Charities -- Great Britain; Hospitals -- Great Britain; Hospitals, Medieval; Leprosy -- England
“Scholars will find that its pages are thoroughly trustworthy. The
introduction yields a great deal of unusual knowledge pertaining to the
subject. The illustrations are exceptionally numerous and creditable
in execution for a book of moderate price, and are reproductions in
facsimile from English originals. All save two are, we believe, given
here for the first time.”—_Athenæum._
CELTIC ART IN PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN TIMES
By J. ROMILLY ALLEN, F.S.A.
With 44 Plates and 81 Illustrations in the text
“Unquestionably the greatest living authority on the Celtic Archæology
of Great Britain and Ireland, he writes as only a master of his subject
can. An admirable piece of work.”—_St. James’s Gazette._
“The letterpress and pictures are remarkably good throughout: both
author and publishers are to be congratulated on the issue of so
attractive and useful a book.”—_Athenæum._
SHRINES OF BRITISH SAINTS
By J. CHARLES WALL
With 28 Plates and 50 Illustrations in the text
“The present volume may be said to be of a slightly more popular
character than that on ‘Old Service Books,’ but the same wide
research and careful compilation of facts have been employed, and
the result will be, to the general reader, equally informatory and
interesting.”—_Academy._
“The shrines have for the most part passed away. What they were like
may be learned from this volume.”—_Manchester Guardian._
“This is a good subject and one that is well handled by Mr.
Wall.”—_Athenæum._
ARCHÆOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES
By ROBERT MUNRO, M.A., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Scot.
With 18 Plates, a Plan, and 63 Illustrations in the text
“The author passes in review the more conspicuous instances of sham
antiquities that have come to light since the beginning of the second
half of the last century in Europe and in America.”—_Westminster
Gazette._
“He provides us with an account of all the most famous attempts made
by sinful men to impede the progress of archæology by producing forged
antiquities; and he points out a number of examples of the way in which
Nature herself has done the felony, placing beneath the hand of the
enthusiastic hunter of remains objects which look as if they belonged
to the Stone Age, but which really belonged to the gentleman next door
before he threw them away and made them res nullius.”—_Outlook._
THE MANOR AND MANORIAL RECORDS
By NATHANIEL J. HONE.
With 54 Illustrations
“This book fills a hitherto empty niche in the library of popular
literature. Hitherto those who desired to obtain some grasp of the
origin of manors or of their administration had to consult the somewhat
conflicting and often highly technical works. Mr. Hone has wisely
decided not to take anything for granted, but to give lucid expositions
of everything that concerns manors and manorial records.”—_Guardian._
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