SOME PRESS NOTICES
Oxford Magazine.—“All who love the Abbey will be grateful for the skill and affection bestowed on this admirable work.”
Birmingham Post.—“With the history of the Abbey the author interweaves the life of the Benedictines, peopling the building with its occupants in the centuries when England was a Catholic country, and does it with such skill than one can almost imagine oneself at the services.”
Englishman.—“The writer handles his subject with consummate skill, and his reward will lie in the unmeasured praise of his many readers.”
Guardian.—“A book which brings fresh enthusiasm, and will impart a new impetus to the study of the Abbey and its history.”
Scotsman.—“At once instructive and delightful, it more than justifies its existence by its historical and architectural learning.”
Liverpool Daily Courier.—“We found the earlier parts of the book most fascinating, and have read them over and over again.”
Architectural Association Journal.—“Bright and interesting; evincing the author’s invariable enthusiasm and characteristic industry.”
Western Morning News.—“To say that the book is interesting is to say little; it is a monument of patient and loving industry and extreme thoroughness, an inexhaustible mine of delight to the reader, general or technical.”
Outlook.—“The author discusses the architecture with a minuteness that might terrify the inexpert if it were not for the sustained ease and interest of his style; great is the fascination of the expert hand when its touch is light.”