VISITORS’ GUIDE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY
BY FRANCIS BOND, M.A., F.G.S.
93 pages of text, abridged from the eighteenth and nineteenth chapters of the author’s larger work on “Westminster Abbey,” consisting chiefly of description of the Tombs, Monuments, and Cloisters, with 15 Plans and Drawings and 32 Photographic Illustrations. Price 1s. net
LONDON: HENRY FROWDE, Oxford University Press
SOME PRESS NOTICES
Guardian.—“There is probably no better brief handbook. Mr Bond’s qualifications for the task are beyond question. By the use of varied type, ingenious arrangement, and excellent tone-blocks and plans, the book attains a high standard of lucidity as well as of accuracy.”
Building News.—“This little work is characterised by its terseness, directness, and practical treatment. A carefully compiled and scholarly guide-book.”
Architect.—“This book will excellently and admirably fulfil its purpose.... A splendid itinerary, in which almost every inch of the way is made to speak of its historical connections.”
Birmingham Daily Post.—“Concise, informative, reliable, and admirably illustrated.”
Western Morning News.—“By his key plan and very clear directions as to where to find the numerous side chapels, historic monuments, and other objects of interest, Mr Bond makes it possible for a visitor to find his way round the building at his leisure. It refreshes one’s knowledge of English history, and is supplemented by thirty-two excellent plates, which by themselves are worth the shilling charged for it.”
Scotsman.—“A more complete and dependable guide to the National Pantheon could not be desired.”
Architectural Review.—“This is an excellent little text-book. Mr Bond is to be congratulated in having introduced into it an interesting element of history. The notes in small print should make the visit to the Abbey both more profitable and more interesting. The key plan and the numerous small plans are extremely clear and easily read. The information given is concise and to the point, and a word of special praise must be given to the plates at the end; the subjects of these are well chosen and are illustrated by very good photographs.”
Antiquary.—“This little book, strongly bound in linen boards, gives concisely and clearly all the information the ordinary visitor is likely to require. Cheap, well arranged, well printed, abundantly illustrated and well indexed, this handy book, which is light and ‘pocketable,’ is the best possible companion for which a visitor to our noble Abbey can wish; it is an ideal guide.”