_Crown, Cloth extra, 8s. 6d._ 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. “Covers the whole field of bell-lore.”—_Scotsman._ “‘A Book About Bells’ can be heartily commended.”—_Pall Mall Gazette._ “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._ The Grotesque in Church Art. BY T. TINDALL WILDRIDGE. ONLY 400 COPIES PRINTED, AND EACH COPY NUMBERED. _Quarto Cloth extra, 16s. 6d. Many illustrations._ CONTENTS:—Introduction—Definitions of the Grotesque—The Carvers—The Artistic Quality of Church Grotesques—Gothic Ornament not Didactic—Ingrained Paganism—Mythic Origin of Church Carvings—Hell’s Mouth—Satanic Representations—The Devil and the Vices—Ale and the Alewife—Satires without Satan—Scriptural Illustrations—Masks and Faces—The Domestic and Popular—Animal Musicians—Compound Forms—Nondescripts—Rebuses—Trinities—The Fox in Church Art—Situations of Grotesque Ornament in Church Art—Index. “The book is one which will appeal strongly to book-lovers; for the edition is a handsome one, exquisitely printed and profusely illustrated, and the edition is strictly limited to four hundred copies.”—_Sheffield Daily Telegraph._ The Miracle Play in England. An Account of the Early Religious Drama. BY SIDNEY W. CLARKE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. _Crown, 2s. 0d. Illustrated._ 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. “An admirable work.”—_Eastern Morning News._ “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._ Ecclesiastical Curiosities. EDITED BY WILLIAM ANDREWS. _Demy, Cloth gilt, 7s. 6d. Numerous Illustrations._