLARKE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.
_Crown 8vo., 3s. 6d. Illustrated._
In bygone times the Miracle Play formed an important feature in the
religious life of England. To those taking an interest in the history of
the Church of England, this volume will prove useful. The author has
given long and careful study to this subject, and produced a reliable
and readable book, which can hardly fail to interest and instruct the
reader. It is a volume for general reading, and for a permanent place in
the reference library.
CONTENTS:--The Origin of Drama--The Beginnings of English Drama--The
York Plays--The Wakefield Plays--The Chester Plays--The Coventry
Plays--Other English Miracle Plays--The Production of a Miracle
Play--The Scenery, Properties, and Dresses--Appendix--The Order of the
York Plays--Extract from City Register of York, 1426--The Order of the
Wakefield Plays--The Order of the Chester Plays--The Order of the Grey
Friars' Plays at Coventry--A Miracle Play in a Puppet Show--Index.
"Mr. Clarke has chosen a most interesting subject, one that is
attractive alike to the student, the historian, and the general
reader.... A most interesting volume, and a number of quaint
illustrations add to its value."--_Birmingham Daily Gazette._
"The book should be useful to many."--_Manchester Guardian._
"An admirable work."--_Eastern Morning News._
"Mr. Sidney Clarke's concise monograph in 'The Miracle Play in
England' is another of the long and interesting series of
antiquarian volumes for popular reading issued by the same
publishing house. The author briefly sketches the rise and growth of
the 'Miracle' or 'Mystery' play in Europe and in England; and gives
an account of the series or cycle of these curious religious
dramas--the forerunners of the modern secular play--performed at
York, Wakefield, Chester, Coventry, and other towns in the middle
ages. But his chief efforts are devoted to giving a sketch of the
manner of production, and the scenery, properties, and dresses of
the old miracle play, as drawn from the minute account books of the
craft and trade guilds and other authentic records of the period.
Mr. Clarke has gone to the best sources for his information, and the
volume, illustrated by quaint cuts, is an excellent compendium of
information on a curious byeway of literature and art."--_The
Scotsman._
* * * * *
Legal Lore: Curiosities of Law and Lawyers.
EDITED BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.
_Demy 8vo., Cloth extra, 7s. 6d._
CONTENTS:--Bible Law--Sanctuaries--Trials in Superstitious Ages--On
Symbols--Law Under the Feudal System--The Manor and Manor Law--Ancient
Tenures--Laws of the Forest--Trial by Jury in Old Times--Barbarous
Punishments--Trials of Animals--Devices of the Sixteenth Century
Debtors--Laws Relating to the Gipsies--Commonwealth Law and
Lawyers--Cock-Fighting in Scotland--Cockieleerie Law--Fatal
Links--Post-Mortem Trials--Island Laws--The Little Inns of
Court--Obiter.
"There are some very amusing and curious facts concerning law and
lawyers. We have read with much interest the articles on
Sanctuaries, Trials in Superstitious Ages, Ancient Tenures, Trials
by Jury in Old Times, Barbarous Punishments, and Trials of Animals,
and can heartily recommend the volume to those who wish for a few
hours' profitable diversion in the study of what may be called the
light literature of the law."--_Daily Mail._
"Most amusing and instructive reading."--_The Scotsman._
"The contents of the volume are extremely entertaining, and convey
not a little information on ancient ideas and habits of life. While
members of the legal profession will turn to the work for incidents
with which to illustrate an argument or point a joke, laymen will
enjoy its vivid descriptions of old-fashioned proceedings and often
semi-barbaric ideas to obligation and rectitude."--_Dundee
Advertiser._
"The subjects chosen are extremely interesting, and contain a
quantity of out-of-the-way and not easily accessible information....
Very tastefully printed and bound."--_Birmingham Daily Gazette._
"The book is handsomely got up; the style throughout is popular and
clear, and the variety of its contents, and the individuality of the
writers gave an added charm to the work."--_Daily Free Press._
"The book is interesting both to the general reader and the
student."--_Cheshire Notes and Queries._
"Those who care only to be amused will find plenty of entertainment
in this volume, while those who regard it as a work of reference
will rejoice at the variety of material, and appreciate the careful
indexing."--_Dundee Courier._
"Very interesting subjects, lucidly and charmingly written. The
versatility of the work assures for it a wide
popularity."--_Northern Gazette._
"A happy and useful addition to current literature."--_Norfolk
Chronicle._
"The book is a very fascinating one, and it is specially interesting
to students of history as showing the vast changes which, by gradual
course of development have been brought about both in the principles
and practice of the law."--_The Evening Gazette._
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Transcriber's note:
Corrections to the Index have been made without note.
Significant changes to the text are listed below.
p. 21, 'Frazer' changed to _Fraser_.
p. 35, 'detroyed' changed to _destroyed_, 'Fictitious Capital and
False Credit destroyed.'
p. 37, '12th' changed to _15th_, 'Monday, the 15th of March.'
p. 85, 'On same night ...' changed to _On the same night ..._
p. 125, 'empanneled' changed to _empanelled_ (twice).
p. 155, 'Mr. Llewellynn Jewitt' changed to _Mr. Llewellyn Jewitt_.
p. 160, 'Dioletian' changed to _Diocletian_.
p. 271, 'Scolding-car' changed to _Scolding Cart_, 'Scolding
Cart is another name ...'
p. 294, 'described as a "a gag or brank ..."' changed to
_described as "a gag or brank ..."_