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Abbots, display in elections of, 129

Abraham, religious play, 320

Adrian VI., Pope, 157

Aggeus, Augustine, 310

Aldine press, at Venice, 160

Aldus, printer, 160, 166

Alexander VI., Pope, 102

Alms, 132

Alton, foundation for obits at, 403-404

Amberbach, printer, 166

Amyas Chantry, 401-402

Angels, devotion to, 308

Anti-clerical spirit, 114, 119

Antoninus, St., Archbishop of Florence, 96

“Apology” of Sir Thomas More, 71, 73, 115, 122, 144

Archæology, pagan and Christian, 206

Architecture, pre-Reformation activity in, 9-10, 328 et seq.;

decline of the art, 329

Aretino, 23

Art, great activity of, prior to Reformation, 10-12

Arundel, Archbishop, 236

Ashley, Mr. W. J., cited, 379

Augmentation, Court of, 384

Badsworth, chantry foundation at, 401

Baigent, Mr. F. T., 372, note

Baker, mediæval fresco painter, 11

Baptism, 225

Barbarus, Hermolaus, 29

Barnes, Friar, 88, 118, 119, 136, 223

Basle, printing-press at, 165

Baynard’s Castle, meeting at, 68

Beccles, foundation at, 408

Becket, Thomas, 441

Bede-roll, 335, 341

Benedict XII., 103

Benedictine Order, average of graduates at Oxford, 42

Benefices, 55, 106, 108, note, 353

Benefit of clergy, 55

Bequests, mediæval, 389 et seq.

Bere, Abbot, of Glastonbury, 39, 40, note

Berthelet, publisher, 72, note, 73, 98, note, 102, note, 107, note, 110, 137, note, 298

Bible, the Bishops’, 247

Bible, Erasmus’s translation, 168 et seq.

Bible, English, hostility to, 236;

evidence of Catholic acceptance, 237, 242, 247;

supposed early Catholic version, 237, 242, 247;

persecutions for possession examined, 240, and note, 241;

translations authorised, 242-243, 247-249;

not prohibited, 247, 275-276;

absence of popular demand for, 250-251;

Tyndale’s version and Luther’s share in it, 252 et seq.;

useless without interpretation, 275

Bishops, and ordination, 148;

and spiritual jurisdiction, 154;

obstacles to Reformation, 444

Blackfriars, meetings at, 67, 68

Bombasius, Paul, 33, note, 34

Bond, William, 83, 305

Boniface VIII., Pope, 99

Books, heretical, prohibited, 213-216;

More on heretical, 218 et seq.;

earliest printed largely religious, 315

Bourbon, Duke of, 230

Boyer, Sebastian, Court physician, 160

Brentano, Mr., cited, 362-363

Brethren of St. John’s, 374;

and Hospital, 375

Bretton, William, 310, and note

Brewer, Mr., cited, 147, 211-212, 250, 279

Brotherhoods, Parish, 347

Brunfels, Otto, 194

Brygott, Richard, prior of Westacre, 44

Bucer, 214

Burials, 54

Burnet, historian, cited, 4

Bury St. Edmunds, chantries at, 409

Butley, Priory of, 43

Calendar of papers, domestic and foreign, of reign of Henry VIII., 4

Cambray, Bishop of, 159

Cambridge, portions of Prior Selling’s library at, 32;

monastic students at, 43;

petition of scholars to the king, 47

Campeggio, Cardinal, 179, 180, 181

Canterbury, Archbishop of, on clerical immunity, 69

Canterbury, entertainment of Emperor Manuel at Christchurch, 22;

Selling and Hadley, monks of Christchurch, 24 et seq.;

Canterbury College at Oxford, 27, 28, note;

St. Augustine’s and the literary movement, 40

Caraffa, Cardinal, afterwards Paul IV., 105, 107, 438

Carmelites, origin, 117;

responsibility for Lutheranism, 197

Caxton, 275, note

Chalcocondylas, Demetrius, 29

Chantries, 123, 124, 399, 401

Chapels of ease, 413

Chaplains, evil effects of their position, 138-139

Charnock, Prior, 39

Chaucer, cited, 415

Children, and idols, 292;

religious instruction of, 312, 313-314

Christchurch, see Canterbury

Christianity and the classical revival, 203-206

Chrysoloras, Manuel, Greek scholar, 23, and note

Chrysostom, St., cited, 122

Church, position of, prior to Reformation, 1, 147, 211;

need of reform in, 5 et seq.;

attitude to learning, 15, 21, 35-38, 41;

hostility to “New Learning” explained, 15 et seq., 19;

limits of jurisdiction, 51;

and disputations entailed, ibid.;

State right to regulate temporalities of, 53 et seq.;

king as supreme head, 65, 111;

rights, 65;

what constitutes, 70;

riches coveted, 75;

Pope as head, 83 et seq.;

Papal Commission appointed to save, 105;

evils in, and how caused, 105-106;

abuses pointed out by Commission, 107, note, 108, note;

limitations of king’s Headship, 111-112;

controversy on riches of, 123;

Erasmus’s attitude to, 167 et seq., 199-200;

Erasmus regarded as an enemy to, 175-176;

Lutheran tenets concerning, 194;

need of reform obscured by Reformation, 198;

attack on, 216;

attitude to vernacular Bibles, 236 et seq., 245-248;

but hostility to denied, 242-243, 246-247, 251;

religious teaching prior to Reformation, 278 et seq.;

charges against on points of worship, 293, 302-305;

bequests to, 390 et seq.;

suggested disposal of wealth of, 444;

abuses in, 415

Church of Christ, sermon on, 91

Church-building, activity of, 326;

contributions of people towards bequests for, 327, and note, 390;

decoration, 328, 332

Church House, 341

Churchyards, trees and grass in, 60

Cicero, and the classical revival, 203-206

Ciceroniana of Erasmus, 203

Clark, Dr. John, English ambassador, 94

Classical revival, Erasmus on, 203;

absurdities of, 203-204

Claymond, John, Greek scholar, 40, note, 41, note

Clement, John, 37, note

Clement, Pope, 109, note

Clergy, alleged encouragement of ignorance, 2, 278;

mortuary dues, 53, 140-144;

“benefit,” 55;

rights and duties, 61, 65-70;

ordinations, 63, 148-153;

exemptions, 63;

immunity, 66 et seq.;

not the Church, 70;

position as individuals, 72;

attack on their temporalities, 103;

laity’s grievance against, 114 et seq.;

and its causes, 119, 138;

defended by More, 120-121;

alleged mercenary spirit, 123;

and idle laxity of living, 127;

prayers, 131;

alms, 132-133;

fasting and mortification, 134;

charges of corruption, 136;

lack of definite work, 137, note;

in households of laity, 138;

tithe exactions, 142;

faults, 143-145;

alleged immorality, 145-146;

charge of simony, 146;

Mr. Brewer cited on, 147;

ignorance of, 151;

hostility to vernacular scriptures examined, 236 et seq., 243, 246;

and reasons for not encouraging, 242, 244;

extent and character of their religious teaching, 280 et seq.;

books used by for teaching, 309 et seq.;

chantry clergy, 400, 405-409, 413;

pilgrimages and relics maintained by, 415;

and motives for, 422, 425

“Clericus,” 74

Cloth, clerical, State’s right to legislate on, 60

Cochlæus, John, 253, 254, note

Colet, Dean, 7, 19, 29, and note, 33, note, 149, 160, 164, 168

Commerce, progress not due to Reformation, 8

Commissioners, royal, 380, 384

Compostella, pilgrimages to, 416, 417

Concordat, between Leo X. and Francis I., 76

Concubines, alleged licences for, 145

Confession, 225, 282, 287

Congregation, denoting church, 173, note, 262-266

Conscience, examinations of, 286

Constantine, donation to Pope, 95

Constantine, George, 222

Constantinople, effect of fall of, 23

Constitution, Provincial, 237-239, 242, 280

Contarini, Cardinal, 107, 109, note

Convocation, grant of headship of Church to the king, 111;

enactment regarding ordination, 148-149;

powers of legislation transferred to Crown, 153;

draws up list of heretical books, 215

Corpus Christi, feast of, 373;

procession of guilds, 374;

at Corunna, 217

Council of Trent, 5, 109, note, 440

Courts, ecclesiastical, subject to Pope, 80-81

Coverdale, Myles, 102, 258

Cranmer and English Bible, 236, 247;

on hearing mass, 326

Creeping to the Cross, 302

Criticism in the Church, 155, 171

Croke, Richard, 36, note, 102, note

Cromwell, Thomas, 112, 153

Cross, honour to on Good Friday, 302

Crowley, quoted, 382

Crucifix, reverence of image of, 126, 289-290, 300, 307;

not an idol, 293

Curates and mortuaries, 140-141;

and tithes, 142

Cuthbert, Bishop, 219

Dalton, John, of Hull, will of, 391

Dead, prayers for, 387, 399

De Athegua, George, Bishop, 178, and note

De Burgo, John, 309

Dee, Dr., supplication to Queen Mary, 48

Defence of Peace, 103, and note, 104, note

Degree, advantage of to religious, 44

De Melton, William, Chancellor of York, 149

De Ribbe, M. Charles, on wills, 389, note

Determinations of the Universities, 102, note

Deventer, school, 157

De Worde, Wynkyn, 83, 149, 275, note, 280, and note, 298, 312

Digon, John, Canterbury monk, 41, and note

Dislike of clergy, alleged, 114;

reasons for, 127, 138

Dispensations, 106

Dives et Pauper, 284, 298, 353, 354

Division between spirituality and temporality, Saint-German’s work on, 115 et seq., 122, 127, 140

