PREFACE. 



continuation from the year 1699 has not received as much 

 time and attention as I wished to bestow upon it, as I have 

 had to complete it rather hurriedly on account of my 

 having been absent abroad for several months. 



ALICIA M. T. AMHERST. 



DIDLINGTON HALL, NORFOLK. 

 September, 



PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. 



THE first edition was so quickly sold out that there has 

 been a demand for a second, before I have had time to 

 make many additions. There are, however, a few 

 alterations, the chief of them being the insertion of a part 

 of the plans of the Monastery of Canterbury from an 

 early MS. ; the correct view of Ingestre, instead of that of 

 Castle Bromwich, which was substituted by mistake in the 

 first edition ; and the addition of a view of Gunnersbury. 



I must express my thanks to all friends who have 

 kindly pointed out misprints overlooked in the first edition, 

 which I have endeavoured to rectify. I am also indebted 

 to those who have helped me to add the names of a few 

 more books to the Bibliography. 



ALICIA M. T. AMHERST. 



July, 1896. 



