brought together much curious matter."--_Manchester
Guardian._

"The book is a very readable one, and will receive a hearty
welcome."--_Herts. Advertiser._

"Mr. William Andrews has been able to give us a very acceptable and
useful addition to the books which deal with the curiosities of
Church lore, and for this deserves our hearty thanks. The manner in
which the book is printed and illustrated also commands our
admiration."--_Norfolk Chronicle._

* * * * *

A Book About Bells.

BY THE REV. GEO. S. TYACK, B.A.,

Author of the "Historic Dress of the Clergy," etc.

_Crown, cloth extra, 6s._

CONTENTS:--Invention of Bells--Bell Founding and Bell Founders--Dates
and Names of Bells--The Decoration of Bells--Some Noteworthy Bells--The
Loss of Old Bells--Towers and Campaniles--Bell-Ringing and
Bell-Ringers--The Church-Going Bell--Bells at Christian Festivals and
Fasts--The Epochs of Man's Life Marked by the Bells--The Blessings and
the Cursings of the Bells--Bells as Time-Markers--Secular Uses of Church
and other Bells--Small Bells, Secular and Sacred--Carillons--Belfry
Rhymes and Legends--Index of Subjects, Index of Places.

THIRTEEN FULL-PAGE PLATES.

"A most useful and interesting book.... All who are interested in
bells will, we feel confident, read it with pleasure and
profit."--_Church Family Newspaper._

"A pleasing, graceful, and scholarly book.... A handsome volume
which will be prized by the antiquary, and can be perused with
delight and advantage by the general reader."--_Notes and Queries._

"'A Book About Bells' can be heartily commended."--_Pall Mall
Gazette._

"An excellent and entertaining book, which we commend to the
attention not only of those who are specially interested in the
subject of bells, but to all lovers of quaint archaeological
lore."--_Glasgow Herald._

"The book is well printed and artistic in form."--_Manchester
Courier._

"'A Book About Bells' is destined to be the work of reference on the
subject, and it ought to find a home on the shelves of every
library."--_Northern Gazette._

"The task Mr. Tyack has set himself, he has carried out admirably,
and throughout care and patient research are apparent."--_Lynn
News._

"We heartily recommend our readers to procure this volume."--_The
Churchwoman._

"An entertaining