Divorce question, the, and its share in Reformation, 208, and note

Doctors of divinity, Erasmus’s satire on, 201

Döllinger, Dr., cited, 21

Dominicans, the, and Erasmus, 187;

responsibility for Lutheranism, 197

Dorpius, Marten, 169-170

Dues of clergy, 53

Dunstan’s, St., Canterbury, 346;

parish accounts, 347

Dyalogue of Saint-German, 53 et seq., 115, 140;

of More, 262, 269, 289

Ecclesiastical authority, alleged discontent of laity under, 1, 114, 208 et seq., 416;

limits of, 51

Ecclesiastical discipline, inquiry into, 438

Ecclesiastics, attitude to revival of learning, 36-38, 41;

resistance to encroachment, 51, 53;

Erasmus’s satire on, 201 et seq.;

attitude to English Bible, 236 et seq.;

alleged encouragement of ignorance, 2, 278

Edgworth, Roger, preacher, 16, 46, 212, 244, 272, 273, note, 292, 359

Education, fostered by monasteries, 45

Enconium Moriæ, of Erasmus, 161-162, 201 et seq.

Erasmus, attitude to Reformation, 7, 20;

made responsible for “New Learning,” 16, note;

but attitude to defined, 19, 20;

his chief support in England, 38;

position and views, 155;

considered a Reformer, 156, 178, 180-181;

birth and education, 156-157;

joins order of St. Augustine, 157;

ordained, ibid.;

unfitness for religious life, 157;

hostility to religious orders, 158, 180, 187, 200;

denounces enticing of youths into cloister, ibid.;

leaves the religious life, 159;

takes pupils, ibid.;

at Oxford, 159-160;

in London, 160;

visits Italy, ibid.;

his Adagia, ibid.;

visits Venice, ibid.;

returns to London, 161;

his Enconium Moriæ, 161-162, 201 et seq., 431;

at Cambridge, 161-162;

testimony to Archbishop Warham’s kindness, 162-163;

praise of English ecclesiastics, 163, note;

amounts received from English friends, 164;

again leaves England, 165;

settles at Basle, ibid.;

superintends Froben’s press, 166;

death, 167;

attitude to Church, 167 et seq., 199-200;

translation of New Testament, 168 et seq.;

attacks on, 173 et seq.;

regarded as an enemy to the Church, 175-176;

opposition to his revival of Greek, 177-178;

defends himself to the Pope, 179, 181-182;

disclaims connection with Luther, 180-182, 185, 195-198;

opposition to national churches, 182, note;

attitude to Luther, 185, 195, 196-198;

attacks Luther, 186;

replies to von Hutten’s attacks, 187 et seq.;

attitude to the Pope, 189-190, and note, 193, 194-195, 197;

attacks Lutheran motives, 191-192;

letter to Bishop Marlianus on attitude to Luther, 197;

general attitude to religious movement of his age, 200 et seq.;

and to the classical revival, 203;

on pilgrimages and relics, 415, 418, 431;

on devotion to saints, 431 et seq.

Eton College Chapel, wall paintings of, 11

Evensong, said before noon, 134

Exemptions of clergy, 63, 76

Fairs, 378 et seq.;

at Winchester, 379

Faith, The Olde, of Great Brittayne and the New Learning of England, 17, and note

Fasting, 134

Ferguson, Mr., quoted on architectural art, 329

Fineux, Chief-Justice, tries John Savage, 57 et seq.;

opinion on spiritual courts, 69

Fisher, Bishop, love of learning, 36, note;

object in studying Greek, 38;

views on Papal supremacy, 90, and note;

books against Luther, 90, note, 192;

execution, 91;

sermon on, 92;

on moral character of religious, 137, note;

invitation to Erasmus, 161;

on Erasmus’s New Testament, 169, 175, note;

supports study of Greek, 177

Fisher, Rev. J., 311, note

Fleming, Robert, 23

Foxe, cited, 240, note, 251

Francis I., 76

Francis, Order of St., 117

Free, John, 40, and note

Frith, 215, 222, 223, 227

Froben, printer, 165, 182

Froude, on Erasmus’s New Testament, 172

Funerals, 54

Gairdner, James, cited on jurisdiction of Pope, 81, note;

on the divorce question, 208, note;

on Reformation influences, 210, 211, note

Gardiner, Bishop, 438

Gardynare, Germen, 227

Garlekhithe, St. James, 366

German reformers, books prohibited, 214-215

Gibbon, cited, 22

Glasse of Truth, 101-102, note

Glastonbury monastery, 39

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, 23

God, love of, 299;

worship of, 304

Goldstone, Reginald, monk, companion of Selling, 26

Goldstone, Thomas, Prior of Christchurch, 24

Gonville Hall, Cambridge, 43, 44

Good Friday observances, 302-303

Government, true principle of, 106

Grace at meals, 314

Graduates at Oxford, register of, 41-42

Greek emperors, journeys to courts of Western Europe, 22

Greek, influence in revival of learning, 14, 21 et seq.;

first schools of the revival, 23;

effect of fall of Constantinople, 23-24;

decline in study of after Reformation, 47;

Erasmus and the Greek Testament, 168 et seq.;

outcry against studies in, 177

Green, historian, cited, 16, note

Gregory VII., Pope, 101

Grocyn, William, 29, and note, 160

Grudge of laity against ecclesiastics, 114

Guardian angel, prayer to, 309

Guarini, pupil of Chrysoloras, 23

Guilds, 351;

founded upon principle of Christian brotherhood, 352 et seq.;

trade, and religious, 361;

benefit societies, 363;

their work, 365, 385;

constitution, 366 et seq.;

“Pinners’” Guild, 368;

accounts, 369-370;

fees, 371;

Guild of Tailors, 371;

members, 371;

expenditure, 372, and note;

their part in Corpus Christi processions, 373-374;

brethren of St. John’s, 374;

feasts, 376, and note;

Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds, 377;

bequests, 377-378;

connection with fairs, 378;

final destruction, 380

Hadley, William, companion of Prior Selling, 24;

studies at foreign universities, 25;

returns to Christchurch, 26

Hair shirts, 131, 134

Headship of the Church, the king’s, 56

Hegius, Alexander, 157

Henley on Thames, chantries at, 405

Henry IV., 136

Henry VII. obtains Bull from Innocent VIII., 56;

purchases pardon for Westminster and Savoy, 124

Henry VIII., calendar of papers of reign, 4;

exerts his influence on behalf of learning, 36, 177;

determined to maintain rights of Crown, 69;

book against Luther, 90, 94;

defends Church, 94, 226;

reputed book, 102, note;

petition of Commons, &c., against spirituality, 153;

quarrel with Rome on divorce question, 208, and note;

forbids Lutheran books, 214, 259;

authorises English Bibles, 273;

destroys the guilds, 380;

the reformers and, 440

Heresy, spread by books, 213, 218

Hobhouse, Bishop, cited, 346, 357

Holidays, determined by ecclesiastical law, 71

Holy Land, pilgrimages to, 416

Hortulus Animæ, the, 214, and note

Huchin, William, see Tyndale

Hunn, Richard, 240

Hunting, by priests, 138, 139, 151

Hutton, Rev. W. H., cited, 208, note

Hytton, Sir Thomas, 224, 225

Idolatry, charges of, 293, 303, 305

Idols, distinguished from images, 265, 289 et seq., 305-306

Ignorance, alleged prevalence of, 2, 278

Images, confused with idols, 265, 292;

veneration of, 289 et seq., 423 et seq.

