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MEMORIALS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND

GENERAL EDITOR

REV. P. H. DITCHFIELD M.A., F.S.A., F.R.S.L., F.R.Hist.S.

Beautifully Illustrated. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, gilt top. Price 15s. net each.

Memorials of Old Oxfordshire.

Edited by the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A. Dedicated to the Right Hon. the Earl of Jersey, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.

“This beautiful book contains an exhaustive history of ‘the wondrous Oxford,’ to which so many distinguished scholars and politicians look back with affection. We must refer the reader to the volume itself ... and only wish that we had space to quote extracts from its interesting pages.”—Spectator.

Memorials of Old Devonshire.

Edited by F. J. Snell, M.A. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Viscount Ebrington.

“A fascinating volume, which will be prized by thoughtful Devonians wherever they may be found ... richly illustrated, some rare engravings being represented.”—North Devon Journal.

Memorials of Old Herefordshire.

Edited by the Rev. Compton Reade, M.A. Dedicated to Sir John G. Cotterell, Bart.

“Another of these interesting volumes like the ‘Memorials of Old Devonshire,’ which we noted a week or two ago, containing miscellaneous papers on the history, topography, and families of the county by competent writers, with photographs and other illustrations.”—Times.

Memorials of Old Hertfordshire.

Edited by Percy Cross Standing. Dedicated to the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon, G.C.B.

“The book, which contains some magnificent illustrations, will be warmly welcomed by all lovers of our county and its entertaining history.”—West Herts and Watford Observer.

Memorials of Old Hampshire.

Edited by the Rev. G. E. Jeans, M.A., F.S.A. Dedicated to His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G.

“‘Memorials of the Counties of England’ is worthily carried on in this interesting and readable volume.”—Scotsman.

Memorials of Old Somerset.

Edited by F. J. Snell, M.A. Dedicated to the Most Hon. the Marquis of Bath.

“In these pages, as in a mirror, the whole life of the county, legendary, romantic, historical, comes into view, for in truth the book is written with a happy union of knowledge and enthusiasm—a fine bit of glowing mosaic put together by fifteen writers into a realistic picture of the county.”—Standard.

Memorials of Old Wiltshire.

Edited by Alice Dryden.

“The admirable series of County Memorials ... will, it is safe to say, include no volume of greater interest than that devoted to Wiltshire.”—Daily Telegraph.

Memorials of Old Shropshire.

Edited by the Rev. Thomas Auden, M.A., F.S.A.

“Quite the best volume which has appeared so far in a series that has throughout maintained a very high level.”—Tribune.

Memorials of Old Kent.

Edited by the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A., and George Clinch, F.G.S. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lord Northbourne, F.S.A.

“A very delightful addition to a delightful series. Kent, rich in honour and tradition as in beauty, is a fruitful subject of which the various contributors have taken full advantage, archæology, topography, and gossip being pleasantly combined to produce a volume both attractive and valuable.”—Standard.

Memorials of Old Derbyshire.

Edited by the Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. Dedicated to His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.

“A valuable addition to our county history, and will possess a peculiar fascination for all who devote their attention to historical, archæological, or antiquarian research, and probably to a much wider circle.”—Derbyshire Advertiser.

Memorials of Old Dorset.

Edited by the Rev. Thomas Perkins, M.A., and the Rev. Herbert Pentin, M.A. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Lord Eustace Cecil, F.R.G.S.

“The volume, in fine, forms a noteworthy accession to the valuable series of books in which it appears.”—Scotsman.

Memorials of Old Warwickshire.

Edited by Alice Dryden.

“Worthy of an honoured place on our shelves. It is also one of the best, if not the best volume in a series of exceptional interest and usefulness.”—Birmingham Gazette.

Memorials of Old Norfolk.

Edited by the Rev. H. J. Dukinfield Astley, M.A., Litt.D., F.R.Hist.S. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Viscount Coke, C.M.G., C.V.O.

“This latest contribution to the history and archæology of Norfolk deserves a foremost place among local works.... The tasteful binding, good print, and paper are everything that can be desired.”—Eastern Daily Press.

Memorials of Old Essex.

Edited by A. Clifton Kelway, F.R.Hist.S. Dedicated to the Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick.

“Will be one of the most essential volumes in the library of every man and woman who has an interest in the county.”—Southend Telegraph.

Memorials of Old Suffolk.

