assistance of the Universities go back
to the sixteenth century and furnish many interesting facts
about scholars who distinguished themselves at School and
University. The illustrations add greatly to the value of the
book. The Charter reproduced from the copy in the Bodleian shows
the signatures of the King, Protector, and Archbishop Cranmer.
There is a Photo. of the School and its Grounds, the Chapel, the
old and new Class-Rooms, Evan's House, and many Portraits which
cannot fail to interest all Sedberghians."--_Yorkshire Post._
#Walks Round York Minster.# By the Very Rev. A. P. Purey-Cust, D.D.,
author of "The Heraldry of York Minster," &c. 4to, 250 pages with forty
full-page Illustrations, specially done for the work. Edition limited to
250 numbered copies. Price 15/- nett. And 100 copies bound in white
vellum bevelled boards. 25/- nett.
"The illustrations reproduce in great measure the chief objects
of interest in the Minster, whether in Sculptured Tomb, Effigy,
or 'Storied Window.' One section is of surpassing interest, the
Military Memorials in which the Minster is so rich. The Dean has
done his work in a scholarly and interesting fashion."--_York
Herald._
"'Walks round York Minster' is a book that will endure. The last
work by the Dean will always find a welcome wherever people may
be found who love the Minster."--_Yorkshire Post._
#The Costume of Yorkshire in 1814.# A series of forty-one Fac-Similes of
Original Water-Colour Drawings, with descriptions in English and in
French, by George Walker, of Killingbeck, Leeds. Edited with Explanatory
Notes by the late Edward Hailstone, F.S.A., of Walton Hall. Folio. Price
L1 1 0 nett. Also an edition de luxe bound in vellum. Price L3 3 0
nett.
The forty-one reproductions in colour, embrace characteristic
examples of the manners, customs and costumes of typical Yorkshire
subjects, such as: The Horse Couper, Cloth Maker, Fishermen, Oat
Cakes, Nur and Spell, Yorkshire Regiments, the Old Cloth Hall, the
Fool Plough, Bishop Blaize Procession, Riding the Stang,
Wensleydale Knitters, Sheffield Cutlers, The Flax Industry,
Hawking, Racing, Cranberry Gatherers, Leech Finders, &c., &c.
#Rambles by Yorkshire Rivers.# By George Radford, M.A. A series of
descriptive articles describing the Tees, Greta, Swale, Yore, Nidd,
Washburn, Aire, Ouse, Derwent, Rye and the Esk. Illustrate
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