CELTIC ART IN PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN 

 TIMES 

 J. ROMILLY ALLEN, F.S.A. 



" Unquestionably the greatest living authority on the Celtic Archaeology 

 of Great Britain and Ireland, he writes as only a master of his subject can. 

 An admirable piece of work. " St. James's Gazette. 



"The letterpress and pictures are remarkably good throughout: both 

 author and publishers are to be congratulated on the issue of so attractive and 

 useful a book." Athentzum. 



" A luminously written record, with excellently well drawn and selected 

 illustrations. " Manchester Guardian. 



"An admirable summary of a large field illustrated with a series of 

 beautiful plates." Spectator. 



SHRINES OF BRITISH SAINTS 

 J. CHARLES WALL 



" Shrines of British Saints " deals with a class of monuments which, 

 throughout the Middle Ages, was of magnetic attraction, largely governing 

 the social and religious life of the nation, but which has all but ceased to 

 exist in the British Isles. From illumined page and fragmentary sculpture 

 the style and structure of shrines is here set forth. The art bestowed upon 

 them, the influence they had upon the designs of cathedrals and great 

 churches, and the legends surrounding them, form a subject of no mean value 

 in the life of Englishmen. 



ARCHEOLOGY AND FALSE ANTIQUITIES 

 ROBERT MUNRO, M.D., LL.D. 



The main object of this work is to show how modem methods of Com- 

 parative Archaeology may be utilised as a means of detecting erroneous 

 conclusions, whether founded on imperfect observations, false statements, 

 or the actual forgery of objects. A brief account is given of a number of 

 discoveries in various parts of the world which have become the subject of 

 controversy, as well as some notable forgeries. Then follows a criticism of 

 the so-called "idols," "totems," " ckuringas" etc., recently found in the 

 Clyde valley, which are still the subject of acute controversy. The con- 

 cluding chapter deals with the lessons to be derived from the above narrative 

 of the results of ignorance, fraud, and imposture. 



THE MANOR AND MANORIAL RECORDS 

 NATHANIEL J. HONE 



The reader is here presented with a graphic picture of the Manor as it 

 existed in England from an early period till the social changes of the seven- 

 teenth century. The manor-house and the manorial estate are fully described. 

 The relations between the lord and his tenants, the customs of the manor, the 

 duties of officers and servants, the routine of work, and the ancient system 

 of husbandry, rights of common and inclosures are each in turn dealt with. 

 Examples of the various classes of Manorial Records, as Court Rolls, Bailiff's 

 Accounts and Extents, are given from original sources. A list of existing 

 Court Rolls with their place of deposit and a Bibliography of Manorial 

 literature form an Appendix to the volume, which is illustrated by facsimiles, 

 plans, and views. 



SEALS 



J. HARVEY BLOOM, M.A. 



This manual traces the evolution of the seal in England in a series of 

 sections. The principal of these deal with seals of the sovereign and those 

 of royal courts, etc. ; the seals of archbishops ; courts ecclesiastical ; those of 

 the peers of the realm ; and ladies of rank ; seals of the bishops and clergy ; 

 those of county families, knights, and squires. The second main division 

 covers seals of corporations, monastic houses, universities, trading gilds, towns, 

 schools, and so forth. Under these sections the seals of individuals are 

 grouped as far as possible in types, and it is hoped that the volume will form 

 a useful guide to the age, artistic merit, etc., of these beautiful works of art, 

 which have been far too much neglected. No work of the kind has hitherto 

 been produced, and it will be seen from it how the seal engraver's art is a 

 reflex of the opinion of the time. The power of the sovereign, his style and 

 titles, the progress of religious thought, the rise and development of the science 

 of heraldry, and of Gothic art, are all seen, so that the study is not one that 