Edited by Vincent B. Redstone, F.R.Hist.S. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Sir W. Brampton Gurdon.

“Will be found one of the most comprehensive works dealing with our county.”—Bury and Norwich Post.

Memorials of Old London.

Edited by the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A. Dedicated to Sir John Charles Bell, Bart., late Lord Mayor of London. Two vols. Price 25s. net.

“They are handsomely produced, and the history of London as it is unfolded in them is as fascinating as any romance.”—Bookman.

Memorials of Old Lancashire.

Edited by Lieut.-Colonel Fishwick, F.S.A., and the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A. Two vols. Price 25s. net.

“These fascinating volumes, re-picturing a vanished past, will long afford keen pleasure.”—Manchester City Press.

Memorials of Old Middlesex.

Edited by J. Tavenor-Perry.

“Closely packed with well-digested studies of the local monuments and archæological remains.”—Scotsman.

Memorials of Old Yorkshire.

Edited by T. M. Fallow, M.A., F.S.A. Dedicated to Sir George J. Armytage, Bart., F.S.A.

“The book well maintains the high standard so conspicuously illustrated in the many previous volumes.”—Bookseller.

Memorials of Old Staffordshire.

Edited by the Rev. W. Beresford. Dedicated to Right Rev. the Hon. Augustus Legge, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield.

“Complete and most useful history of ancient Staffordshire, full of interest and sound information.”—Morning Post.

Memorials of Old Cheshire.

Edited by the Ven. the Archdeacon of Chester and the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A. Dedicated to His Grace the Duke of Westminster, G.C.V.O.

“The book is packed with information.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

Memorials of Old Durham.

Edited by Henry R. Leighton, F.R.Hist.S. Dedicated to the Right Hon. the Earl of Durham, K.G.

“The book is illustrated with excellent photographs and drawings, and is altogether a worthy addition to a remarkable series.”—Pall Mall Gazette.

Memorials of Old Leicestershire.

Edited by Alice Dryden.

“Deserves a place in every library, and cannot but prove rich in antiquarian and historic wealth.”—Leicester Daily Post.

Memorials of Old Lincolnshire.

Edited by E. Mansel Sympson, M.A., M.D. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Earl Brownlow.

“A valuable addition to a series highly esteemed among antiquarians.”—Scotsman.

Memorials of Old Surrey.

Edited by the Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A.

“Extremely well put together, and the writers are just those who are best qualified to deal with their subjects.”—Spectator.

Memorials of Old Gloucestershire.

Edited by the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A. Dedicated to the Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp.

Memorials of Old Worcestershire.

Edited by Francis B. Andrews, A.R.I.B.A.

The following volumes are in preparation:—

Memorials of Old Nottinghamshire.

Edited by Everard L. Guilford.

Memorials of North Wales.

Edited by E. Alfred Jones.

Memorials of Old Berkshire.

Edited by the Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A.

Memorials of Old Monmouthshire.

Edited by Colonel Bradney, F.S.A., and J. Kyrle Fletcher.

Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, and Sussex are out of print.

The Counties of England: Their Story and Antiquities.

Edited by Rev. P. H. Ditchfield and other writers. With 150 Illustrations Two Volumes. Demy 8vo, cloth, 21s. net.

The Sanctuaries and Sanctuary Seekers of Mediæval England.

By Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. With Coloured Frontispiece, 20 Full-page Plates, and 11 Line Drawings. Demy 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 15s. net.

The author has long been engaged in collecting the material for this work, which traces the development of Sanctuary rights in England from Anglo-Saxon days until their decay in the sixteenth century.

In the Rhone Country.

By Rose Kingsley, Author of “Eversley Gardens and Others.” With 52 Full-page Illustrations, including 12 in Photogravure. 320 pages, large crown 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 10s. 6d. net.

Miss Kingsley, who has made France and French literature her constant study for many years, herein describes an ideal trip through the country of the “fierce and noble river.” Although this is not a guide-book, it will be found indispensable to all who visit the country.

“Infused with the warmth of an intelligent enthusiasm.”—Times.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE

The aim of this new series of books is to give the public at home and in the Colonies an absolutely trustworthy, authentic, and up-to-date description of British interests, resources, and life throughout the Empire, which, with its great problems of government, self-defence, finance, trade, and the representation of the coloured races, forms a subject of at least as great and live value as any of the subjects studied at school and university.

Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, gilt top, with Map, 6s. net per Vol.

