Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects Part 25

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO.,

THE HULL PRESS.

_SECOND EDITION. Bound in cloth gilt, demy 8vo. 6s._

Curiosities of the Church:

Studies of Curious Customs, Services, and Records,

By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.,

AUTHOR OF "HISTORIC ROMANCE," "FAMOUS FROSTS AND FROST FAIRS," "HISTORIC YORKs.h.i.+RE," ETC.

CONTENTS:

Early Religious Plays: being the Story of the English Stage in its Church Cradle Days--The Caistor Gad-Whip Manorial Service--Strange Serpent Stories--Church Ales--Rush Bearing--Fish in Lent--Concerning Doles--Church Scrambling Charities--Briefs--Bells and Beacons for Travellers by Night--Hour Gla.s.ses in Churches--Chained Books in Churches--Funeral Effigies--Torchlight Burials--Simple Memorials of the Early Dead--The Romance of Parish Registers--Dog Whippers and Sluggard Wakers--Odd Items from Old Accounts--A carefully compiled Index.

ILl.u.s.tRATED.

Press Opinions.

"A volume both entertaining and instructive, throwing much light on the manners and customs of bygone generations of Churchmen, and will be read to-day with much interest."--_Newbery House Magazine._

"An extremely interesting volume."--_North British Daily Mail._

"A work of lasting interest."--_Hull Examiner._

"The reader will find much in this book to interest, instruct, and amuse."--_Home Chimes._

"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.)_

"A valuable book."--_Literary World (Boston, U.S.A.)._

"An admirable book."--_Sheffield Independent._

"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._

"Mr. William Andrews' new book, 'Curiosities of the Church,' adds another to the series by which he has done so much to popularise antiquarian studies.... The book, it should be added, has some quaint ill.u.s.trations, and its rich matter is made available for reference by a full and carefully compiled index."--_Scotsman._

_Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, demy 8vo., price 6s._

Old Church Lore,

By WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.,

_Author of "Curiosities of the Church," "Old-Time Punishments," "Historic Romance," etc._

CONTENTS.

The Right of Sanctuary--The Romance of Trial--A Fight between the Mayor of Hull and the Archbishop of York--Chapels on Bridges--Charter Horns--The old English Sunday--The Easter Sepulchre--St. Paul's Cross--Cheapside Cross--The Biddenden Maids Charity--Plagues and Pestilences--A King Curing an Abbot of Indigestion--The Services and Customs of Royal Oak Day--Marrying in a White Sheet--Marrying under the Gallows--Kissing the Bride--Hot Ale at Weddings--Marrying Children--The Pa.s.sing Bell--Concerning Coffins--The Curfew Bell--Curious Symbols of the Saints--Acrobats on Steeples--A carefully-prepared Index.

ILl.u.s.tRATED.

PRESS OPINIONS.

"A worthy work on a deeply interesting subject.... We commend this book strongly."--_European Mail._

"An interesting volume."--_The Scotsman._

"Contains much that will interest and instruct."--_Glasgow Herald._

"The author has produced a book which is at once entertaining and valuable, and which is also ent.i.tled to unstinted praise on the ground of its admirable printing and binding."--_s.h.i.+elds Daily Gazette._

"Mr. Andrews' book does not contain a dull page.... Deserves to meet with a very warm welcome."--_Yorks.h.i.+re Post._

"Mr. Andrews, in 'Old Church Lore,' makes the musty parchments and records he has consulted redolent with life and actuality, and has added to his works a most interesting volume, which, written in a light and easy narrative style, is anything but of the 'dry-as-dust' order. The book is handsomely got up, being both bound and printed in an artistic fas.h.i.+on."--_Northern Daily News._

"Valuable and interesting."--_The Times._

"Readable as well as instructive."--_The Globe._

"A valuable addition to any library."--_Derbys.h.i.+re Times._

The Bygone Series.

In this series the following volumes are included, and issued at 7s. 6d.

each. Demy 8vo., cloth gilt.

These books have been favourably reviewed in the leading critical journals of England and America.

Carefully written articles by recognised authorities are included on history, castles, abbeys, biography, romantic episodes, legendary lore, traditionary stories, curious customs, folk-lore, etc., etc.

The works are ill.u.s.trated by eminent artists, and by the reproduction of quaint pictures of the olden time.

BYGONE CHEs.h.i.+RE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S.

BYGONE DERBYs.h.i.+RE, edited by William Andrews, F.R.H.S.