"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. BYGONE BERKSHIRE, edited by Rev. P.H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A. BYGONE CHESHIRE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE DERBYSHIRE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE ESSEX, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE ENGLAND, by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE GLOUCESTERSHIRE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE KENT, edited by Richard Stead, B.A. BYGONE LANCASHIRE, edited by Ernest Axon. BYGONE LEICESTERSHIRE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE LINCOLNSHIRE (2 vols.), edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE LONDON, by Frederick Ross, F.R.H.S. BYGONE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, by William Stevenson. BYGONE SCOTLAND, by David Maxwell, C.E. BYGONE SOMERSETSHIRE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE SOUTHWARK, by Mrs. E. Boger. BYGONE SURREY, edited by George Clinch and S W Kershaw, F.S.A. BYGONE WARWICKSHIRE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. BYGONE YORKSHIRE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S. _Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, Demy 8vo., Price 6s._ BYGONE ENGLAND: SOCIAL STUDIES IN ITS HISTORIC BYWAYS AND HIGHWAYS. By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S. [Illustration] CONTENTS:--Under Watch and Ward--Under Lock and Key--The Practice of Pledging--The Minstrel in the Olden Time--Curious Landholding Customs--Curiosities of Slavery in England--Buying and Selling in the Olden Time--Curious Fair Customs--Old Prejudices against Coal--The Sedan Chair--Running Footmen--The Early Days of the Umbrella--A Talk about Tea--Concerning Coffee--The Horn Book--Fighting Cocks in Schools--Bull Baiting--The Badge of Poverty--Patents to wear Nightcaps--A Foolish Fashion--Wedding Notices in the Last Century--Selling Wives--The Story of the Tinder Box--The Invention of Friction matches--Body Snatching--Christmas under the Commonwealth--Under the Mistletoe Bough--A carefully prepared Index. "We welcome 'Bygone England.' It is another of Mr. Andrews' meritorious achievements in the path of popularising archæological and old time information without in any way writing down to an ignoble level."--_The Antiquary._ "A delightful volume for all who love to dive into the origin of social habits and customs, and to penetrate into the byways of history."--_Liverpool Daily Post._