Chapter XII (2)

“_It is written with the delicacy, freshness, and absence of all affectation which characterised the former works by the same hand, and which render these books so very much more pleasant reading than are religious biographies in general. The character of S. Francis de Sales, Bishop of Geneva, is a charming one; a more simple, pure, and pious life it would be difficult to conceive. His unaffected humility, his freedom from dogmatism in an age when dogma was placed above religion, his freedom from bigotry in an age of persecution, were alike admirable._”――STANDARD.

“_The author of ‘A Dominican Artist,’ in writing this new life of the wise and loving Bishop and Prince of Geneva, has aimed less at historical or ecclesiastical investigation than at a vivid and natural representation of the inner mind and life of the subject of his biography, as it can be traced in his own writings and in those of his most intimate and affectionate friends. The book is written with the grave and quiet grace which characterises the productions of its author, and cannot fail to please those readers who can sympathise with all forms of goodness and devotion to noble purpose._”――WESTMINSTER REVIEW.

“_A book which contains the record of a life as sweet, pure, and noble as any man by divine help, granted to devout sincerity of soul, has been permitted to live upon earth. The example of this gentle but resolute and energetic spirit, wholly dedicated to the highest conceivable good, offering itself, with all the temporal uses of mental existence, to the service of infinite and eternal beneficence, is extremely touching.... It is a book worthy of acceptance._”――DAILY NEWS.

“_It is not a translation or adaptation, but an original work, and a very charming portrait of one of the most winning characters in the long gallery of Saints. And it is a matter of thankfulness to us to find a distinctively Anglican writer setting forward the good Bishop’s work among Protestants, as a true missionary task to reclaim souls from deadly error, and bring them back to the truth._”――UNION REVIEW.

=THE SPIRIT OF S. FRANCIS DE SALES, BISHOP AND PRINCE OF GENEVA.=
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Francis de Sales,” “A Dominican Artist,” &c., &c. Crown 8vo.
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=A SELECTION FROM THE SPIRITUAL LETTERS OF S. FRANCIS DE SALES,
BISHOP AND PRINCE OF GENEVA.= Translated by the Author of
“Life of S. Francis de Sales,” “A Dominican Artist,” &c. &c.
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“_It is a collection of epistolary correspondence of rare interest and excellence. With those who have read the Life, there cannot but have been a strong desire to know more of so beautiful a character as S. Francis de Sales. He was a model of Christian saintliness and religious virtue for all time, and one everything relating to whom, so great were the accomplishments of his mind as well as the devotion of his heart, has a charm which delights, instructs, and elevates._”――CHURCH HERALD.

“_A few months back we had the pleasure of welcoming the Life of S. Francis de Sales. Here is the promised sequel:――the ‘Selection from his Spiritual Letters’ then announced:――and a great boon it will be to many. The Letters are addressed to people of all sorts:――to men and to women:――to laity and to ecclesiastics, to people living in the world, or at court, and to the inmates of Religious Houses. And what an idea it gives one of the widely ramifying influence of one good man and of the untiring diligence of a man, who in spite of all his external duties, could find or make the time for all these letters. We hope that with our readers it may be totally needless to urge such a volume on their notice._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

=CONSOLATIO=; or, Comfort for the Afflicted. Edited by the Rev.
C. E. KENNAWAY. With a Preface by SAMUEL WILBERFORCE, D.D.,
Lord Bishop of Winchester. New Edition. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d.

“_A charming collection from the best writers of passages suitable in seasons of sickness and afflictions._”――CHURCH REVIEW.

“_A very valuable collection of extracts from writers of every school. The volume is an elegant one._”――CHURCH TIMES.

“_A very useful collection of devotional extracts from the histories of good men of very various schools of thought._”――JOHN BULL.

“_We are bound to admire the extreme beauty and the warm devotion of the majority of passages here collected to smooth the soul that sorrows, even though penned by men from whom we differ so much in doctrine._”――ROCK.

“_A work which we feel sure will find a welcome and also prove a soothing guest in the chamber of many an invalid._”――RECORD.

=A BOOK OF FAMILY PRAYER.= Compiled by WALTER FARQUHAR HOOK,
D.D., Dean of Chichester. Eighth Edition. 18mo. 2s.

=FAMILY PRAYERS.= Compiled from various Sources (chiefly from
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=A MANUAL OF CONFIRMATION=, Comprising――1. A General Account
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of Confirmation, with Short Notes, Critical and Devotional.
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in connexion with the Ordinance. With a Pastoral Letter
instructing Catechumens how to prepare themselves for their
first Communion. By EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN, D.D., Dean of
Norwich. Ninth Edition. Small 8vo. 1s. 6d.