Immunity of clergy, 63, 66 et seq.

Indulgences, 108, note, 435 et seq.

Innocent VIII. grants Bull to Henry VII., 56, note

Janssen, historian, cited, 6, 7, 279, 354

Jerome, St., corrections in Testament, 170;

cited on Papal supremacy, 197

Jessop, Dr., cited, 43;

on popular gifts to churches, 336;

on poverty, 360

Jesus, bowing at name of, 283

Joye, George, or Clarke, 221, 224, 253, 257-258, 438

Judges, English prelates as, 81

Julius II., Pope, 96, 102, 109, 204

Jurisdiction, limits of ecclesiastical and lay, 51, 65 et seq., 176;

leading factor in Reformation, 52;

Papal, 78 et seq.;

Roman curia as court of appeal, 80

Katherine, Queen, 178

Kent, Holy Maid of, 441

King’s power, 75;

his headship of Church, 65, 111

Knowledge, result of increase of, 2

Laity, Reformation opposed to convictions of, 1;

alleged disaffection to Church, ibid.;

and reasons advanced, ibid.;

attitude to Church’s jurisdiction, 51;

absence of enthusiasm among in doctrinal disputes, 52;

grudge against ecclesiastics, 114 et seq.;

charge clergy with mercenary spirit, 123;

dislike of clergy, and reasons for, 127;

“mortuaries” a great offence to, 140

Langton, Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, 33, and note

Languages, battle of, 176-179

Laocöon, the, statue of, 206, note

Latimer, William, Bishop, 34, 38, 47;

lawsuits, 348 et seq.

“Latria,” 294-304, 306-307

Lawyers, ecclesiastical, 95

Learning, revival not due to Reformation, 7-8, 15;

adverse effects of Reformation on, 9, 198-199;

“New Learning” applied only to religious teaching, 15 et seq.;

Church’s attitude to learning, 15, 19, 38;

Erasmus on Reformation’s effect on, 20;

general aspect of revival, 21;

Greek influence in, 14, 21 et seq.;

subsequent progress, 35;

occasional pulpit denunciations, ibid.;

slight nature of opposition, 36;

laymen associated with revival, 37;

fostered by monasteries, 39;

condition of things at universities, 41-44;

education assisted by religious houses, 45;

decay of after Reformation, 45-48;

revival of, associated with Lutheranism, 178;

but without cause, 180-181;

Erasmus’s attitude to revival of letters, 203-207

Lee, Edward, afterwards Archbishop of York, 173-174, and note, 252

Leeds, chantries at, 411-412

Leland, cited, 24, note, 25

Leo X., Pope, 28, and note, 76, 94, 96, 173, 179, 181, 185, 439

Leo XIII., Pope, cited, 355, note

Leonicenus, 34

Leonicus, 34, and note

Leverton, parish of, 339;

Church accounts, 343 et seq.

Lewes, Cluniac House at, 43

Liberty advocated by Luther, 227

Libraries, destruction of, 48;

Dr. Dee’s supplication to Queen Mary, 48;

national library suggested, 49

Life, daily rules of, 286-287, 313

Lilly, George, 29, note

Linacre, pupil of Selling, sketch of early life, 27;

accompanies Selling to Italy, 28; becomes pupil of Politian, 28;

at Rome, 29;

returns to Oxford, 30;

appointed Court physician, ibid.;

receives priest’s orders, ibid.;

friend of Erasmus, 160, 164

Liveries for chaplains, 138

Lollards, the, 209 et seq., 214, 240

London, Mors’s Lamentation against, 440

Longland, Bishop, 93, 146, 147, note

Louvain, University of, 160, 174, note, 176, 178, 179, 180

Love of God, 299

Luce, M. Siméon, cited, 351

Lupset, Thomas, sketch of, 36, note;

on study of Bible, 248

Luther, Martin, aims of, 7;

cited on pre-Reformation progress, 8;

“New Learning” inculcated by, 16, and note;

books against, 84-85, 90, 94;

sermon against, 93;

Henry VIII. opposes, 94;

method of, 108-109, note; More and Lutherans, 120;

considered disciple of Erasmus, 156, 178, 180;

revival of letters not connected with his movement, 180-181;

Erasmus’s repudiation of, 180-182, 195-198;

efforts to win over Erasmus, 183-184;

attacked by Erasmus, 186, 191-192;

supported by von Hutten, 186 et seq.;

tenets of Lutheranism, 194;

methods of attacking condemned, 196;

who responsible for his movement, 197;

effects of Lutheranism, 198;

and spread of, 212-213;

books prohibited, 213-215; disciples, 216;

his book, 222;

“New Learning” and, 225;

advocacy of liberty, 227;

evils of Lutheranism, 228-230;

and of Lutheran literature, 244;

Tyndale’s connection with, 252;

share in Tyndale’s Testament, 252-255;

direction of his remonstrances, 279

Lutheranism, tenets of, 194;

responsibility for, 197;

effects of, 198;

evils of, 228-230;

expectations of English Lutherans, 440, 445

Lyndwood, cited, 247, 353

Mace, George, canon of Westacre, 44

Maitland, Professor, quoted on pre-Reformation position of the Pope, 80

Manuel, Greek Emperor, arrival at Canterbury, 22

Mary Magdalene, religious play, 320

Marlianus, Bishop, 197

Marshall, William, 103

Marsilius of Padua, 103, 104, note

Mary, Queen, attempt to restore learning under, 48

Mass, the, 225, 271, 283, 285

Matrimony, State regulation of, 62;

Hytton’s view of, 225

Matthew, Simon, preacher, 91

Medici, Lorenzo de, 28

Mentz, Cardinal Archbishop of, 181, 184

Metal-working, inventions in, 428

“Miles,” mouthpiece of Saint-German, 74

Miracles, 62, 427

Monasteries, scholarship in, 39, and note;

members of at universities, 42 et seq.

Monks, hostile to Erasmus, 176, 180;

Erasmus quoted on, 202;

pilgrimages and relics maintained by, 415

Morality, of clergy, 145-146

More, Sir Thomas, attitude to Reformation, 7;

and to learning, 19, 35-37;

connection with Christchurch, 28;

at Oxford, 29, and note;

on immunity of clergy, 70;

his “Apology,” 71, 73, 115, 122, 144;

on spiritual authority, 73;

on Papal supremacy, 85 et seq., 88;

on nature of the Church, 86 et seq.;

against Friar Barnes, 88;

book against Luther, 90;

death, 91;

sermon on, 92;

controversy on clergy and laity, 115 et seq.;

on quarrels between religious, 116-117;

defends clergy, 120;

and replies to allegation of their mercenary spirit, 124;

and of their idle laxity of life, 127;

on abuses in religious life, 130;

on prayers and alms of clergy, 131-135;

defends clergy from charges of corruption, 136;

on faults of clergy, 143-145;

and on their morality, 145-146;

visited by Erasmus, 160-161;

share in Erasmus’s Enconium Moriæ, 161-162, 201;

defends Erasmus’s translation of New Testament, 169-170, 173, note;

defends Greek studies, 177;

urges Erasmus against Luther, 186;

opinion of Erasmus’s Enconium Moriæ, 202, note;

on spread of heresy, 213, 218;

on “New Learning” and Lutheranism, 225;

on Luther’s advocacy of liberty, 227;

on evils of Lutheranism, 228-230;

on English Bible, 237 et seq.;

on case of Richard Hunn, 241;

on Church’s acceptance of vernacular Bibles, 242-243, 247-249;

and on false translations, 243;

and reasons for condemnation of Tyndale’s version, 243, 260-270;

on reverence of images, 289-291, 293-298;

on prayer, 307;

on pilgrimages, 419 et seq., 425 et seq.;

on relics, 429;

on indulgences, 437

Morebath, village of, well-supported church, 337

Mors, Roderigo, his “Lamentation,” 440

Mortality among pilgrims, 418

Mortmain, lands in, 54

Mortuaries, 53, 140

Morysine, Richard, 105, 107, note

Mountjoy, Lord, 159, 161, 164

Music, pre-Reformation progress in, 12-13;

Richard Pace quoted on, 35

Mystery plays, 316 et seq.

National churches, opposed by Erasmus, 182, note

National feeling and the Papacy, 82 et seq.

National library, suggested, 49

Nevill, Archbishop, 281

“New Learning” defined, 15 et seq.;

its purely religious application, 16 et seq.;

result of, 50;

founded on Luther’s teaching, 225

New Testament, Erasmus’s translation, 168 et seq.;

English versions destroyed, 236;

Tyndale version, and Luther’s share in it, 252 et seq.

