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From Antiquities and Curiosities of the Church, edited by William Andrews; London: William Andrews & Co., 1897; pp. i-viii.


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ANTIQUITIES AND CURIOSITIES OF THE CHURCH



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WORKS BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F. R. H. S.
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Mr. Andrews’ books are always interesting. — Church Bells.

No student of Mr. Andrews’ books can be a dull after-dinner speaker, for his writings are full of curious and out-of-the-way information and good stories. — Birmingham Daily Gazette.

Mr. Andrews’ works are a rich mine of curious learning, displayed in an attractive form. — “Echoes of the Week,” by Mr. G. A. Sala.

I think your labours, writes the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone to Mr. Andrews, of real interest and value in their illustration of Old English Life.

Curiosities of the Church.

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).

Contains in a popular and readable form, much that is curious and instructive. — Manchester Guardian.

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.

An admirable book. — Sheffield Independent.

Old Church Lore.

Mr. Andrews’ book does not contain a dull page. . . . Deserves to meet with a very warm welcome. — Yorkshire Post.

A worthy book on a deeply interesting subject. . . . We commend this book strongly. — European Mail.

An interesting volume. — The Scotsman.

The book is eminently readable, and may be taken up at any moment with the certainty that something suggestive or entertaining will present itself. — Glasgow Citizen.

Curious Church Customs.

A thoroughly excellent volume. — Publishers’ Circular.

We are indebted to Mr. Andrews for an invaluable addition to our library of folk-lore, and we do not think that many who take it up will skip a single page. — Dundee Advertiser.

Very interesting. — To-Day.

Mr. Andrews is too practised an historian not to have made the most of his subject. — Review of Reviews.

A handsomely got up and interesting volume. — The Fireside.

Curious Church Gleanings.

The volume is full of quaint glimpses of the past, and it will repay the student who consults its pages which are on the whole pleasant reading. — Morning Post.

A volume of quaint and pleasing information. — Chester Courant.

The volume, which is beautifully printed and illustrated, will fascinate the reader by its diversity, its instructive exposition, and its record of what is odd, mystical, and glorious in the Church’s annals. — Birmingham Daily Gazette.

A most entertaining work, and useful to antiquaries and socialogists as a book of reference. — Leeds Mercury.


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An engraving of the tall East Window of York Minster, mentioned in the text of the Chapter on Church Windows.

EAST WINDOW, YORK MINSTER.



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Antiquities. .

AND

Curiosities. . .

OF THE

Church, . . . . .



EDITED BY



William Andrews. . .





LONDON :

WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO., 5, FARRINGDON AVENUE, E.C.
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1897.





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Engraving of a square Printer's Logo of a man reading a sheet over a press. The back of an aproned printer is seen on the other side, with the name of the press in banners above and below the picture.


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PREFACE.

ENCOURAGED by the welcome given to my previous works prepared on similar lines to the present volume, I send forth this collection of new studies on old themes, hoping that it will entertain and instruct those interested in our National Church.


WILLIAM ANDREWS.


          THE HULL PRESS,

Holy Cross Day, 1896.





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Elf.Note — On the inside cover, the following bookplate of Walter H. Whitear is pasted. He might be the author who was an expert on the works of Samuel Pepys :

Black and white bookplate with Celtic style entwined Lettering of the Initias W and H, with the date 1908 in the corners, and the Words Walter H. Whitear at the bottom.




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