=DIRECTORIUM PASTORALE.= The Principles and Practice of Pastoral
Work in the Church of England. By the Rev. JOHN HENRY BLUNT,
M.A., F.S.A., Editor of “The Annotated Book of Common Prayer,”
&c. &c. Third Edition, revised. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“_This is the third edition of a work which has become deservedly popular as the best extant exposition of the principles and practice of the pastoral work in the Church of England. Its hints and suggestions are based on practical experience, and it is further recommended by the majority of our Bishops at the ordination of priests and deacons._”――STANDARD.

“_Its practical usefulness to the parochial clergy is proved by the acceptance it has already received at their hands, and no faithful parish priest, who is working in real earnest for the extension of spiritual instruction amongst all classes of his flock will rise from the perusal of its pages without having obtained some valuable hints as to the best mode of bringing home our Church’s system to the hearts of his people._”――NATIONAL CHURCH.

=THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS.= Translated into English, with an
Introduction and Notes. By CHARLES H. HOOLE, M.A., Senior
Student of Christ Church, Oxford. Small 8vo. 4s. 6d.

=HYMNS AND POEMS FOR THE SICK AND SUFFERING.= In connexion with
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Giles’s, Reading. New Edition. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d.

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=A GLOSSARY OF ECCLESIASTICAL TERMS.= Containing Brief
Explanations of Words used in Theology, Liturgiology,
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Hierology and Mediæval Latin; together with some account
of Titles of our Lord, Emblems of Saints, Hymns, Orders,
Heresies, Ornaments, Offices, Vestments and Ceremonial, and
Miscellaneous Subjects. By Various Writers. Edited by the Rev.
ORBY SHIPLEY, M.A. Crown 8vo. 18s.

=ANCIENT HYMNS.= From the Roman Breviary. For Domestic Use every
Morning and Evening of the Week, and on the Holy Days of the
Church. To which are added, Original Hymns, principally of
Commemoration and Thanksgiving for Christ’s Holy Ordinances.
By RICHARD MANT, D.D., sometime Lord Bishop of Down and Connor.
New Edition. Small 8vo. 5s.

“_Real poetry wedded to words that breathe the purest and the sweetest spirit of Christian devotion. The translation from the old Latin Hymnal are close and faithful renderings._”――STANDARD.

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“_A new edition of Bishop Mant’s ‘Ancient Hymns from the Roman Breviary’ forms a handsome little volume, and it is interesting to compare some of these translations with the more modern ones of our own day. While we have no hesitation in awarding the palm to the latter, the former are an evidence of the earliest germs of that yearning of the devout mind for something better than Tate and Brady, and which know so richly supplied._”――CHURCH TIMES.

“_This valuable manual will be of great assistance to all compilers of Hymn-Books. The translations are graceful, clear, and forcible, and the original hymns deserve the highest praise. Bishop Mant has caught the very spirit of true psalmody, his metre flows musically, and there is a tuneful ring in his verses which especially adapts them for congregational singing._”――ROCK.

=YESTERDAY, TO-DAY, AND FOR EVER=: A Poem in Twelve Books. By
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“_The most simple, the richest, and the most perfect sacred poem which recent days have produced._”――MORNING ADVERTISER.

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“_Mr. Bickersteth writes like a man who cultivates at once reverence and earnestness of thought._”――GUARDIAN.

“_In these light miscellany days there is a spiritual refreshment in the spectacle of man girding up the loins of his mind to the task of producing a genuine epic. And it is true poetry. There is a definiteness, a crispness about it, which in these moist, viewy, hazy days ♦is no less invigorating than novel._”――EDINBURGH DAILY REVIEW.

♦ “in” replaced with “is”

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Bishop of Ripon, Author of “Yesterday, To-day, and for Ever.”
Second Edition. Small 8vo. 6s.

=A HANDY BOOK OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL DILAPIDATIONS ACT, 1871.=
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Qualification and Practice of Diocesan Surveyors. By EDWARD G.
BRUTON, F.R.I.B.A., and Diocesan Surveyor, Oxford. Crown 8vo.
5s.

=STONES OF THE TEMPLE; OR, LESSONS FROM THE FABRIC AND FURNITURE
OF THE CHURCH.= By WALTER FIELD, M.A., F.S.A., Vicar of
Godmersham. With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“_Anyone who wishes for simple information on the subjects of Church-architecture and furniture, cannot do better than consult ‘Stones of the Temple.’ Mr. Field modestly disclaims any intention of supplanting the existing regular treatises, but his book shows an amount of research, and a knowledge of what he is talking about, which make it practically useful as well as pleasant. The wood-cuts are numerous and some of them very pretty._”――GRAPHIC.

