Written by John Ashton

The Legendary History of the Cross

by John Ashton

The Legendary History of the Cross is a series of sixty-four woodcuts from a Dutch book published by VELDENER.  This 14th century publication is now republished with many illustrations and an introduction by John William Ashton, an Australian Anglican bishop. Baring Gould has written a preface to this book about the history of cross since..

Modern Street Ballads

by John Ashton

Over Street Ballads may be raised the wail of “Ichabod, Ichabod, their glory is departed.” They held their own for many centuries, bravely and well, but have succumbed to a changed order of things, and a new generation has arisen, who will not stop in the streets to listen to these ballads being sung, but prefer to have their music served up to the..

Drinks of the World

by John Ashton

From the Cradle to the Grave we need Drink, and we have not far to look for the reason, when we consider that at least seventy per cent. of the human body is composed of water, to compensate the perpetual waste of which, a fresh supply is, of course, absolutely necessary. This is taken with our food (all solid nutriment containing some water), and ..