The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire #264816

In revising these sheets for a second edition I have been, once more, largely indebted to the kindness of antiquarian friends.<br><br>In particular I have been allowed to anticipate in some points a forthcoming work on Fountains Abbey by Mr. Micklethwaite and Mr. W. S. John Hope.<br><br>Within the last seven years much fresh light has been thrown on monastic antiquities by minute examination and patient inquiry, and the impossibility of dealing exhaustively with even a section of this subject in anything short of a large and technical work has become proportionately evident.