“_A very charming book, by the Rev. Walter Field, who was for years Secretary of one of the leading Church Societies. Mr. Field has a loving reverence for the beauty of the domus mansionalis Dei, as the old law books called the Parish Church.... Thoroughly sound in Church feeling, Mr. Field has chosen the medium of a tale to embody real incidents illustrative of the various portions of his subject. There is no attempt at elaboration of the narrative, which, indeed, is rather a string of anecdotes than a story, but each chapter brings home to the mind its own lesson, and each is illustrated with some very interesting engravings.... The work will properly command a hearty reception from Churchmen. The footnotes are occasionally most valuable, and are always pertinent, and the text is sure to be popular with young folks for Sunday reading._”――STANDARD.

“_Mr. Field’s chapters on brasses, chancel screens, crosses, encaustic tiles, mural paintings, porches and pavements, are agreeably written, and people with a turn for Ritualism will no doubt find them edifying. The volume, as we have said, is not without significance for readers who are unable to sympathize with the object of the writer. The illustrations of Church-architecture and Church ornaments are very attractive._”――PALL MALL GAZETTE.

=A SHADOW OF DANTE.= Being an Essay towards Studying Himself, his
World, and his Pilgrimage. By MARIA FRANCESCA ROSSETTI. With
Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d.

“_The ‘Shadow of Dante’ is a well-conceived and inviting volume, designed to recommend the ‘Divina Commedia’ to English readers, and to facilitate the study and comprehension of its contents._”――ATHRNÆUM.

“_And it is in itself a true work of art, a whole finely conceived, and carried out with sustained power,――one of those reproductions and adumbrations of great works, in which mere servile copying disappears, and which are only possible to a mind which, however inferior to its original, is yet of the same order and temperament, with an unusual faculty for taking the impressions of that original and reflecting them undimmed. It is much to say of a volume like this. But it is not too much to say, when, after going through it, we consider the thorough knowledge of the subject shown in it, the patient skill with which the intricate and puzzling arrangements of the poem, full of what we call the conceits and puzzles of the contemporary philosophy, are unravelled and made intelligible; the discrimination and high principle with which so ardent a lover of the great poet blames his excesses; the high and noble Christian faith which responds to his; and, lastly, the gift of eloquent speech, keen, rich, condensed, expressive, which seems to have passed into the writer from the loving study of the greatest master in his own tongue of all the inimitable harmonies of language――the tenderest, the deepest, the most awful._”――GUARDIAN.

“_The work introduces us not merely to the author’s life and the political and ecclesiastical conjunctures under which he lived, but to the outlines of the Catholicised systems of ethics, astronomy, and geography which he interpreted in classifying his spirits and assigning them their dwellings; as also to the drift of his leading allegories; and finally, to the general conduct of his poem――which is amply illustrated by citations from the most literal verse translations. We find the volume furnished with useful diagrams of the Dantesque universe, of Hell, Purgatory, and the ‘Rose of the Blessed,’ and adorned with a beautiful group of the likenesses of the poet, and with symbolic figures (on the binding) in which the taste and execution of Mr. D. G. Rossetti will be recognised. The exposition appears to us remarkably well arranged and digested; the author’s appreciation of Dante’s religious sentiments and opinions is peculiarly hearty, and her style refreshingly independent and original._”――PALL MALL GAZETTE.

“_It bears traces throughout of having been due to a patient, loving and appreciative study of the great poet, as he is exhibited, not merely in the ‘Divina Commedia,’ but in his other writings. The result has been a book which is not only delightful in itself to read, but is admirably adapted as an encouragement to those students who wish to obtain a preliminary survey of the land before they attempt to follow Dante through his long and arduous pilgrimage. Of all poets Dante stands most in need of such assistance as this book offers._”――SATURDAY REVIEW.

=PARISH MUSINGS; OR, DEVOTIONAL POEMS.= By JOHN S. B. MONSELL,
LL.D., Rural Dean, and Rector of St. Nicholas, Guildford. Fine
Edition. Small 8vo. 5s. Cheap Edition, 18mo, limp cloth, 1s.
6d.; or in Cover, 1s.

=THE LIFE OF JUSTIFICATION.= A Series of Lectures delivered in
Substance at All Saints’, Margaret Street, in Lent, 1870. By
the Rev. GEORGE BODY, B.A., Rector of Kirkby Misperton. Second
Edition. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d.

“_On the whole we have rarely met with a more clear, intelligible and persuasive statement of the truth as regards the important topics on which the volume treats. Sermon II. in particular, will strike every one by its eloquence and beauty, but we scarcely like to specify it, lest in praising it we should seem to disparage the other portions of this admirable little work._”――CHURCH TIMES.

“_These discourses show that their author’s position is due to something more and higher than mere fluency, gesticulation, and flexibility of voice. He appears as having drunk deeply at the fountain of St. Augustine, and as understanding how to translate the burning words of that mighty genius into the current language of to-day._”――UNION REVIEW.

