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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Westminster AbbeyPossible, unfortunately, to draw a complete picture of the place as it was a thousand years ago, yet, by chance, some very ancient materials exist - materials into whose age and authenticity we may have occasion to inquire in another chapter, but they enable us to mark distinctly some important points, around which we can build a more or less useful working hypothesis.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes h...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Windsor Castle: With a Description of the Park, Town, and NeighbourhoodHenry III. The derivation is more than doubtful. The name was applied originally to Old Windsor only, and has, 'most probably, some connexion with the not very distant Windlesham, 'which is pro nounced 'winsham.' In anglo-saxon, 'windle' is a willow, and 'ofer' is a Shore, but'windle' may refer to the winding course Of the Thames, and 'ofer' may have been softe...

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Prints and Etchings of Hans Sebald Beham, Painter, of Nuremberg, Citizen of Frankfort, 1500-1550In the following lift his dated works with the monogram h.s.p. Are firfi given in chronological order Next, tho/e with the fame fignature which are undated, in the order in which they occur in Bariy'ch. His engravings with h.s.b.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books...

Excerpt from Picturesque Scottish Scenery: From Original Drawings by T. L. RowbothamMurray had spent the night in a house in the neighbourhood. Rumours had reached him of the danger by which he was threatened. One of his friends' had even persuaded him to avoid the High Street, and pass round by the back of the town. But the crowd, pressing round him, rendered it impossible for him to do so and he rode onwards through Linlithgow, with calm cou...

Excerpt from Lessons in the Art of Illuminating: A Series of Examples Selected From Works in the British Museum, Lambeth Palace Library, and the South Kensington MuseumMany schools Of writing throughout England were destroyed in the Danish wars, and the princes Of the Norman race did little to encourage literary art. Though one or two interesting mss. Of this period survive, it is not until the accession of the Angevins that. English writing m...

Excerpt from Views in North Wales, From Original DrawingsThe Signs of a glacier are so evident in Cwm Llydaw that it is needless to describe all the details. At the out¿ow of the lake there are moraine-like mounds, formed of earthy matter, stones, and angular and subangular blocks, which even now partly dam up the lake, and when I first knew it, raised it to a still higher level, ere the channel of the brook was sacrilegiously deepened to lowe...

Excerpt from A Plea for Art in the House: With Special Reference to the Economy of Collecting Works of Art, and the Importance of Taste, in Education and MoralsHE following chapters are an attempt to put some practical rules and anecdotes into colloquial language.Almost all that has hitherto been published on Art, either at home or abroad, has been written in a manner which may almost be called poeti cal, so far does it differ from the plainne...

Excerpt from Rambles in and Near London: Or London AfternoonsIT is a serious thing to add another to the number of London books, and having undertaken the task, I hope to carry it out seriously. I have avoided, as far as possible, the mention of matters over which there has been controversy. Where it has not been possible I have stated the result only - the result, that is, as it appears to me. In all controversies the want of what in arithmet...

Excerpt from Inigo Jones and Wren: Or the Rise and Decline of Modern Architecture in EnglandI have endeavoured, I hope with success, to unravel the history of Inigo Jones's two great designs for Whitehall, which have so completely puzzled previous writers, and I have endeavoured also to apply similar principles to the elucidation of the different schemes made by Wren for St. Paul's.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thous...

Excerpt from A Ride in Egypt: From Sioot to Luxor in 1879: With Notes on the Present State and Ancient History of the Nile Valley, and Some Account of the Various Ways of Making the Voyage Out and HomeIN the following sketches an attempt is made to give some account of the present aspect of Egypt. They are the result of three visits to the Nile valley, comprising in all about fifteen months' residence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publish...

Excerpt from Whitehall Historical and Architectural NotesRichmond Terrace. Westminster claimed that the Terrace was within the boundaries of St. Margaret. The Terrace claimed that it was extra - parochial, as being on part of the site of the palace of Whitehall. The counsel for Westminster was able to show that Whitehall had been private property before the reign of Henry VIII., and that neither he nor any one else had made it extra-parochial....

Excerpt from Kensington Palace and GardensThe history of the Palace goes back far beyond the time of King William, far beyond the time of Lord Chancellor Nottingham. The beautiful Paik.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruc...

Excerpt from Authorised Guide to the Tower of LondonHouse, which cost £22 and 20d., was built for it, the first elephant, it was said, ever seen north of the Alps. We hear of lions in the reigns of the three Edwards, and a little later the office of Keeper was held by men of superior rank, and sometimes b the Lieutenant. Edward III had a lion and °onces, Henry VI kept lions and leopards Henry VIII had four large lions and two leopards James I ...

Excerpt from The Colour of LondonLondon and its life of revelry and wealth, of sordidness, of grime and struggle, and he saw the beauty that is in them, and though often enough he has heard the East a-calling he has paid no heed, preferring to die in London than to live in the dainty land that gave him birth. Not that he lacks patriotism by any means, but he obeys the call of his art and lets his country wait a little.About the PublisherForgot...

Excerpt from Kensington: Picturesque HistoricalI have purposely avoided detailed accounts of the Museums and other institutions of South Kensington, as they are in all London Guide Books, but some critical remarks have been taken from Mr. Moncure Conway's volume on the subject. The late Mr. Croker's Walk from London to Ful/zam is a mine of accurate information, somewhat marred by its editor, and Mr. L'estrange's City of Palaces contains a usef...

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