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“We could linger for a long while over the details given in this
delightful volume, and in trying to picture a state of things that has
passed away. It should be added that the illustrations are well-chosen
and instructive.”—_Country Life._
“Mr. Hone presents a most interesting subject in a manner alike
satisfying to the student and the general reader.”—_Field._
ENGLISH SEALS
By J. HARVEY BLOOM, M.A., Rector of Whitchurch
With 93 Illustrations
“The book forms a valuable addition to the scholarly series in which it
appears. It is admirably illustrated.”—_Scotsman._
“A careful and methodical survey of this interesting subject, the
necessary illustrations being numerous and well done.”—_Outlook._
“Presents many aspects of interest, appealing to artists and heraldic
students, to lovers of history and of antiquities.”—_Westminster
Gazette._
“Nothing has yet been attempted on so complete a scale, and the
treatise will take rank as a standard work on the subject.”—_Glasgow
Herald._
THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND
By J. CHARLES COX, LL.D., F.S.A.
With 25 Plates and 23 Illustrations in the text
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interesting book.”—_Daily Chronicle._
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research. Nothing like it has been published before.”—_Liverpool Post._
THE BELLS OF ENGLAND Second Edition
By CANON J. J. RAVEN, D.D., F.S.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
With 60 Illustrations
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inscriptions and dedications, of their peals and chimes and carillons,
of bell legends, of bell poetry and bell law, is told with a vast
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“The illustrations, as usual in this series, are of great
interest.”—_Country Life._
THE DOMESDAY INQUEST
By ADOLPHUS BALLARD, B.A., LL.B., Town Clerk of Woodstock.
With 27 Illustrations
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a high place in the literature of the Domesday Survey.”—_Daily Mail._
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fashion.”—_Liverpool Post._
“The author holds the balance freely between rival
theories.”—_Birmingham Post._
“Most valuable and interesting.”—_Liverpool Mercury._
“A brilliant and lucid exposition of the facts.”—_Standard._
“A vigorous and independent commentary.”—_Tribune._
PARISH LIFE IN MEDIÆVAL ENGLAND Second Edition
By ABBOT GASQUET, O.S.B., D.D., PH.D., D.LITT.
With 39 Illustrations
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“A captivating subject very ably handled.”—_Illustrated London News._
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life.”—_Liverpool Post._
“Essentially scholarly in spirit and treatment.”—_Tribune._
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