E-text prepared by Al Haines Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original lovely illustrations. See 21672-h.htm or 21672-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/1/6/7/21672/21672-h/21672-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/1/6/7/21672/21672-h.zip) Transcriber's notes: Page numbers in this book are indicated by numbers enclosed in curly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page breaks occurred in the original book. For its Index, a page number has been placed only at the start of that section. The page numbers in the List of Illustrations are those in the original book. However, in this e-book, to avoid the splitting of paragraphs, the illustrations may have been moved one (or more) pages preceding or following. In the original book, each illustration was on its own leaf, prefaced by a separate onion-skin leaf containing the description of that illustration. In the text version of this e-book, each pair of illustrations and descriptions is set off from the text with a separator line of asterisks. The original book did not have a Table of Contents. One has been added for convenience. WESTMINSTER ABBEY * * * * * * [Frontispiece: The North Transept] * * * * THE NORTH TRANSEPT Here is represented the north front as it appeared before the last restoration, _i.e._ we see the handiwork of the eighteenth century and the facade as remodelled under the superintendence of Sir Christopher Wren. The modern front was constructed about twenty years ago. * * * * * * WESTMINSTER ABBEY Painted by JOHN FULLEYLOVE, R.I. Described by MRS. A. MURRAY SMITH Author of 'The Annals of Westminster Abbey,' 'The Roll Call of Westminster Abbey,' Etc. With Twenty-One Full-Page Illustrations in Colour London Adam and Charles Black 1906 Published August 30, 1904 Reprinted, with corrections, March 1906 TO MY HUSBAND TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 A Walk Round Westminster Abbey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 {vii} LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. The North Transept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE 2. View of the Abbey and St. Margaret's Church from Whitehall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. The West Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4. The Chapter House and East End of Henry VII.'s Chapel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. The Interior of the Nave, looking East . . . . . . . . . . 24