"Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

"For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

"What is it then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the understanding also."

I Cor. xiv. 12-15.

CONTENTS

PARTPAGE
I.THE LOST CHAPEL[1]
(a) Introductory[3]
(b) Documentary[6]
(c) Psychological Methods applied to Research[17]
(d) On Automatism[22]
(e) Notes on the Automatic Script[26]
(f) Narrative of the Writings[32]
(g) Table of Veridical Passages[70]
(h) Testimonies[79]
II.THE CHILD OF NATURE[83]
(a) Johannes goes a-fishing[86]
(b) The Vat of Good Ale[89]
(c) Memories of His House[93]
(d) The Burden of the Flesh[96]
(e) The Gargoyle[98]
(f) Story of Eawulf[105]
III.THE LORETTO CHAPEL[109]
(a) Documentary[111]
(b) Story of Bere's Vow (1911 Script)[119]
(c) Camillus Thesiger speaks (1916 Script)[125]
(d) Architectural Details Descriptive of the Italian Chapel[128]
(e) Review[142]
(f) The 1917 Script[144]
(g) Reconstructions[151]
(h) Conclusion[155]
(i) Appendix: Table of Data and Constructive Argument[160]
IV.INDEX AND SYNOPSIS[169]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATEPAGE
[ I].Ruins of Glastonbury Abbey viewed from North Transept, looking towards the Broken Arch of Quire. (F.B.B.)frontispiece
[II].Foundations of the Edgar Chapel, as Restored (from West)to face56
[III].Reconstruction of the Interior of Bere's Time (Early Sixteenth Century) from the Same Point as Plate I. (F.B.B.) (frontispiece to Part II.)to face84
[IV].Coney's View of the Abbey (1817) (frontispiece to Part III.)to face111
[V].Reconstruction of the North Transept with Loretto Chapel and Claustrum (from a Pencil Drawing by F.B.B.)to face154
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FIG.
1.Phelps's Plan[5]
2.Willis's Plan[9]
3.Archæological Institute's Plan of Retro-Quire
4.Plan of Gulielmus[34]
5.Second Plan, showing Edgar Chapel[36]
6.Plan of Apsidal Chapel, published before Discovery[61]
7.Plan of Apsidal Chapel after Excavation was completed[64]
8.Sketch Elevation of North Side of Edgar Chapel and Monington's Quire[81]
9.Abbot's Head (a Gargoyle in Profile)[99]
10.Stukeley's Panorama of the Ruins in 1723[115]
11.Hollar's View, c. 1655 (Enlarged)[116]
12.Cannon's Sketch of the Ruins, c. 1746[117]
Plans A to I: Nine Sheets of Details of the Loretto Chapel, being Facsimiles of those appearing in the Automatic Scriptpages [129]-142
13.General Plan of the Abbey laid out on Squares of 74 Feet (1912)[148]a
14.Geometric Plan of St. Mary's Chapel[150]
15.Tentative Plan of the Loretto Chapel, etc.[152]
16.Complete Plan of All Chief Features mentioned in the Work[153]