 
England in the Days of Old. By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S., Demy 8vo., 7s. 6d. Numerous Illustrations. This volume is one of unusual interest and value to the lover of olden days and ways, and can hardly fail to interest and instruct the reader. It recalls many forgotten episodes, scenes, characters, manners, customs, etc., in the social and domestic life of England. Contents:—When Wigs were Worn—Powdering the Hair—Men Wearing Muffs—Concerning Corporation Customs—Bribes for the Palate—Rebel Heads on City Gates—Burial at Cross Roads—Detaining the Dead for Debt—A Nobleman's Household in Tudor Times—Bread and Baking in Bygone Days—Arise, Mistress, Arise!—The Turnspit—A Gossip about the Goose—Bells as Time-Tellers—The Age of Snuffing—State Lotteries—Bear-Baiting—Morris Dancers—The Folk-Lore of Midsummer Eve—Harvest Home—Curious Charities—An Old-Time Chronicler. List of Illustrations:—The House of Commons in the time of Sir Robert Walpole—Egyptian Wig—The Earl of Albemarle—Campaign Wig—Periwig with Tail—Ramillie-Wig—Pig-tail Wig—Bag-Wig—Archbishop Tilotson—Heart-Breakers—A Barber's Shop in the time of Queen Elizabeth—With and Without a Wig—Stealing a Wig—Man with Muff, 1693—Burying the Mace at Nottingham—The Lord Mayor of York escorting Princess Margaret—The Mayor of Wycombe going to the Guildhall—Woman wearing a Scold's Bridle—The Brank—Andrew Marvell—Old London Bridge, shewing heads of rebels on the gate—Axe, Block, and Executioner's Mask—Margaret Roper taking leave of her father, Sir Thomas More—Rebel Heads, from a print published in 1746—Temple Bar in Dr. Johnson's time—Micklegate Bar, York—Clock, Hampton Court Palace—Drawing a Lottery in the Guildhall, 1751—Advertising the Last State Lottery—Partaking of the Pungent Pinch—Morris Dance, from a painted window at Betley—Morris Dance, temp. James I.—A Whitsun Morris Dance—Bear Garden, or Hope Theatre, 1647—The Globe Theatre, temp. Elizabeth—Plan of Bankside early in the Seventeenth Century—John Stow's Monument. A carefully prepared Index enables the reader to refer to the varied and interesting contents of the book. "A very attractive and informing book."—Birmingham Daily Gazette. "Mr. Andrews has the true art of narration, and contrives to give us the results of his learning with considerable freshness of style, whilst his subjects are always interesting and picturesque."—Manchester Courier. "The book is of unusual interest."—Eastern Morning News. "Of the many clever books which Mr. Andrews has written none does him greater credit than 'England in the Days of Old,' and none will be read with greater profit."—Northern Gazette. "Valuable and interesting."—The Times. "Readable as well as instructive."—The Globe. "A valuable addition to any library."—Derbyshire Times. The Bygone Series. In this series the following volumes are included, and issued at 7s. 6d. each. Demy 8vo., cloth gilt. These books have been favourably reviewed in the leading critical journals of England and America. Carefully written articles by recognised authorities are included on history, castles, abbeys, biography, romantic episodes, legendary lore, traditional stories, curious customs, folk-lore, etc., etc. The works are illustrated by eminent artists, and by the reproduction of quaint pictures of the olden time.
Literary Byways. By WILLIAM ANDREWS. Demy 8vo., cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. Contents:—Authors at Work—The Earnings of Authors—"Declined with Thanks"—Epigrams on Authors—Poetical Graces—Poetry on Panes—English Folk Rhymes—The Poetry of Toast Lists and Menu Cards—Toasts and Toasting—Curious American Old Time Gleanings—The Earliest American Poetess: Anne Bradstreet—A Playful Poet: Miss Catherine Fanshawe—A Popular Song Writer: Mrs. John Hunter—A Poet of the Poor: Mary Pyper—The Poet of the Fisher-Folk: Mrs. Susan K. Phillips—A Poet and Novelist of the People: Thomas Miller—The Cottage Countess—The Compiler of "Old Moore's Almanack": Henry Andrews—James Nayler, the Mad Quaker, who claimed to be the Messiah—A Biographical Romance: Swan's Strange Story—Short Letters—Index. "An interesting volume."—Church Bells. "Turn where you will, there is information and entertainment in this book."—Birmingham Daily Gazette. "The volume is most enjoyable."—Perthshire Advertiser. "The volume consists of entertaining chapters written in a chatty style."—Daily Advertiser. "A readable volume about authors and books.... Like Mr. Andrews's other works, the book shows wide out-of-the-way reading."—Glasgow Herald. "Dull after-dinner speakers should be compelled to peruse this volume, and ornament their orations and per-orations with its gems."—Sunday Times. "An entertaining volume.... No matter where the book is opened, the reader will find some amusing and instructive matter."—Dundee Advertiser. "Readable and entertaining."—Notes and Queries. "Mr. Andrews delights in the production of the pleasant, gossipy order of books. He is well qualified, indeed, to do so, for he is painstaking in the collection of interesting literary facts, methodical in setting them forth, and he loves books with genuine ardour."—Aberdeen Free Press. "We heartily commend this volume to the attention of readers who are in any way interested in literature."—Scots Pictorial. The Church Treasury of History, Custom, Folk-Lore, etc. Edited by WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. Demy 8vo., 7s. 6d. Numerous Illustrations. Contents:—Stave-Kirks—Curious Churches of Cornwall—Holy Wells—Hermits and Hermit Cells—Church Wakes—Fortified Church Towers—The Knight Templars: their Churches and their Privileges—English MediÆval 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 archÆological 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 archÆological 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. 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 ..." This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. |
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