Nicholas V., Pope, 96

Nicholas of Cusa, reforms in Germany, 6;

opinion on Constantine’s gift to Pope, 96

“Noah and his Sons,” religious play, 320

Nobility, attitude to clergy, 136

Norwich, Visitations of Diocese of, 43;

Benedictine Cathedral Priory of, ibid.

Nottinghamshire, chantries in, 401-402, 406

Obits, 399 et seq.

Œcolampadius, 184, 214

“Open Bible,” 236, 246, 273, 275

Orders, religious, their graduates at Oxford, 42;

suggested alterations in constitutions, 129;

hostility of Erasmus, 158

Ordinations, proposed prohibition regarding, 63;

abuses in, 107, 148;

action by Convocation, 148-149;

William de Melton on, 149-153, note;

reformers on, 225, 232

Oxford, Register of Graduates at, 41-42;

refounding of Durham College at, 48;

heresy at, 227;

Constitution or Synod of, 238, 247, 280

Pace, Richard, befriended by Bishop Langton, 33;

his De Fructu, 33, note;

at foreign universities, 34;

the Pope’s library, ibid.;

remarks on music, 35;

indebtedness to Abbot Bere, 40;

supports Greek studies, 177

Pagula, Walter, 309

Papal Commissions, 105, 439

Papal jurisdiction, meaning of renunciation, 78;

general acceptance, 79;

books against, 101

Papal prerogatives, in England, 52, 107-108;

in France, 77

Papal supremacy, 83 et seq.;

rejection of, 90;

English belief in, 93-95;

rejection defended by Bishop Tunstall, 109;

Erasmus on, 190, and note, 194-195

Pardons, 124, 435 et seq.

Parish churches, sanctuary privileges, 57;

religious teaching in, 280 et seq.

Parish life, 323 et seq.;

devotion of people, 325;

care of the churches, 328;

raising of money, 340;

brotherhoods, 347

Parliament, legislation on mortuaries, 53, 141;

and on immunity of clergy, 66;

need for settlement of religious divisions, 60;

suggested legislation, 55, 62, 71;

right of legislation, 141;

transfers powers of Convocation to Crown, 153;

petition of Commons against spirituality, ibid.;

authorises destruction of guilds, 380

Paul III., Pope, 105, 439

Paul IV., Pope, 438

Payment for “Pardons,” 435 et seq.

Peckham, or Pecham, Archbishop, 280, 286

Penance, 282

Pensions, 108, note

Pensioners, university, 43

Pepwell, publisher, 310, note

Petition of House of Commons against spirituality, 153

Pilgrimage of Perfection, quoted, 83

Pilgrimages, State supervision urged, 62;

objections to, 184, 293, 415;

importance, 416;

foreign, 416;

to England, 418

Pincern, Bartolomeo, 96

Pinners, Guild of, 368-369

Plays, mystery, 316 et seq., 342

Pocket, the people’s, a clue to religious changes, 52

Pole, Cardinal, 48, 107

Politian, Angelo, 25, 28

Pomeranus, 214

Poor, right to benefices, 55;

injury to by confiscations, 382, 402 et seq.;

bequests to, 397-398

Pope, Sir Thomas, 48

Pope, the, and Sanctuary, 55 et seq.;

pre-Reformation loyalty to, 79;

powers in England before Reformation, 80 et seq.;

spiritual and temporal power in conflict, 82;

position as head of Church, 83 et seq.;

rejection of his supremacy, 90;

imprisoned, 94;

English acceptance of his supremacy, 93-95;

Constantine’s gift to, 95;

wars of, 97;

temporal power of, 97-100, 103-104;

authority as Peter’s successor, 90, 99-100, 103;

works against character of, 101-104;

commission appointed by, 105;

how deceived, ibid.;

recommendations of commission, 107;

sermon against, 109;

object of attacks on, 110;

Erasmus’s attitude to, 189-190, 193-195, 197;

Erasmus’s satire on, 202, and note;

refuses to grant Henry’s divorce, 208, and note

Powell, Edward, theologian, quoted on papal supremacy, 85

Power, spiritual and temporal, 70, 72-73, 82;

dialogue on, 73 et seq., 98;

the king’s, 75

Praier and Complaynte of the Ploweman, 17, and note, 223

Prayers, for Pope, 110;

of clergy and religious, 131;

Sir Thos. More on, 307;

daily, 313;

for the dead, 399

Preaching at St Paul’s Cross, 67, 69;

style of against Pope condemned, 92;

in parish churches, 281, 283;

more important than mass, 284-285

“Prick song,” or part music, 12, 13

“Primer,” the, 216, 223-224, 286

Printing, responsible for spread of heresy, 213;

religious works predominate in earliest, 315-316

Psalter, the, 223-224

Purgatory, 61, 225, 231, 387, 399, 405, 437

Pynson, printer, 298

Reformation, impossibility of writing history of, 3;

revival of letters not due to, 7-8, 15;

adverse effect on learning, 9, 20, 41 et seq.;

English attitude to Pope prior to, 78-79;

share of divorce question in, 208, and note;

similar in England to Luther’s principles, 231;

meaning, 82, 279;

share of Wycliffe and Lollards in, 209 et seq.;

effect upon church art, 331;

and poverty, 358

Relics, honour of, 415 et seq., 429 et seq.

Religious, at universities, 42 et seq.;

State interference, 61;

abuses among, 108, note;

reputed quarrels between, 116-117;

evils in constitutions, 129;

testimony to moral character, 137, note;

Mr. Brewer cited on, 147;

Erasmus on, 202

Religious teaching, alleged neglect of, 278;

Reformation not directly connected with, 279;

extent and character, 280 et seq.;

nature and effect, 288 et seq.;

books used by clergy in, 309 et seq.;

religious plays, 316 et seq.

Renaissance, definition of, 14;

in England, ibid.;

earlier than generally supposed, 15

Restitution, argued, 125;

a case involving, 140

Reuchlin, 180-181, 184, 186, 187

Reverence of images, 289 et seq.

Ridley, Lancelot, commentaries on Scriptures, 104, 111, and note, 273-274;

on devotion to saints, 422-423;

on pilgrimages and images, 424

Roberts, John, his Mustre of scismatyke bysshops of Rome, 101, and note

Rogers, Mr. Thorold, cited, 356 et seq., 360-361, 364, 403

Rome, classical revival in, 203-206;

sack of, 230;

pilgrimages to, 416

Roper, John, 102, note

Roper, Mary and Margaret, 37, note, 41, note

Roy, Friar, 215, 222

Rule of life, daily, 286-287

Rules of religious orders, suggested examination, 129

Sacrament of the Altar, Dr. Richard Smythe on, 216-217, 273, note;

Hytton on, 226

Sacraments, English reformers on, 225, 231;

attack on, 271

Sadolet, Cardinal, 107, 108, note, 439

Saint-German, Christopher, lawyer, 53, and note;

attitude to Church, 53, 115;

cited on mortuaries, 53, 140;

on lands in mortmain and benefices, 54-55;

on sanctuary and benefit, 55;

on churchyards, 60;

on clerical duties, ibid.;

on need for State interference, ibid.;

on Purgatory, 61;

on State regulation of religious life, 61;

and of matrimony, 62;

on miracles, ibid.;

on other debateable questions, 63;

on tithes, ibid., 142;

on power of clergy, 65;

on king’s headship, ibid.;

on clerical immunity, 69;

on holidays, 71;

his Salem and Bizance, 71, 115, 118;

on position of clergy as individuals, 72;

controversy with More, 115 et seq.;

attacks on clergy, 119 et seq.;

alleged mercenary spirit among clergy, 123;

on election of abbots, 129;

on constitutions of religious orders, ibid.;

on causes of dislike of clergy by laity, 138;

on indulgences, 435, 440

Saints, reverence of images of, 289 et seq.;

amount of honour due to, 304, 306, 308;

devotion to, 423, and note, 431 et seq.

Salem and Bizance, Saint-German’s Dyalogue of, 71, 115, 118, note, 122, 144

Sanctuary, difficulty of the subject, 55;

a danger to the State, ibid.;

case of John Savage, 56 et seq.;

Papal Bull granted to Henry VII., 56, note;

the subject examined by Star Chamber, 58

Savage, John, his plea of sanctuary, 56

Scaliger, cited, 166

Scholars, poor, bequests to, 396

Screens, excellence of pre-Reformation work, 12

Scripture, Holy, key of position of English reformers, 231;

translations of, 234, 236 et seq.;

study of advocated by Church, 244, 248, 275, note

See of Rome, supremacy of, 79 et seq.

