Printed by J. & H. COX, BROTHERS (LATE COX & SONS), 74 & 75, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields. IN 1806 I published, at Newcastle, a work in two volumes, with the title of "Antiquities of the Anglo-Saxon Church;" which four years later was reprinted at the same place, in one volume of a larger size. Both editions, being small, were speedily exhausted. More than thirty years have since elapsed; during which time the labours of several distinguished scholars, natives and foreigners, have done much to elucidate the Anglo-Saxon portion of our history. The treasures of our libraries have been explored; and documents, previously unknown, have been brought to light : new and improved editions of the works of our ancient writers have been given both in the Latin and the vernacular language; and the laws civil and ecclesiastical of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, their charters, poems, homilies and correspondence, have been collected and published, some for the A 2 VOL. I. |