Yesterday and To-Day in Canada.

By His Grace the Duke of Argyll.

Modern India.

By Sir J. D. Rees, K.C.I.E., C.V.O. Sometime Additional Member of the Governor-General of India’s Council.

South Africa.

By the Right Hon. John Xavier Merriman, of Cape Colony.

Other Volumes in Preparation.

COUNTY CHURCHES

General Editor: Rev. J. CHARLES COX, LL.D., F.S.A.

Foolscap 8vo, Cloth, 2s. 6d. per vol. net; each Volume Illustrated with Half-tone and Line Illustrations

A new series of small handy guides to all the old Parish Churches in each of the Counties of England, written by expert authors. The main Architectural features are described and reference made to the Fonts, Pulpits, Screens, Stalls, Benches, Sedilia, Lecterns, Chests, Effigies in Brass and Stone, and other Monuments. The initial dates of the Registers, where possible, are also given.

The following volumes are now ready, or in active preparation:—

Norfolk (Two Vols., sold separately, 3s. net each).

By J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A.

Surrey. By J. E. Morris, B.A.

Cambridge. By C. H. Evelyn-White, F.S.A.

Isle of Wight. By J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A.

Sussex. By P. M. Johnston, F.R.I.B.A., F.S.A.

Other Volumes are being arranged.

Dinanderie: A History and Description of Mediæval Art Work in Copper, Brass, and Bronze.

By J. Tavenor-Perry. With 1 Photogravure, 48 Full-page Illustrations, and 71 Drawings in the Text. Crown 4to, Specially Designed Cloth Cover, 21s. net.

Dinanderie was the name used to denote the various articles used for ecclesiastical purposes with which the name of Dinant on the Meuse was so intimately associated.

No attempt has hitherto been made to describe adequately the art of the Coppersmith, although our Museums and the Continental Church Treasuries abound in beautiful examples of the work.

“To many lovers of mediæval art, Mr. Tavenor-Perry’s beautiful volume will come as a revelation.”—Standard.

Old English Gold Plate.

By E. Alfred Jones. With numerous Illustrations of existing specimens from the collections belonging to His Majesty the King, the Dukes of Devonshire, Newcastle, Norfolk, Portland, and Rutland, the Marquis of Ormonde, the Earls of Craven, Derby, and Yarborough, Earl Spencer, Lord Fitzhardinge, Lord Waleran, Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, the Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, &c. Royal 4to, buckram, gilt top. Price 21s. net.

“Pictures, descriptions, and introduction make a book that must rank high in the estimation of students of its subject, and of the few who are well off enough to be collectors in this Corinthian field of luxury.”—Scotsman.

Longton Hall Porcelain.

Being further information relating to this interesting fabrique, by the late William Bemrose, F.S.A., author of “Bow, Chelsea, and Derby Porcelain.” Illustrated with 27 Coloured Art Plates, 21 Collotype Plates, and numerous line and half-tone Illustrations in the text. Bound in handsome “Longton-blue” cloth cover, suitably designed. Price 42s. net.

“This magnificent work on the famous Longton Hall ware will be indispensable to the collector.”—Bookman.

Old English Silver and Sheffield Plate, The Values of, from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries.

By J. W. Caldicott. Edited by J. Starkie Gardner, F.S.A. 3000 Selected Auction Sale Records; 1600 Separate Valuations; 660 Articles. Illustrated with 87 Collotype Plates. 300 pages. Royal 4to, buckram. Price 42s. net.

“A most comprehensive and abundantly illustrated volume.... Enables even the most inexperienced to form a fair opinion of the value either of a single article or a collection, while as a reference and reminder it must prove of great value to an advanced student.”—Daily Telegraph.

Old English Porcelain and its Manufactures, History of.

With an Artistic, Industrial, and Critical Appreciation of their Productions. By M. L. Solon, the well-known Potter-Artist and Collector. In one handsome volume. Royal 8vo, well printed in clear type on good paper, and beautifully illustrated with 20 full-page Coloured Collotype and Photo-Chromotype Plates and 48 Collotype Plates on Tint. Artistically bound. Price 52s. 6d. net.

“Mr. Solon writes not only with the authority of the master of technique, but likewise with that of the accomplished artist, whose exquisite creations command the admiration of the connoisseurs of to-day.”—Athenæum.

Manx Crosses; or The Inscribed and Sculptured Monuments of the Isle of Man, from about the end of the Fifth to the beginning of the Thirteenth Century.