Selby, chantries at, 411

Selling, Prior William, birth and education, 24;

real name, 24, and note;

studies at foreign universities, 25;

takes his degree in theology, 25;

industrious book collector, 25;

good work at Christchurch, 26;

returns to Rome, 26, and note;

establishes Greek at Christchurch, 27;

as prior, 27, and note;

member of an embassy to the Pope, 31, and note, 56, note;

continued interest in literary revival, 31;

Greek translation, 31;

fate of his library, 32;

influence, 33

Sermo Exhortatorius, 149

Sermons, Church, more important than the Mass, 283, 284-285

Sharpe, Dr., 359

Shrines, pilgrimages to, 416 et seq.

Simony, clergy charged with, 146

Slander and libel, jurisdiction pertaining to, 65

Smith, Mr. Toulmin, on guilds, 364, 366, 381

Smythe or Smith, Dr. Richard, 216, 272, 273, and note

Social conditions before Reformation, 351 et seq.;

case of the poor, 353

Soul’s Garden, the, 214, note

Sovereignty of the Pope, 97-100, 103-104, 107

Spiritual power, temporal derived from, 70

Spongia, the, of Erasmus, 187 et seq.

Standish, Dr. Henry, on immunity of clergy, 67;

charged before convocation, 67;

on lesser orders, 68

Standish, John, archdeacon, 234, 248, 249, note, 270, 271

St. Giorgio, Venice, abbot of, 105

St. John of Jerusalem, priory of, 56

St. John the Baptist, head of, 430

St. Paul’s Cross, preaching at, 67, 91;

testaments burnt at, 245, 256, and note

St. Peter, Catholic succession from, 90, note;

vicarship, 99-100

Star chamber, 58

State, jurisdiction of, 51;

right of interference in temporalities, 53, 60-64, 72;

legislates concerning mortuaries, 53, 140;

limits to State interference, 54;

power claimed for, 55, 60-64;

punishment by for spiritual offences, 65;

protecting power of, 75;

destruction of guilds by, 380-381

Stokesley, William, 34

Stubbs, Bishop, 354, 356

Students, distress of at university, 46

Sturmius, John, 105, 106, 107, note

Suffolk, chantries in, 407

Sunday, legal status of, 71

Superstition, in devotion, 293, 297, 302;

condemned, 314

Supplication of Beggars, the, 213, 221

Surtees Society, publications, 319

Tailors, Guild of, 371

Taverns, frequented by clergy, 151

Teaching, religious. See Religious teaching

Temporalities, right of State interference in, 53 et seq.;

difference between and spiritual jurisdiction, 72;

clearly defined in Spain, 76

Temporal power, derived from spiritual, 70;

of the Pope, 97-100, 103-104, 107

Theologians, Erasmus’s satire on, 201

Tithes, the lay and ecclesiastical cases, 63-64;

Saint-German quoted on, 142

Torkington, Sir Richard, rector of Mulbarton, 418

Towneley Mysteries, the, 319

Tradition and English Reformers, 231

Translations, of Holy Scripture, 236 et seq.

Trentals, 123, 124, 138, note

Trevelyan, George Macaulay, cited, 240, note

Trinity, feast of at Compostella, 217

Trojans, opponents of Greek study, 35

Tunstall, Bishop, 29, note, 34, and note, 109, 169, 175, note, 185, 198-199, 213, 214, note, 255, 256

Tyll. See Selling

Tyndale, More’s confutation of, 87-88, 118, 119, 136;

charges clergy with immorality, 145;

use of word congregation for church, 173, note;

attribution of Enconium Moriæ to More, 202, note;

books prohibited, 213;

English Testament, 220;

and other books, 220-223;

advocates liberty, 228;

influence, 231;

English Testament condemned, 236, 243, 251, 255 et seq., 276;

demand for his works, 250;

birth and early life, 252;

joins Luther, 252;

Luther’s share in his Testament, 252 et seq.;

his revised Testament, 260;

More’s examination of his Testament, 260-270;

on indulgences, 437

Unity of pre-Reformation belief, 324

Universities, effect of Reformation on, 9, 41 et seq.;

monastic students at, 42 et seq.;

poverty of students at after Reformation, 46

Urban III., Pope, sanctuary grant of, 56

Urbanus Regius, cited, 18, 19, note

Urswick, Christopher, 32, note

Valla, Laurence, 96

Veneration of relics, 415, 429 et seq.;

of saints, 431-432

Venetian, a, cited on attitude of ecclesiastics to learning, 37;

on religious condition of the English, 324;

on beauty of English churches, 332

Venice, Aldine press at, 160

Venn, J., historian of Gonville College, quoted, 43-45

Vicarages, appropriations of cancelled, 55

Vives, Ludovico, scholar, 36, note, 37, 41, note

Von Hutten, Ulrich, tract on Constantine’s donation to the Pope, 96;

attacks on Erasmus, 186 et seq.

Warham, Archbishop, 36, and note, 69, 112, 160, 161, 162, 168, 215, 258

Waylande, John, printer, 232

Welsh, vernacular devotional books for, 311, note

Wesselius, 214

Westacre, Augustinian priory of, 43

Westminster, the abbot of, 58-59;

pardon purchased for, 124;

doles at, 132

Wey, William, itineraries of, 416

Whitford, Richard, 83, 232-233, 283, 305, 312

Wills, ecclesiastical administration of, 65;

pre-Reformation, 387 et seq.;

bequests for pilgrimages, 416

Winchcombe, abbot of, 67

Winchester, wall paintings of Lady Chapel at, 11;

fair at, 379

Wolffgang, printer, 309

Wolsey, Cardinal, attitude to revival of learning, 36;

hears the Savage sanctuary case, 58;

upholds rights of Crown, 68;

opposes temporal punishments of clergy, ibid.;

present at burning of books, 256, note

Worcester, Tiptoft, Earl of, 23, and note

Worcester, William, antiquary, 26, 27

Work, definite, lack of among clergy, 137, note

Worke entytled of the olde God and the new, 102, and note

Wycliffe, share in Reformation, 209 et seq.;

books prohibited, 214;

origin of Wycliffite Scriptures, 237, 247

Wyer, Robert, printer, 285

Yorkshire, chantries in, 411

Zwingle, books of prohibited, 213-214

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In One Volume, Super Royal 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with Photogravure Portrait, after the Painting by Jan Veth, and 39 Illustrations, price 12s. 6d. Net.

Spain: The Story of a Journey.

By JOZEF ISRAËLS.

With a Portrait in Photogravure, and 39 reproductions of Sketches by the Author. Translated from the Dutch by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.

Note.—The author and illustrator of this book (Jozef Israëls) has long been acknowledged the most popular painter of the day, in this, the best sense, that his work claims the admiration not only of the critics, the collectors, and the dilettanti, but also of those uncultured people who, understanding nothing of painting, having no care for artisticity or virtuosity, cannot fail to be penetrated by the poetry that fills each of the veteran’s canvases.

A History of Steeple-Chasing.

In Super Royal 8vo, uniform with “The Quorn Hunt and its Masters,” Vyner’s “Notitia Venatica,” and Radcliffe’s “Noble Science of Fox-Hunting.” With 12 Illustrations, chiefly drawn by Henry Alken, and all coloured by hand, also 16 Head and Tail Pieces, drawn by Henry Alken and others. Cloth, Gilt Top, price 21s. net.

A History of Steeple-Chasing.

By WILLIAM C. A. BLEW, M.A.,

Author of “The Quorn Hunt and its Masters,” Editor of Vyner’s “Notitia Venatica,” and Radcliffe’s “Noble Science of Fox-Hunting.”

With 12 Illustrations, chiefly drawn by Henry Alken, and all coloured by hand, also 16 Head and Tail Pieces, drawn by Henry Alken and others.

New Volume, being the Fifth of the Works of the late Miss Manning,

Author of “Mary Powell,” &c. &c.

In Crown 8vo, with Illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton, price 6s., Cloth Elegant, Gilt Top.

The Colloquies of Edward Osborne. Citizen and Cloth-Worker of London.

With 10 Illustrations by John Jellicoe.

Uniform in Size and Price, by the same Author.

The Household of Sir Thos. More.

Cherry and Violet. A Tale of the Great Plague.

The Maiden and Married Life of Mary Powell (AFTERWARDS MISTRESS MILTON);

And the Sequel thereto, Deborah’s Diary.

The Old Chelsea Bun-Shop. A Tale of the Last Century.

Some Press Notices.

