Author : Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones
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ISBN 13 : 9781330483602
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)
Book Synopsis The Dean's Handbook to Gloucester Cathedral (Classic Reprint) by : Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones
Download or read book The Dean's Handbook to Gloucester Cathedral (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dean's Handbook to Gloucester Cathedral In this little handbook, the writer (save in a few special instances) has designedly omitted the usual notices of monuments devoid of public interest, he has ruled out all wordy descriptions of ordinary stained-glass windows, and generally takes no notice of objects which do not possess any remarkable architectural or historical features. Attention, however, is specially directed to, and careful descriptions are given of well-nigh everything in this ancient abbey (cathedral) of real beauty and of historic interest. One of Jane Austen's very commonplace, but at the same time very lovable heroines, Miss Catherine Morland, in Northanger Abbey, ingenuously confesses "that she likes nothing in the world so well as novels, particularly if horrid, and that she has always felt a profound compassion for historians, who only write books which they must be aware could be of no use but to torment children." The writer of the present story of Gloucester Cathedral, aware that something akin to the sentiments of Miss Morland, perhaps unconsciously, colours the thoughts of a good many minds, gravely advises the reader to skip the first chapter of this little book, which deals with the very early history of Gloucester and its great church, and to start with Chapter II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.