_Contents_:—Historic Kent, by Thomas Frost—Kentish Place-Names, by R. Stead, B.A., F.R.H.S.—St. Augustine and his Mission, by the Rev. Geo. S. Tyack, B.A.—The Ruined Chapels and Chantries of Kent, by Geo. M. Arnold, J.P., D.L., F.S.A.—A Sketch of the History of the Church or Basilica of Lyminge, by the Rev. Canon R. C. Jenkins, M.A.—Canterbury Pilgrims and their Sojourn in the City, by the Rev. W. F. Foxell, B.A.—William Lambarde, the Kentish Antiquary, by Frederick Ross, F.R.H.S.—The Revolt of the Villeins in the Days of King Richard the Second, by Edward Lamplough—Royal Eltham, by Joseph W. Spurgeon—Greenwich Fair, by Thomas Frost—The Martyred Cardinal, by Frederick Ross, F.R.H.S.—The Kentish Dialects, and Pegge and Lewis, the Old County Glossarists, by R. Stead, B.A.—The King’s School, Canterbury, by the Rev. J. S. Sidebotham, M.A.— Smuggling in Kent—Huguenot Homes in Kent, by S. W. Kershaw, F.S.A.—Dover Castle, by E. Wollaston Knocker—Index. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The following are selected from a large number of favourable reviews:— “A tasteful volume.... The purpose of the book, ‘to give a fairly representative series of pictures of Kent and Kentish life in olden times’ is, beyond doubt, amply fulfilled.”—_The Antiquary._ “Nicely printed.”—_Folkestone Express._ “The work teems with interesting details of the lives and manners of our Kentish forefathers, and should be found in every library of every Kentish man.”—_Tunbridge Wells Advertiser._ “Mr. Stead and his contributors have succeeded in producing a fascinating volume that will form pleasant reading to any one with a taste for things historical or antiquarian; while the printing and illustrations are fully equal to the high standard of previous publications from the Hull Press.”—_Hull Daily News._ HULL: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., THE HULL PRESS. Canterbury: H. J. Goulden. London: Hutchinson and Co. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ +_Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, price 7s. 6d._+ BYGONE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE: Its History, Romance, Folk Lore, etc., etc. BY WILLIAM STEVENSON. CONTENTS. The Wapentakes—The Origin of the County—The Origin of the Town—The Earliest Recorded Visitors to the County—The Suppression of the Knights Templars—Old Sanctuary Days—Notable Instances of Sanctuary—A Note on the Beverley Sanctuary—The King’s Gallows of the County—The Reign of Terror in Notts—Public Executions—Old Family Feuds—Visitations of the Plague— Visitations in the Town—Visitations in the County—Nottingham Goose Fair— The Great Priory Fair at Lenton—The Pilgrimage of Grace—The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England—The Descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers—Archiepiscopal Palaces—The Ancient Inns and Taverns of Nottingham—Index.