Studies of Curious Customs, Services, and Records. By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S., AUTHOR OF "HISTORIC ROMANCE," "FAMOUS FROSTS AND FROST FAIRS," "HISTORIC YORKSHIRE," ETC. CONTENTS: Early Religious Plays: being the Story of the English Stage in its Church Cradle Days--The Caistor Gad-Whip Manorial Service--Strange Serpent Stories--Church Ales--Rush-Bearing--Fish in Lent--Concerning Doles--Church Scrambling Charities--Briefs--Bells and Beacons for Travellers by Night--Hour Glasses in Churches--Chained Books in Churches--Funeral Effigies--Torch-light Burials--Simple Memorials of the Early Dead--The Romance of Parish Registers--Dog Whippers and Sluggard Wakers--Odd Items from Old Accounts--An Index of six closely-printed pages. ILLUSTRATED. Press Opinions. "A volume both entertaining and instructive, throwing much light on the manners and customs of bygone generations of Churchmen, and will be read to-day with much interest."--_Newbery House Magazine._ "An extremely interesting volume."--_North British Daily Mail._ "A work of lasting interest."--_Hull Examiner._ "Full of interest."--_The Globe._ "The reader will find much in this book to interest, instruct, and amuse."--_Home Chimes._ "We feel sure that many will feel grateful to Mr. Andrews for having produced such an interesting book."--_The Antiquary._ "A volume of great research and striking interest."--_The Bookbuyer (New York)._ "A valuable book."--_Literary World (Boston, U.S.A.)._ "Contains, in a popular and readable form, much that is curious and instructive."--_Manchester Guardian._ "An admirable book."--_Sheffield Independent._ "An interesting, handsomely got up volume.... Mr. Andrews is always chatty, and expert in making a paper on a dry subject exceedingly readable."--_Newcastle Courant._ "Mr. William Andrews' new book, 'Curiosities of the Church,' adds another to the series by which he has done so much to popularise antiquarian studies.... The book, it should be added, has some quaint illustrations, and its rich matter is made available for reference by a full and carefully compiled index."--_Scotsman._ HULL: WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., THE HULL PRESS. _Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, demy 8vo., Vols. I. and II., price 5s. each._ North Country Poets: POEMS AND BIOGRAPHIES Of Natives or Residents of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, Lancashire, and Yorkshire. EDITED BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.