_Books chained to Desks in Churches--Seven Candlesticks_ (Vol. viii.,
pp. 94. 206.).--In Mr. Sperling's _Church Walks in Middlesex_, it is
noted {329} in the account of the church at Whitchurch (_alias_ Little
Stanmore), that--
"Many of the prayer books, given by the duke [of Chandos],
still remain chained to the pues for the use of the poorer
parishioners."--P. 104.
At p. 138. a curious ornament of some of the London churches is referred
to:
"We find several altar-pieces in which seven wooden
candlesticks, with wooden candles, are introduced, viz. St.
Mary-at-Hill; St. Ethelburgs, Bishopsgate; Hammersmith, &c.:
these are merely typical of the seven golden candlesticks of
the Apocalypse."--Rev. i. 20.
This portion of ecclesiastical furniture appears to me sufficiently
unusual to be worth noting in your pages: is it to be found elsewhere
than in churches in and near London? If not, a list of these churches in
which it is now to be seen would be acceptable to ecclesiologists.