History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . o small achievement, for thedifficulties must have been considerable, and there are too manyinstances in which they have not been successfully grappled with. Beverley Minster possesses in an eminent degree the attributeof good proportion, which is so charming even to the untrained eye,and to the expert reveals the veiled skill and acumen of the is a curiously impalpable quality, and it is not easy to realisewherein it consists ; but there is no doubt as to the excellent anddignified effect where it exists, while its absence mars
History of the family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel) . o small achievement, for thedifficulties must have been considerable, and there are too manyinstances in which they have not been successfully grappled with. Beverley Minster possesses in an eminent degree the attributeof good proportion, which is so charming even to the untrained eye,and to the expert reveals the veiled skill and acumen of the is a curiously impalpable quality, and it is not easy to realisewherein it consists ; but there is no doubt as to the excellent anddignified effect where it exists, while its absence mars an otherwisesplendid structure for the ordinary observer. There is a wealth of rich carving and statuary both within andwithout, and no stained glass has been admitted which is not inkeeping with the ancient specimens remaining ; this is more thancan be said for a large number of old churches, etc., where thehideous garish colouring of the middle of last century vexes the eye. Beverley^ Minster has, in * fact, been most carefully and J- ? • •. liKON/.K IAHLKI RIXKNTLY ILAUCl) I\ Bl-IYKKU-IY MIX:BY MRS. DK WtMi. SIR JOHN MAUNSELL 193 lovingly festered all through the generations by those under whosecare it has successively been placed. Much money has from time totime been spent upon it. The organ, built originally in 1767, andfrequently enlarged since, was last year entirely rebuilt, and con-verted into a thoroughly modern instrument, of great power and The monuments in Beverley Minster are many and beautiful,notably those of the historic family of Percy. Two modest bronzes have recently been placed in this ancientchurch by a sorrowing widow (a near relative of the compiler of theserecords), in memory of her late husband, Colonel Douglas de Wend,who commanded the Depot and Regimental District, and his sonFenton, Lieutenant in his fathers old corps, the 33rd, or West RidingRegiment. Colonel de Wends father, Major de Wend, of the 44th—theEssex Regiment—of Un
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