Athenæum.—“The late Miss Manning’s delicate and fanciful little cameos of historical romance possess a flavour of their own.… The numerous Illustrations by Mr. Jellicoe and Mr. Railton are particularly happy.”

Public Opinion.—“It is an example of a pure and beautiful style of literature.”

Spectator.—“A delightful book.… Twenty-five illustrations by John Jellicoe and Herbert Railton show off the book to the best advantage.”

Graphic.—“A picture, not merely of great charm, but of infinite value in helping the many to understand a famous Englishman and the times in which he lived.”

Literary World.—“A charming reprint.… Every feature of the pictorial work is in keeping with the spirit of the whole.”

Scotsman.—“This clever work of the historical imagination has gone through several editions, and is one of the most successful artistic creations of its kind.”

Glasgow Herald.—“An extremely beautiful reprint of the late Miss Manning’s quaint and charming work.”

Sketch.—“In the front rank of the gift-books of the season is this beautiful and very cleverly illustrated reprint of a work which has lasting claims to popularity.”

Academy.—“It is illustrated cleverly and prettily, and tastefully bound, so as to make an attractive gift-book.”

A Cheaper Edition.

In Two Volumes, Extra Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with Portrait and 32 Illustrations from Contemporary Sources, price 12s. Net.

The Reminiscences and Recollections of Captain Gronow.

Being Anecdotes of the Camp, Court, Clubs, and Society, 1810-1860. With Portrait and 32 Illustrations from Contemporary Sources by Joseph Grego.

⁂ This is a remarkably cheap edition of this favourite and popular book.

In One Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with 6 Photogravure Portraits and 30 other Illustrations from Contemporary Sources, price 7s. 6d. Net.

Words on Wellington. The Duke—Waterloo—The Ball.

By Sir WILLIAM FRASER, Baronet, M.A., Christ Church, Oxford.

With 6 Photogravure Portraits, and 30 other Illustrations from Contemporary Sources.

⁂ This book was published in 1889, and the whole of the edition printed was immediately absorbed. The present new edition is illustrated with Photogravure Portraits and other illustrations reproduced especially for this edition from rare and contemporary engravings selected by Mr. Joseph Grego.

New Volume of Poems by Violet Fane.

One Volume, Small 4to, printed on Arnold’s Hand-Made Paper, and bound in Half-Calf, Gilt Top. Two hundred and sixty copies printed for England and America on Arnold’s Hand-Made Paper, each numbered, type distributed, price 10s. 6d. net. Uniform with previous volumes by the same author, viz., “Poems” and “Under Cross and Crescent.”

Betwixt Two Seas. Poems and Ballads.

By VIOLET FANE.

Written at Constantinople and Therapia.

New Library Edition of STEELE AND ADDISON’S “SPECTATOR.”

In Eight Volumes, Extra Crown 8vo, with Original Engraved Portraits and Vignettes, Cloth, price 7s. Net per Volume. Sold only in Sets, £2, 16s. Net.

The Spectator.

Edited with Introduction and Notes

By GEORGE A. AITKEN, Author of “The Life of Richard Steele,” &c.

From the Editor’s Preface.

“The present edition of the ‘Spectator’ has been printed from a copy of the original collected and revised edition published in 1712-15, with the exception that modern rules of spelling have been followed. The principal variations between the text as corrected by the authors and the original version in the folio numbers have at the same time been indicated in the notes; it has not been thought necessary to point out slight differences of no importance. In the notes I have aimed at the greatest conciseness compatible with the satisfactory explanation of the less obvious allusions to literary or social matters. I have acknowledged my principal obligations to more recent editors, but in some cases notes have been handed down from one editor to another, and cannot be traced to their original author. Many of the older notes, moreover, were obsolete, or needed correction in the light of subsequent knowledge. I have endeavoured to preserve what is of value, without burdening the pages with the contradictions and inaccuracies which are inevitable in a variorum edition.”

Some Press Notices.

Pall Mall Gazette.—“Undoubtedly the best library reprint of this famous periodical that has been published.”

Daily News.—“If handsome print, paper, and binding, together with careful annotation, have attractions in the eyes of lovers of standard books, there ought to be a good demand for this new edition.”

Scotsman.—“An edition in which it is a pleasure to read, and one which would adorn any library.”

Notes and Queries.—“We congratulate the publisher and the editor on the termination of a useful task, and we commend to the public this eminently desirable edition of our English masterpiece—the most attractive and serviceable yet printed.”

Birmingham Post.—“An edition of the ‘Spectator’ which, as a book for the library, has no equal, whether we consider the stately and appropriate form, the typographical excellence, or the erudite and finished editing. Added to these is the crowning grace of a full and complete index. It is a luxury to read the early eighteenth century classic in such an edition as this.”

Glasgow Herald.—“All that the most fastidious lover of books could desire. Its size—extra crown octavo—is stately, without being cumbersome. The buckram cloth binding is neat, substantial, and serviceable—exactly what is required for a library of which the contents are intended for use as well as for show. The notes supplied by Mr. George A. Aitken, as might be expected from his exceptional acquaintance with the period, enable the reader to understand and appreciate the numerous allusions to literary and social matters which occur in most of the papers.”

NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES.

Extra Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 5s. per Volume Net. Also in Ruby Coloured Cloth. Gilt Top, Flat Back, Elegant, Sold in Sets only, price £4 Net.

THE REV. S. BARING-GOULD’S

Lives of the Saints.

With a Calendar for Every Day in the Year.

New Edition, Revised, with Introduction and Additional Lives of English Martyrs Cornish and Welsh Saints, and Full Indices to the Entire Work. Illustrated by over 400 Engravings.

Contents of the Volumes.

JANUARY: 170 Biographies, with 45 Illustrations (Vol. 1).

FEBRUARY: 174 Biographies, with 29 Illustrations (Vol. 2).

MARCH: 187 Biographies, with 42 Illustrations (Vol. 3).

APRIL: 141 Biographies, with 24 Illustrations (Vol. 4).

MAY: 153 Biographies, with 26 Illustrations (Vol. 5).

JUNE: 200 Biographies, with 39 Illustrations (Vol. 6).

JULY: 223 Biographies, with 34 Illustrations (Vols. 7 and 8).

AUGUST: 215 Biographies, with 39 Illustrations (Vol. 9).

SEPTEMBER: 210 Biographies, with 34 Illustrations (Vol. 10).

OCTOBER: 220 Biographies, with 28 Illustrations (Vols. 11 and 12).

NOVEMBER: 185 Biographies, with 47 Illustrations (Vols. 13 and 14).

DECEMBER: 146 Biographies, with 22 Illustrations (Vol. 15).

APPENDIX VOLUME.

Additional Biographies of English Martyrs, Cornish and Welsh Saints, Genealogies of Saintly Families, and two Indices to the entire work (Vol. 16).

Some Press Notices.

Christian World.—“The new edition is tastefully got up, and is a worthy setting of a great literary enterprise. The ‘Lives of the Saints’ is a human story of unfading interest.”

Works by FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET, D.D.

In One Volume, Demy 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 10s. 6d. Net, pp. 528.

A New Revised and Corrected Edition of

FRANCIS AIDAN GASQUET’S

Henry the Eighth, and the English monasteries.

Of which Six Editions at 24s. have already been sold.

Extracts from Press Notices.

Athenæum.—“We may say in brief, if what we have already said is not sufficient to show it, that a very important chapter of English history is here treated with a fulness, minuteness, and lucidity which will not be found in previous accounts, and we sincerely congratulate Dr. Gasquet on having made such an important contribution to English historical literature.”

Guardian.—“A learned, careful, and successful vindication of the personal character of the monks.… In Dr. Gasquet’s skilful hands the dissolution of the monasteries assumes the proportions of a Greek tragedy.”

In One Volume, Demy 8vo, 408 Pages, Cloth, price 12s. Net.

The Old English Bible, and other Essays.

Contents.

CHAP.

I.Notes on Mediæval Monastic Libraries.

II.The Monastic Scriptorium.

III.A Forgotten English Preacher.

IV.The Pre-Reformation English Bible(1).

V.The Pre-Reformation English Bible(2).

VI.Religious Instruction in England during the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries.

VII.A Royal Christmas in the Fifteenth Century.

VIII.The Canterbury Claustral School in the Fifteenth Century.

IX.The Note-books of William Worcester, a Fifteenth-Century Antiquary.

X.Hampshire Recusants. With a complete Index.

Some Press Notices.

Times.—“Full of the learning and research which Dr. Gasquet has made so peculiarly his own.”

Athenæum.—“Whatever Dr. Gasquet writes is of interest, and thanks are due to him for these essays.… Full of rare information, and real contributions to history.”

