“Those who, either for purposes of professional study or for a cultured recreation, find it expedient to ‘do’ the English cathedrals will welcome the beginning of Bell’s ‘Cathedral Series.’ This set of books is an attempt to consult, more closely, and in greater detail than the usual guide-books do, the needs of visitors to the cathedral towns. The series cannot but prove markedly successful. In each book a business-like description is given of the fabric of the church to which the volume relates, and an interesting history of the relative diocese. The books are plentifully illustrated, and are thus made attractive as well as instructive. They cannot but prove welcome to all classes of readers interested either in English Church history or in ecclesiastical architecture.”--_Scotsman._ “They have nothing in common with the almost invariably wretched local guides save portability, and their only competitors in the quality and quantity of their contents are very expensive and mostly rare works, each of a size that suggests a packing-case rather than a coat-pocket. The ‘Cathedral Series’ are important compilations concerning history, architecture, and biography, and quite popular enough for such as take any sincere interest in their subjects.”--_Sketch._ LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS * * * * * FOOTNOTES: [1] Jones and Freeman, p. 140. [2] King’s “Handbook to the Cathedrals of Wales” (Murray), 1887, p. 115. [3] Winchester central tower fell 1107; Ely central tower in 1321. [4] J. & F., p. 54. [5] Report, 1869, p. 16. [6] Giraldus, “Vita S. Dav.” Ang. Sac. ii. 634. [7] J. & F., pp. 72-73. [8] King’s “Handbook,” 1887, plan p. 105. [9] J. & F., p. 56. [10] J. & F., p. 161. [11] P. 127. [12] King’s “Handbook,” p. 123. [13] P. 128. [14] Pronounced _Dice_ locally. [15] _Vide_ Scott’s Report, 1869. [16] “El sol pro factura muri in solaris Ste. Cyencis calce & lapid’ & aliis nēriis ad idem opus pertinent, ut palet per billam inde examinat, 100_s_.”--_Lib. Comm._ vol. i., p. 24. [17] Lib. Com., vol. i., p. 47. [18] “A Survey of the Cathedral Church of St. David’s” (1715), 8vo, London, 1717. [19] Browne Willis, p. 8. [20] J. & F., p. 94. [21] Manby’s “History and Antiquities of the Parish of St. David’s,” 1801, pp. 20, 30. “Mens. Sac.,” vol. i., p. 23. [22] J. & F., p. 95. “Mens. Sac.,” vol. ii., Appendix, fol. 54. [23] “Mens. Sac.,” vol. i., p. 23. [24] “Guide to St. David’s,” &c., T. J. Bryant, 1896, 12mo, p. 49. [25] King’s “Handbook,” pp. 143, 144. [26] J. & F., p. 163. [27] “Lib. Comm.,” vol. i., p. 15, an. 1490. [28] _Vide_ Appendix. [29] _Vide_ Plan, _at end_. [30] J. & F., p. 129. [31] “Handbook,” p. 147. [32] J. & F., pp. 84-85. [33] J. & F., p. 65. [34] J. & F., p. 86. [35] 3 & 4 Vic., c. 113, § I. _Vide_ also p. 94. [36] J. & F., p. 105. [37] “Church of Our Fathers,” vol. iii., p. 473.