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 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s.ix. JULY 0,1921, TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY. Second Volume of the ENGLISH CHURCH CRAFTS SERIES, uniform in size and style with HOWARD AND CROSSLEY'S "ENGLISH CHURCH WOODWORK, 1250-1550." ENGLISH CHURCH MONUMENTS OF THE GOTHIC PERIOD, A.D. 1150-1550 BY FRED H. CROSSLEY, F.S.A., Joint Author of " English Church Woodwork" A handsome quarto volume bound in cloth gilt, price 2 net Special subscription price to those ordering before Publication, 35/* net. Those who enter their names without delay will be included in the List of . Subscribers to be printed in the work* The work will contain upwards of 250 pages, with over 350 illustrations, many full page, from special Photographs taken chiefly by the Author and from Drawings. FROM earliest ages a marked and universal trait of the human race has been its affectionate reverence for the dead, which has continued through many civiliza- tions down to the present day. The different methods of honouring the departed and preserving their memory will always possess a deep interest as an expression of the holiest associations of humanity. In England few studies are more fascinating than that of the Monuments, Effigies, and Chantry Chapels of the Gothic period ; many intimate touches reveal the life and thought of the folk who did great things in laying the foundations of the England we know to-day. The intense human interest of these monuments, as well as their artistic beauty, has hitherto been little realized. The present work forms the first division of a survey of English Monumental Art from the twelfth to the nineteenth centuries, and treats of the mediaeval period, from about 1150 to 1550. The subdivision of the survey is compelled by the extraordinary wealth of material, for from these four centuries has survived a vast number of the products of a living and versatile art. The book contains a full introduction, illustrated by many comparative examples, followed by an account of the evolution of Monumental Design, in its various forms of Altar, Wall and Canopied Tomb and Chantry Chapel with sections on Tomb figure sculpture (such as Weepers), Heraldry and Metal Grates. The second division of the book deals with Effigies, arranged in chronological series, comprising Royalty and Peers, Ecclesiastics, Ladies, Military figures and Civilians, including sections on the provenance of Effigies and the materials from which they were carved. Mr. Crossley's series of illustrations, the majority of which are from his original photographs, comprises over 350 examples, of which 40 are full page; subjects from every part of the country are represented. The utmost care has been taken to select a representative series of the varied types evolved, and general views of Monuments are happily combined with illustrations of the many fine features and details. %* A full illustrated prospectus will be sent post free on application. PUBLISHED BY B. T. BATSFORD, LTD., 94, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON.