The Bells of England

1906. An attempt by the author to provide a history of English Bells. Contents: Early History; The British Period; The Saxon Period; The Norman Period; The Thirteenth Century; Times of Development; Provincial Founders, Mediaeval Uses; The Cire Perdue, Hexameters, Ornamentation, Migration of Founders, Power of Bells over Storms, The Passing Bell, Angelic Dedications; The Beginning of the Black Letter Period; Early Foundries, London and the South West; From the South Coast Eastward; The Midlands a