“Attractively and helpfully presented.”
| + | Educ. R. 34: 209. S. ’07. 50w. |
“His style is didactic, and his diction clear, but a confusion of thought is often apparent.”
| + − | Ind. 63: 1370. D. 5, ’07. 120w. |
Lethaby, William Richard. Westminster abbey and the kings’ craftsmen: a study of mediaeval building. *$3.50. Dutton.
7–19737.
Less a description of the edifice than an account of the craftsmen who built and decorated it. “The author seeks to rebuild in our imaginations this ‘supreme work of art’ in all its perfection of form, its beauty of adornment, its suavity of environment, its church and chapterhouse, its monastery and mill, its garden and farm, seated by the side of the king’s palace on the bank of the clear-running Thames.” (Acad.)
“For genuine love of the past; for unwearied study of its records and minute observation of its example; for accurate marshalling of facts and for incontrovertible conclusions, in support of admirable principles, Professor Lethaby’s book deserves high commendation.”
| + + | Acad. 72: 34. Ja. 12, ’07. 1720w. |