Excerpt from The Stranger's Pew M1556eifrom the now melting snow, were alive with well-dressed men and richly dressed ladies who moved de corously toward the handsome stone portal, above which carven saints, who had lived holy lives, stood in stony repose. With solemn mien the worshippers entered, exchanging with acquaintances tempered salutations or fragmentary bits of news; bowing to the bowing vergers, who obsequi ously showed them up the dim aisles to their seats in cushioned pews, where they settled themselves with an air of satisfaction. Each pew con tained a plate or card engraved with the name of the owner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.