Excerpt from The Library of Liturgiology Ecclesiology for English Readers: Essays on Ceremonial This Fourth Volume of The Library of Liturgiology and Ecclesiology for English Readers consists of a collection of seven essays, contributed by various writers, bearing, with one exception, directly or indirectly upon the subject of the Ceremonial of the English Church. To Mr. Cuthbert Atchley special acknowledgment is due for three valuable contributions to this volume: - (1) "English Ceremonial" (2) "On English Liturgical Colours" (3) "Some Remarks on the Edwardian Prayer-Book." No one can read and study these essays without recognising the writer's patient investigation or facts, and careful weighing of evidence, in regard to the subjects treated. The first of Mr. Atchley's essays originally appeared in an abbreviated form in the pages of The Anglo-Catholic. Dr. J. Wickham Legg has most kindly consented to the reprinting of his treatise "On Some Ancient Liturgical Customs now falling into disuse," read before The St. Paul's Ecclesiological Society in the year 1887. At the present time there appears to be serious reasons for again drawing attention to the principles laid down, with the writer's usual learning and force, in this treatise. The articles on "Vestments" and "Altars" by the Rev. Percy Dearmer, the author of The Parson's Handbook, originally appeared in the columns of The Art Workers' Quarterly. They were written in order to put the main outlines of the subject in hand before those who are concerned in various church crafts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.