“A short introduction sets out the plan followed in describing the churches. This plan is quite the most valuable feature of the book, the several structures being examined as architectural organisms which were slowly built up during centuries of developing ritual and strenuous constructive effort. We are first given the principal historic facts as to foundation and early history, and are then taken to the vestiges of the earliest church of which any part survives. The constructive evolution is then briefly followed through the centuries—in some cases, one thousand years and more—during which each great church was developed into its state of greatest glory and passed into the era of decline, mutilation, and—worst of all—modern restoration.”—W. R. LETHABY (_University Extension Journal_). “A practical, sensible, and well-informed book, beautifully illustrated. Its method is clear, rational, and helpful.”—_Bookman._ “It is an easily portable conspectus of the whole subject. Furnished with this we may go over England and Wales and gain a fair working knowledge of all the cathedral churches.”—_Spectator._ “He writes with knowledge, clearness, and vivacity, and the result is a fascinating book on a subject which has engrossed many learned but tedious pens.”—_The Speaker._ “Should be found helpful and illuminating both to the stay-at-home reader and to those who carry the book with them on pilgrimage to the famous English minsters.”—_Scotsman._ “A clear, emphatic, and vigorous statement of the ordinary facts illustrating the architectural history of every building that is at the present day of cathedral rank in England and Wales. It is copiously and usefully illustrated. The style is always direct and forcible, and Mr. Bond steers so carefully clear of fads that his general views can, as a rule, be trusted as well as his particular details.”—_Manchester Guardian._ “It is an extremely interesting book about a familiar though still unexhausted subject. The illustrations are many and good.”—_Record._ The Library of Useful Stories. PRICE ONE SHILLING EACH. =THE STORY OF BIRD LIFE.= By W. P. PYCRAFT. With Illustrations. =THE STORY OF THE ALPHABET.= By EDWARD CLODD. With nearly 100 Illustrations. =THE STORY OF LIFE’S MECHANISM.= By H. W. CONN. With 50 Illustrations. =THE STORY OF THE WANDERINGS OF ATOMS.= By M. M. PATTISON MUIR, M.A. =THE STORY OF ICE IN THE PRESENT AND PAST.= By W. A. BREND. With 37 Illustrations. =THE STORY OF ECLIPSES.= By G. F. CHAMBERS, F.R.A.S. With 19 Illustrations. =THE STORY OF THE BRITISH RACE.= By JOHN MUNRO. With 4 Maps. =THE STORY OF THE MIND.= By Prof. J. M. BALDWIN. =THE STORY OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY: How the World Became Known.= By JOSEPH JACOBS. With 24 Maps, etc. =THE STORY OF THE COTTON PLANT.= By F. WILKINSON, F.G.S. With 38 Illustrations. =THE STORY OF RELIGIONS.= By the Rev. E. D. PRICE, F.G.S. =THE STORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY.= By A. T. STORY. With 38 Illustrations.