II.
Sculptured Signs of Old London,
With Numerous Illustrations by PHILIP NORMAN, F.S.A.
With an Introduction by HENRY B. WHEATLEY, F.S.A.
In this volume the author has endeavoured to preserve a record, before it is too late, of relics hitherto little known, though in their way most interesting—namely, the Sculptured House and Street Signs, put up as a rule immediately after the great fire, and which, when once removed, may soon and utterly be forgotten. The author deals with their meaning, associations, and many quaint stories relating to them.
The following list of the chapters will show the character and scope of this interesting volume:—
Human Signs.—Three Kings.—Astronomical Signs.—Animals Real and Imaginary.—Birds and other Sculptured Signs.—Various Crests and Coats of Arms.—Miscellaneous Signs, Dates and Inscriptions, etc.—A Few Suburban Spas.—Two old City Mansions.
The volume is incidentally full of pleasant chat concerning Old London, its citizens and their life and surroundings in the old times. It is fully illustrated by sketches and photographs taken on the spot by the author himself, many of the sculptured signs particularly lending themselves to picturesque treatment.
Mr. H. B. Wheatley, F.S.A., the well known authority on London, has written an introduction to the volume, and a full index puts its stores of information at the reader’s command.
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON, E.C.