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By the Rev. J. Charles Cox, LL.D., F.S.A. 



N the Society's Journal for 1902, I was allowed to 



give some account of a notable work by 



Mr. Gotch on " Early Renaissance Architecture in 



England," paying particular attention to those parts 



illustrative of Derbyshire examples. 



The like permission has now been granted to me with 

 regard to a still more notable and most important work that 

 has just been put forth with regard to Gothic Architecture by 

 Mr. Bond. There has been such an advance of late years 

 in the comparative study of the architecture of England's old 

 churches that the works of Rickman and Parker are now out of 

 date, although invaluable at the time they were compiled. 

 Those who desire to possess in a single volume an authoritative, 

 most genuine, and detailed history of the evolution and 

 development of church-building in this country cannot possibly 

 be disappointed with this fine work. The story of each part 

 of the building, and the reason for its construction in the 

 form it assumed, is told consecutively, without being broken 

 up into different periods. 



The illustrations are most lavish and admirably selected ; 

 they comprise 785 photographs, sketches, and measured 



* Gothic Architecture in Englaiid : An Analysis of the Origin and 

 Development of English Church Architecture from the Norman Conquest 

 to the Dissolution of the Monasteries. By Francis Bond, M.A. Price 

 3IS. 6d. net. B. T. Batsford, 94, High Holborn. 



We are indebted to Mr. Batsford for the loan of two Derbyshire blocks. 