By P. M. C. Kermode, F.S.A.Scot., &c. The illustrations are from drawings specially prepared by the Author, founded upon rubbings, and carefully compared with photographs and with the stones themselves. In one handsome Quarto Volume 11⅛ in. by 8⅝ in., printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper, bound in full buckram, gilt top, with special design on the side. Price 21s. net. The edition is limited to 400 copies.

“We have now a complete account of the subject in this very handsome volume, which Manx patriotism, assisted by the appreciation of the public in general, will, we hope, make a success.”—Spectator.

Martha Lady Giffard: Her Life and Letters, 1664–1722. A Sequel to “The Letters of Dorothy Osborne.”

Edited by Julia G. Longe. With a Preface by Judge Parry. Containing 24 Full-page Illustrations and Facsimiles, including Frontispiece in Colour. 384 pages. Demy 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 15s. net.

“Miss Longe has expended much care and enthusiasm on her task and her commentaries are ample.”—Athenæum.

The Russells of Birmingham in the French Revolution, and in America, 1791 to 1814.

By S. H. Jeyes. With Portraits and other Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth, gilt top, 12s. 6d. net.

These Memoirs are of singular interest to the serious students of the French Revolution. They are unique of their kind, for they give pictures of the later period of the Revolution as seen on the spot by a cultivated English family of strong liberal views. After being made prisoners of war, the family was subsequently driven to America, and its experiences of life under a republic there are well worth perusal.

Country Cottages and Homes for Small and Large Estates.

Illustrated in a Series of 53 Designs and Examples of Executed Works, with Plans Reproduced from the Original Drawings, including 3 in Colour, and Descriptive Text. By R. A. Briggs, Architect, F.R.I.B.A., Soane Medallist; Author of “Bungalows and Country Residences.” Demy 4to, cloth, 10s. 6d. net.

Venice in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. From the Conquest of Constantinople to the Accession of Michele Steno, A.D. 1204–1400.

By F. C. Hodgson, M.A., Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. With 21 Full-page Illustrations and Plans. 664 pages, Crown 8vo, cloth, 10s. 6d. net.

This volume is the result of several years’ research, and is a continuation of the Author’s previous work entitled “Early History of Venice.”

Derbyshire Charters in Public and Private Libraries and Muniment Rooms.

Compiled, with Preface and Indexes, for Sir Henry Howe Bemrose, Kt., by Isaac Herbert Jeayes, Assistant Keeper in the Department of MSS., British Museum. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt top. Price 42s. net.

“The book must always prove of high value to investigators in its own recondite field of research, and would form a suitable addition to any historical library.”—Scotsman.

How to Write the History of a Parish.

By the Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. An Outline Guide to Topographical Records, Manuscripts, and Books. Revised and Enlarged, Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. net.

The Danube with Pen and Pencil.

By Captain B. Granville Baker, author of “The Walls of Constantinople.” With 99 Illustrations in Colour, Half-tone, and Line, from drawings by the Author. Royal 8vo, cloth, 15s.

“Capt. Granville Baker, who gave us last year a good account of the historical associations of the Walls of Constantinople, is an intelligent and lively cicerone, and his drawings are admirable and numerous.”—Times.

Corporation Plate and Insignia of Office of the Cities and Towns of England and Wales.

By the late Llewellynn Jewitt, F.S.A. Edited and completed with large additions by W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. Fully illustrated, 2 vols., crown 4to, buckram, 42s. net. Large paper, 2 vols., royal 4to, 63s. net.

“It is difficult to praise too highly the careful research and accurate information throughout these two handsome quartos.”—Athenæum.

Completion of the Great Edition of Ruskin

The whole of Ruskin’s works are now for the first time obtainable in a complete, Uniform, Annotated, Illustrated, and Indexed Edition. This has just become possible through the completion of

THE LIFE, LETTERS, AND WORKS OF RUSKIN

EDITED BY

E. T. COOK AND ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN

The Final Volume, consisting of a Complete Bibliography and an Index to the Whole Work, with 100,000 references, is nearly ready. Its inclusion will make this more than ever the One Reference and Library Edition of Ruskin’s Works, with about 1800 Illustrations from drawings by Ruskin. For full particulars of the 38 Volumes, for £42 the set, or in Monthly Instalments, see Prospectus.

George Allen & Co. Ltd., Ruskin House Rathbone Place, London