5

Nave Aisles 40

Transept 45

Octagon 49

Choir 58

North Aisle of Choir 77

Retro-Choir 80

South Aisle of Choir 81

Lady Chapel, or Trinity Church 88

Upper parts of the Church 91

Exterior 91

Dimensions of the Cathedral 99

The Monastic Buildings, &c. 101

Prior Crauden's Chapel 105

The Bishop's Palace 110

St. Mary's Church 112

The Grange 115

St. John's Hospital 115

Appendix I. The Cathedral Organ 117

II. Statement of Restorations, &c. 120

THE MINSTER.

_Copied, by permission, from "Good Words."_

Stone upon stone!
Each in its place,
For strength and for grace,
Rises stone upon stone!

Like a cluster of rods,
Bound with leaf-garlands tender,
The great massive pillars
Rise stately and slender;
Rise and bend and embrace
Until each owns a brother,
As down the long aisles
They stand linked to each other;
While a rod of each cluster
Rises higher and higher
Breaking up in the shadow,
Like clouds that aspire.
While here in the midst,
'Neath the great central tower,
The strength and the unity
Mingle in power,
And the mystery greatens:
Nowhere in the place
Can the eye see the whole,
Or the sun light the space.
And here the gloom gathers,
And deepens to dense,
While yonder the white light
Breaks sharp and intense.

Unity! Mystery!
Majesty! Grace!
Stone upon stone,
And each stone in its place.

[Illustration]

+Introduction.+

The introductory chapter of a book is often passed over without the
careful perusal it very frequently deserves, when, perhaps, its
purpose is to promote a better understanding of the