"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 illustrations, 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._
_Author of "Curiosities of the Church," "Old-Time Punishments," "Historic Romance," etc._
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 Passing Bell--Concerning Coffins--The Curfew Bell--Curious Symbols of the Saints--Acrobats on Steeples--A carefully-prepared Index.
"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 entitled to unstinted praise on the ground of its admirable printing and binding."--_Shields Daily Gazette._