. Impressions of Westminster abbey, an illustrated text to accompany seven etchings. To all English-speaking people no nameof any ancient building is probably morefamiliar or more venerable than that ofthe Great Abbey which Edward the Con-fessor founded at Westminster and dedi-cated to St. Peter in 1050 ; that is, at anyrate, the period given without any his-torical doubt. Legendary history assignsthe foundation to King Lucius in thesecond century, or to King Sebert in theearly part of the seventh, with the pic-turesque stories of the fisherman Edric andhis vision of St. Peter, whose consecrat
. Impressions of Westminster abbey, an illustrated text to accompany seven etchings. To all English-speaking people no nameof any ancient building is probably morefamiliar or more venerable than that ofthe Great Abbey which Edward the Con-fessor founded at Westminster and dedi-cated to St. Peter in 1050 ; that is, at anyrate, the period given without any his-torical doubt. Legendary history assignsthe foundation to King Lucius in thesecond century, or to King Sebert in theearly part of the seventh, with the pic-turesque stories of the fisherman Edric andhis vision of St. Peter, whose consecrationof the abbey, assisted by angels and theheavenly choir, caused it to be dedicatedto that saint, etc., etc. But as far as these few notes, originally written in the form of ^jl! {i^O^a letter to a friend, are concerned, we have %^^^^^\^^. to deal only with real history. Another ?^) time we may have an opportunity to deal f(^^\ ^,>^^ ^iS with the legends. §s\j?;^ To the strangers of any race visiting ~^^ ^> 629803 $. X^y^l^^^ down to modern days h ii((&,l)^^r^i1l\ l2g2g^ ^^ glorified the country; all this, •^^.%M-(f>^if and more, will ever make the old abbey worthy of a pilgrimage from far-off the not too critical stranger all willbe glorious, and to the thoughtful archaeo-logist and artist all will be interesting, evenshou
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