18 APRIL 1903, Page 24

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings has issued

an admirable little book called Notes on the Repair of Ancient Buildings (B. T. Batsford). The Easter vestry meetings

are just over, and Church Restoration Committees are bringing in their Reports. Would that every such body could be made to read this little book and be guided by its principles. Many people are under the impression that this Society merely wishes old buildings to crumble into dust untouched. That this is a complete delusion readers of the book before us will soon see, for in it is given practical advice how to treat cracks in walls and decay in beams. Also there are plans showing the remarkable and ingenious piece of work the Society accomplished at Exeter, where a floor had to be suspended from the roof.