WITH BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF THE BISHOPS AND DEANS. BY A Member of the Chester Archæological Society . “On entering a Cathedral, I am filled with devotion and with awe; I am lost to the actualities that surround me, and my whole being expands into the infinite; earth and air, nature and art, all swell up into eternity, and the only sensible impression left is, that I am nothing .”— Coleridge . CHESTER: GEORGE PRICHARD, BRIDGE STREET ROW, AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. TO THE VERY REVEREND THE DEAN

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R. W. Gleadowe, M.A. W. H. Massie, M.A. W. Harrison, M.A. E. E. Thurland, B.A., Precentor, &c. In concluding this record of the venerable Cathedral of Chester, we think it will have appeared, that while it has a history of deep interest and significance, it has also many architectural beauties, well deserving of a minute and careful study. “Amid the imposing growth of material wealth and pride, it is not unseasonable to remember that temple architecture is the oldest in the world; and to

PICTURESQUE VIEWS IN CHESTER, Done up in an elegant cover.  Price Two Shillings. VIEWS IN CHESTER AND NORTH WALES; Plain and Coloured. DITTO ON SHEETS OF NOTE PAPER; One Penny per Sheet. BOOK OF PATRIOTIC AND OTHER SONGS, FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS, Price Two-pence, or One Shilling and Sixpence per dozen. MUSIC OF DITTO, Price Fourpence, or Three Shillings per dozen. JUST PUBLISHED , PRICE TWO SHILLINGS , THE CHESTER GUIDE ; CONTAINING A COPIOUS HISTORY OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS OF THE