net.)—One needs to say little more about this book than
that it Co., is. and 2s. net per vol.) has now appeared. Among the volumes is adequate to its subject. Lincoln is one of the most interesting as it is one of the most ancient places in England. It was a Roman colony, and it has the good fortune to possess what is possibly the finest Cathedral—or should we call it Minster ?—in these islands ; in Ruskin's judgment, "worth any two other Cathedrals we have got." It is also, in the opinion of the same authority, " a lovely old English town," finely situated and full of interesting things,—the " Stonebow," for instance, and the "House of Aaron the Jew." And it has entertained great men. It would not be easy to find two Bishops who could be matched with Hugh of Avalon and Grosseteste. So Mr. Sympson 11as had many things to wiite about, and has written well. He has had, too, an able help in his illustrator, Mr. E. II. Now. Altogether, this is a book to be prized.
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