British Review and National Observer.—“Dr. Gasquet has started a very curious controversy, which will entertain even those whom it does not seriously interest, and will familiarise them incidentally with many facts of history.… The remaining essays are also rich in quaint, curious information.”

Scotsman.—“He has thrown much light on obscure passages and features of later mediæval history in our country.”

Notes and Queries.—“Dr. Gasquet writes clearly and forcibly, and when touching on controversial points, as he frequently has to do, he manifests a studied moderation, and liberality.”

Cheap Illustrated Edition now Completed in 24 Volumes.

Crown 8vo, tastefully bound in Green Cloth, Gilt, in which binding any of the Novels may be bought separately, price 3s. 6d. each. Also in Special Cloth Binding, Flat Backs, Gilt Tops, supplied in Sets only of 24 Volumes, price £4, 4s.

THE LARGE TYPE BORDER EDITION OF THE WAVERLEY NOVELS.

Edited with Introductory Essays and Notes to each Novel (supplementing those of the Author) by Andrew Lang. With 250 Original Illustrations from Drawings and Paintings specially executed by eminent Artists.

⁂ This is generally conceded to be the best edition of the Waverley Novels, not only as regards editing and illustrations, but also in point of type, printing and paper, and is complete in 24 volumes instead of 25 as in other editions.

List of the Volumes.

1. Waverley.

2. Guy Mannering.

3. The Antiquary.

4. Rob Roy.

5. Old Mortality.

6. The Heart of Midlothian.

7. A Legend of Montrose, and The Black Dwarf.

8. The Bride of Lammermoor.

9. Ivanhoe.

10. The Monastery.

11. The Abbot.

12. Kenilworth.

13. The Pirate.

14. The Fortunes of Nigel.

15. Peveril of the Peak.

16. Quentin Durward.

17. St. Ronan’s Well.

18. Redgauntlet.

19. The Betrothed, and The Talisman.

20. Woodstock.

21. The Fair Maid of Perth.

22. Anne of Geierstein.

23. Count Robert of Paris, and The Surgeon’s Daughter.

24. Castle Dangerous, Chronicles of the Canongate, &c.

Some of the Artists contributing to the “Border Edition,”

Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A.

Lockhart Bogle.

Gordon Browne.

D. Y. Cameron.

Frank Dadd, R.I.

R. de Los Rios.

Herbert Dicksee.

M. L. Gow, R.I.

W. B. Hole, R.S.A.

John Pettie, R.A.

Sir James D. Linton, P.R.I.

Ad. Lalauze.

J. E. Lauder, R.S.A.

W. Hatherell, R.I.

Sam Bough, R.S.A.

W. E. Lockhart, R.S.A.

R. W. Macbeth, A.R.A.

H. Macbeth-Raeburn.

J. Macwhirter, A.R.A., R.S.A.

W. Q. Orchardson, R.A.

James Orrock, R.I.

Walter Paget.

Sir George Reid, P.R.S.A.

Frank Short.

W. Strang.

Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A., P.R.S.A.

Arthur Hopkins, A.R.W.S.

R. Herdman, R.S.A.

D. Herdman.

Hugh Cameron, R.S.A.

Some Press Notices of the Large Type Border Edition of the Waverley Novels.

The Spectator.—“We trust that this fine edition of our greatest and most poetical of novelists will attain, if it has not already done so, the high popularity it deserves. To all Scott’s lovers it is a pleasure to know that, despite the daily and weekly inrush of ephemeral fiction, the sale of his works is said by the booksellers to rank next below Tennyson’s in poetry, and above that of everybody else in prose.”

The Times.—“It would be difficult to find in these days a more competent and sympathetic editor of Scott than his countryman, the brilliant and versatile man of letters who has undertaken the task; and if any proof were wanted either of his qualifications or of his skill and discretion in displaying them, Mr. Lang has furnished it abundantly in his charming Introduction to ‘Waverley.’ The editor’s own notes are judiciously sparing, but conspicuously to the point, and they are very discreetly separated from those of the author, Mr. Lang’s laudable purpose being to illustrate and explain Scott, not to make the notes a pretext for displaying his own critical faculty and literary erudition. The illustrations by various competent hands are beautiful in themselves and beautifully executed, and, altogether, the ‘Border Edition’ of the Waverley Novels bids fair to become the classical edition of the great Scottish classic.”

The Athenæum.-“The handsome ‘Border Edition’ has been brought by Mr. Nimmo to a successful conclusion. Mr. Nimmo deserves to be complimented on the manner in which the Edition has been printed and illustrated, and Mr. Lang on the way in which he has performed his portion of the work. His Introductions have been tasteful and readable; he has not overdone his part; and, while he has supplied much useful information, he has by no means overburdened the volumes with notes.”

Notes and Queries.—“Mr. Nimmo’s spirited and ambitious enterprise has been conducted to a safe termination, and the most ideal edition of the Waverley Novels in existence is now completed.”

Saturday Review.—“Of all the many collections of the Waverley Novels, Mr. Nimmo’s ‘Border Edition’ is incomparably the most handsome and the most desirable.… Type, paper, illustrations are altogether admirable.”

Daily Chronicle.—“There is absolutely no fault to be found with it, as to paper, type, or arrangement.”

Magazine of Art.—“Size, type, paper, and printing, to say nothing of the excessively liberal and charming introduction or of the illustrations, make this perhaps the most desirable edition of Scott ever issued on this side of the border.”

Two-Volume edition of The Border Waverley.

In 48 Volumes, Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with the 250 Etchings printed on Japanese Paper, price 6s. per Volume.

Purchasers of this beautiful edition are recommended to complete their sets at once, as many of the Volumes are out of print, and those still remaining will soon be.

Two Important Ornithological Works by Henry Seebohm.

THE STANDARD WORK ON BRITISH BIRDS.

In Four Volumes, Royal 8vo, Cloth, with numerous Wood Engravings and Sixty-eight Coloured Plates, price £6, 6s., now £5, 5s. Net.

A History or British Birds.

To which is added the Author’s Notes on their Classification and Geographical Distribution; also Sixty-eight Coloured Plates of their Eggs. By Henry Seebohm, Author of “Siberia in Europe,” “Siberia in Asia,” &c. &c.

Saturday Review.—“The illustrations are as nearly perfect as the most careful colour-printing can produce, rivalling—and it is no slight praise—the admirable egg-pictures of Hewitson, some of which might almost have been executed by hand; and the book is written in an easy, pleasant style, redolent of the field rather than of the study.”

Zoologist.—“The text contains not only a description of each egg and its varieties, but also a very full account of the life-history of each bird.… If we may conceive the works of Yarrell and Hewitson rolled into one, with corrections, emendations, and important additions, and with woodcuts as well as coloured plates, such a work is Mr. Seebohm’s.”

Nature.—“We unhesitatingly express our opinion that since the time of Macgillivray no such original book as Mr. Seebohm’s has been published on British ornithology; we think that the figures of the eggs are by far the best that have yet been given.”

In One Volume, 4to, Cloth, with numerous Wood Engravings and Twenty-one Plates of Birds, Coloured by Hand, price £5, 5s., now £2, 12s. 6d. Net.

ONLY FIVE HUNDRED COPIES PRINTED.

The Geographical Distribution or the Charadriidæ; Or, The Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies.

By Henry Seebohm, Author of “Siberia in Europe,” “Siberia in Asia,” “A History of British Birds, with Coloured Illustrations of their Eggs,” &c.

Nature.—“This is a handsome volume of more than 500 pages, and is illustrated by twenty-one coloured plates, drawn in Mr. Keulemans’s best style. The book is profusely illustrated by woodcuts, showing the specific characters of the different species, and these will be invaluable to the student of these difficult birds. In fact, no work has ever been so remarkably treated in this respect, and it will be the book of reference for the Charadriidæ for many years to come.”

One Volume, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, with Two Photogravure Plates, One Plate in Colour, and Fifty-nine other Illustrations, price 7s. 6d. Net.

Fern Growing: Fifty Years’ Experience in Crossing and Cultivation.

With a List of the most important Varieties and a History of the Discovery of Multiple Parentage. By E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., F.L.S.

Athenæum.—“In some respects the most important treatise on British ferns that has hitherto appeared.”

Third Edition, with Seventy-four Coloured Plates, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, price £1, 1s.; now 10s. 6d. Net.

A Natural History or British Grasses.

By E. J. Lowe, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c.

