OF
WILLIAM ANDREWS & CO.,
HULL.
[NEW BOOK BY WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.]
Elegantly bound in cloth gilt, demy 8vo., price 6s.
Old-Time Punishments.
By William Andrews, F.R.H.S.,
Author of “Curiosities of the Church,” “Historic Romance,”
“Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs,” “Historic
Yorkshire,” etc.
CONTENTS.
Carefully prepared papers, profusely illustrated, appear on the following subjects:—
The Ducking Stool—The Brank, or Scold’s Bridle—The Pillory—Punishing Authors and Burning Books—Finger-Pillory—The Jouga—The Stocks—The Drunkard’s Cloak—Whipping—Public Penance in White Sheets—The Repentance-Stool—Riding the Stang—Gibbet Lore—Drowning—Burning to Death—Boiling to Death—Beheading—Hanging, Drawing, and Quartering—Pressing to Death—Hanging—Hanging in Chains—The Halifax Gibbet—The Scottish Maiden, etc.—An Index of five closely-printed pages.
MANY CURIOUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
PRESS OPINIONS.
“This in an entertaining book ... well-chosen illustrations and a serviceable index.”—Athenæum.
“A hearty reception may be bespoken for it,”—Globe.
“A work which will be eagerly read by all who take it up.”—Scotsman.
“It is entertaining.”—Manchester Guardian.
“A vast amount of curious and entertaining matter.”—Sheffield Independent.
“We can honestly recommend a perusal of this book.”—Yorkshire Post.
“Interesting, and handsomely printed.”—Newcastle Chronicle.
“A very readable history.”—Birmingham Daily Gazette.
“Mr. Andrews’ book is well worthy of careful study, and is a perfect mine of wealth on the subject of which it treats.”—Herts Advertiser.
“It is sure of a warm welcome on both sides of the Atlantic”—Christian Leader.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co.
Hull: William Andrews & Co.
[In the Press.]
YORKSHIRE FAMILY ROMANCE.
By FREDERICK ROSS, F.R.H.S.,
Author of “The Ruined Abbeys of England,” “Celebrities
of Yorkshire Wolds,” “Biographia Eboracensis,”
“The Progress of Civilisation,” etc.
It will be observed from the following list of subjects that the work is of wide and varied interest, and will make a permanent contribution to Yorkshire literature:—
CONTENTS:
| The Alum Workers. | The Murderer’s Bride. |
| Blackfaced Clifford. | The Orphan Heiress of Denton. |
| The Martyred Cardinal. | Phases In the Life of a Political Martyr. |
| Burning of Cottingham Castle. | Rise of the House of Phipps. |
| The Doomed Heir of Osmotherley. | The Plumpton Marriage. |
| The Eland Tragedy. | The Prodigal Son. |
| St. Eadwine, the Royal Martyr. | Saltmarshe, the Fanatic. |
| The Felons of Ilkley. | The Shepherd Lord. |
| The Gunpowder Plot. | The Viceroy Siward. |
| The Ingilby Boar’s Head. | The Synod of Streoneshalh. |
| The Lady Jockey. | The Traitor Governor of Hull. |
| Little Moll and her Husband. | The Topcliffe Insurrection. |
| The Londesborough Peerage. | Waterton, the Wanderer. |
| The Maiden of Marblehead. | The Earldom of Wiltes. |
| The Metcalfes and the Three Calves passant. | The Witches of Fewston. |
The Volume will be tastefully bound in Cloth Gilt, and printed from new type on toned paper, and no pains will be spared to render it a lasting and important contribution to Yorkshire literature.