“Altogether the work is of first-rate importance—by far the most authoritative that has yet appeared, and likely to remain so for many years to come.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 1: 388. Mr. 30. 1530w. |
“The book is so thorough a piece of work from beginning to end that slips are very rare. Mr. Lethaby’s fascinating book is so emphatically a new departure that no one could have a better or more trustworthy guide to the glorious abbey church of Westminster.” W. H. St. John Hope.
| + + − | Eng. Hist. R. 22: 355. Ap. ’07. 1230w. |
“The characteristic feature of this new work, the outcome of twelve years of close research, is its recognition of the importance of individual craftsmen in the evolution of the great abbey.”
| + | Int. Studio. 31: 250. My. ’07. 270w. |
“Mr. Lethaby has rummaged his ‘documents’ to very good effect and has secured some valuable rays of illumination on the practical organization of building operations.”
| + + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 636. O. 19, ’07. 700w. |
“Written in a style which must win readers among all who love Westminster abbey or care to read at all, it contains a body of research at first hand which we do not hesitate to declare unequalled in importance by any similar publication on either side of the channel, for the double reason that there are no such complete records elsewhere, and no archaeologists possessing Mr. Lethaby’s combination of qualities.”
| + + + | Sat. R. 103: 303. Mr. 9, ’07. 1670w. |