Note.—This is a work not only valuable to the botanical student for its pictorial accuracy, but of use also to the landed proprietor and the farmer, pointing out to them those grasses which are useful and lucrative in husbandry, and teaching them the varied soils and positions upon which they thrive, and explaining their qualities and the several uses to which they are applied in many branches of manufacture and industry.

Rev. F. O. Morris’s Popular Works on Natural History.

ISSUE OF NEW AND REVISED EDITIONS.

Fourth Edition, Six Volumes, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, with 394 Plates Coloured by Hand, price £4, 10s. Net.

A History of British Birds.

By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A.

Times.—“The protecting landowner, the village naturalist, the cockney ‘oologist,’ and the schoolboy all alike owe a debt to the Rev. F. O. Morris’s admirable work, in six volumes, on British birds, with its beautiful hand-painted plates.”

Fourth Edition, Three Volumes, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, with 248 Coloured Plates, price £2, 5s. Net.

A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds.

By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. Entirely Revised and brought up to Date by W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S., Member of the British Ornithologists’ Union, with 248 Plates chiefly Coloured by Hand.

Times.—“These latter (illustrations) are excellent, and indeed are the strength of this very handsome book, which, in its new and more accurate form, ought to find a place in many a library.”

Eighth Edition, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, with Seventy-nine Plates Coloured by Hand, price 15s. Net.

A History of British Butterflies.

By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A.

Fourth Edition, Four Volumes, Royal 8vo, with 132 Plates (1933 Figures), all Coloured by Hand, price £3, 3s. Net.

A Natural History of British Moths.

By the Rev. F. O. Morris, B.A. With 132 Plates Coloured by Hand (1933 Figures), and an Introduction by W. Egmont Kirby, M.D.

In Two Volumes, Super-royal 8vo, Cloth, £1, 10s. Net.

British Game Birds and Wild Fowl.

By Beverley R. Morris, M.D. Entirely Revised and brought up to Date by W. B. Tegetmeier, F.Z.S. With Sixty Large Plates all Coloured by Hand.

Daily News.—“Has held a unique position among works of its class. The sixty hand-coloured plates are splendidly executed.”

One Volume, Large Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price 5s.

Francis Orpen Morris. A memoir of the above-mentioned Author.

By his Son, the Rev. M. C. F. Morris, B.C.L., M.A., Rector of Nunburnholme, Yorkshire. With Portrait and Two Illustrations.

Land and Water.—“This very interesting memoir of the naturalist, whose works are perhaps better known among the ‘rising generation’ than those of any other authority, … gives a remarkably clear and distinct picture of the late Mr. F. O. Morris.”

Yorkshire Post.—“A book so conscientiously written as to rank well among biographies.”

In Two Volumes, Large 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, price £1, 10s. Net. With Thirty-seven Illustrations, including Three hitherto unpublished Bird Drawings and Ten Portraits of Audubon.

Audubon, and His Journals.

By Maria R. Audubon. With Notes by Elliott Coues.

Contents.—Audubon: A Biography. The European Journals, 1826-29. The Labrador Journal, 1833. The Missouri River Journal, 1843. The Episodes. With a full Index.

Note.—To English people the name of Audubon is a familiar and respected one, and there is little reason to doubt that the present work, forming as it does so handsome a monument of his life’s work, should be acceptable both to the lover of good books and to the naturalist. The former has the attraction of Audubon’s picturesque and engaging English style, added to reminiscences and narratives of a diverse and fascinating character, and a highly interesting biography of Audubon from the pen of his granddaughter. The naturalist, on the other hand, has here for the first time the complete and carefully edited text of Audubon’s valuable journals, supplemented by appropriate and interesting notes by so eminent a zoologist as Dr. Elliott Coues. The entire publication is virtually new, since even the European journals are here much amplified, while the Missouri and Labrador journals are practically unpublished, and the “Episodes” have never before appeared collectively except in a French translation. The work is one of the widest interest, and must at once take its place as the authoritative biography of Audubon, as well as the first adequate presentation of his journals, which in their now complete form give “the man instead of the death mask.”

Times.—“Audubon’s unpublished manuscripts are the record of a long, a varied, and an adventurous life, passed in unremitting activity and indefatigable industry. We must say at once that for the most part they are fascinating. They are sensational, instructive, and frankly autobiographical, and they show a many-sided man in his various aspects, with the absolute unreserve of innocent egoism.”

Saturday Review.—“There is much that will interest readers of vastly different tastes. Thus the European journals in the first volume have an interest that is chiefly personal, and we get interesting scraps of conversation with Sir Walter Scott, Jeffrey, Wilson, Lord Stanley, Cuvier, St. Hilaire, Selby, Constant, Gerard, Jardine, and Bewick, as well as many other notables in the science, art, and literature of Edinburgh, London, and Paris in the late twenties.”

Spectator.—“The two volumes present the life of the great French-American naturalist in a most attractive form. The journal of his voyage up the Missouri is now first given to the world, and the freshness of his life in the woods and of his own charming personality is not marred by any unwise editing or comment. The illustrations are excellent, worthy of a work dealing with the life of the man who used the instruction received from the revolutionary painter David in his youth to make the greatest advance in the illustration of nature ever achieved by one man.”

Scotsman.—“A worthy and enduring memorial has been raised to the great American ornithologist in the two volumes prepared by his granddaughter. Miss Audubon’s work has been admirably done; and the worth of the book is much enhanced by the zoological and other notes which Dr. Coues has appended.”

New Work on English Monastic History.

In Two Volumes, Demy 8vo, Cloth, price 21s. Net.

The English Black Monks of St. Benedict A Sketch of their History from the coming of St. Augustine to the Present Day.

By the Rev. Ethelred L. Taunton.

Some Press Notices.

Literature.—“We are struck with the skill with which he has mastered the details of a somewhat complicated story, and the clear way he has set it down for the benefit of his readers.”

Record.—“We must add a word to express our sense of the interest and value of the appendix to Volume I., which is a translation of the Consuetudinary of the monks of St. Augustine’s, Canterbury. It is a real help to understanding the ways and works, the helps and the temptations, of the monks.”

Bookman.—“Much idle legend has been dissipated by Mr. Taunton’s researches, many points left dark are now cleared up, and in the perplexed quarrellings which ruined the prospects of Catholicism at the close of the reign of Elizabeth, as under James I. and Charles I., the historian holds a balance which does not waver.”

Two Volumes, Extra Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with 120 Coloured Plates, price 15s. Net.

The Flora of the Alps.

Being a Description of all the Species of Flowering Plants indigenous to Switzerland, and of the Alpine Species of the adjacent mountain districts of France, Italy, and Austria, including the Pyrenees. By Alfred W. Bennett, M.A., B.Sc., F.L.S., Lecturer on Botany at St. Thomas’s Hospital.

Times.—“Meets a want which has long been felt by English travellers of a complete illustrated guide to all the flowers which are indigenous to Switzerland.… The illustrations are numerous and accurate.”

Standard.—“Mr. Bennett gives an adequate description, and one which is both clear and exact, of all the species of flowering plants common to Switzerland.”

Spectator.—“These two volumes will form comprehensive and delightful companions to every traveller.”

Daily News.—“The letterpress is excellent, as, indeed, we should have expected from so high an authority; the plates are likely to be of great service to the traveller, and with their aid he will be able to identify most of the flowers he may find among the mountains.”

Land and Water.—“These very beautifully illustrated volumes will be welcomed by the numberless people whose summer holiday is spent in Switzerland or the Alpine districts.”

Crown 8vo, Cloth, Gilt Top, with Portrait and Eighty-one Engravings, price 5s.

The Complete Angler of Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton.

Edited by John Major.

Scotsman.—“There are all sorts of editions of the fisher’s classic; but this will appeal most strongly to the man whose affections attach themselves with an equal tenacity to a good day’s fishing and a good book.”

Bookman.—“In Creswick’s engravings and all the other pictures—‘embellishments’ they are called in the language of the forties when Major brought out his edition—will lie the chief interest and charm. They alone would make Major’s edition one of the very best to possess.”

Glasgow Herald.—“As good an edition of the angler’s classic as any one need wish to have.”

Liverpool Post.—“In these days of processed-blocks it is indeed refreshing to come upon wood engravings such as the tailpieces to the different chapters.”

By the Author of “Handley Cross,” &c.

Demy 8vo, 520 Pages, Twelve Full-Page Illustrations by Wildrake, Heath, Jellicoe, Coloured by Hand, 10s. 6d. Net.

Hillingdon Hall; or, The Cockney Squire.

A Tale of Country Life. By R. S. Surtees, Author of “Handley Cross,” “Jorrocks’s Jaunts and Jollities,” &c.

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