“_There is real power in these sermons:――power, real power, and plenty of it.... There is such a moral veraciousness about him, such a profound and over-mastering belief that Christ has proved a bona-fide cure for unholiness, and such an intensity of eagerness to lead others to seek and profit by that means of attaining the true sanctity which alone can enter Heaven――that we wonder not at the crowds which hang upon his preaching, nor at the success of his fervid appeals to the human conscience. If any one doubts our verdict, let him buy this volume. No one will regret its perusal._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

=SERMONS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.= By DANIEL MOORE, M.A.,
Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen, and Vicar of Holy Trinity,
Paddington; Author of Hulsean Lectures on “The Age and the
Gospel,” “Aids to Prayer,” &c. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“_We do not wonder at Mr. Moore’s long continued popularity with so many hearers; there is so much painstaking and so much genuine desire to discharge his duty as a preacher visible through all the volume. What we miss is the deeper theology, and the spontaneous flow of teaching as from a spring which cannot help flowing, which some of our preachers happily exhibit. But the Sermons may be recommended, or we would not notice them._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

“_Rarely have we met with a better volume of Sermons.... Orthodox, affectionate, and earnest, these Sermons exhibit at the same time much research, and are distinguished by an elegance and finish of style often wanting in these days of rapid writing and continual preaching._”――JOHN BULL.

“_Sermons like those of Mr. Moore are, however, still of comparative rarity――sermons in which we meet with doctrine which cannot be gainsaid; with a knowledge of the peculiar circumstances of his hearers, which nothing but accurate observation and long experience can secure, and a peculiar felicity of style which many will envy, but to which it is the lot of few to attain._”――CHRISTIAN OBSERVER.

“_We have had real pleasure, however, in reading these sermons. Here are most of the elements of a preacher’s power and usefulness: skilful arrangement of the subject, admirable clearness of style, earnestness, both of thought and language, and the prime qualification of all, ‘in doctrine, uncorruptness.’_”――LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.

=THE KNIGHT OF INTERCESSION, AND OTHER POEMS.= By the Rev.
S. J. STONE, M.A., Pembroke College, Oxford. Second Edition.
Small 8vo. 6s.

“_Mr. Stone has now given to the public a collection of poems, widely different in form, which enable us to measure more accurately his powers, not merely as a hymnist, but as a poet; and though we would not injure a growing reputation by overstating his merits, yet we can safely say that his volume contains much genuine poetry which will be read with unqualified pleasure.... It would be ungrateful of us to put down this volume without expressing the great pleasure it has afforded us, and our high appreciation of the valuable services which its author is rendering to the Church._”――CHURCH BELLS.

“_... We all know him so well as the author of the beautiful processional hymn ‘The Church’s One Foundation,’ the Lenten hymn ‘Weary of Earth,’ and other favourites, that we were fully prepared for the pleasure that awaited us in perusing this volume._”――CHURCH OPINION.

“_The extracts we have thus given, differing as they do alike in subject and in style, present fair specimens of the varied interest of the volume, and of the poetic powers of its author. Most of our readers, we think, will agree with us that the publication is well-timed, and that it has much in it that is both pleasant and profitable reading._”――CHURCH HERALD.

“_In the ‘Knight of Intercession’ and other poems we have the outpourings of a pure and devotional spirit, in language of unassuming and yet genuine poetry, rising at times, naturally and without effort, to a quiet but real beauty._”――SCOTSMAN.

“_Mr. Stone, it is clear, has studied all the best models, and has been influenced by them; but he maintains through all a distinctly individual note, and gives us real music.... There are true touches in the Idylls, and some of the poems on pictures are remarkably expressive and skilful, though nothing is more difficult than the proper working out of such themes. We like some of the sonnets――some of them are exceptionally sweet and finished._”――NONCONFORMIST.

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=HISTORICAL NARRATIVES.= From the Russian. By H. C. ROMANOFF,
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=PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION.= With a Preface
by C. J. ELLICOTT, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol.
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“_Devout beauty is the special character of this new manual, and it ought to be a favourite. Rarely has it happened to us to meet with so remarkable a combination of thorough practicalness with that almost poetic warmth which is the highest flower of genuine devotion. It deserves to be placed along with the manual edited by Mr. Keble so shortly before his decease, not as superseding it, for the scope of the two is different, but to be taken along with it. Nothing can exceed the beauty and fulness of the devotions before communion in Mr. Keble’s book, but we think that in some points the devotions here given after Holy Communion are even superior to it._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

“_Bishop Ellicott has edited a book of ‘Prayers and Meditations for the Holy Communion,’ which, among Eucharistic manuals, has its own special characteristic. The Bishop recommends it to the newly confirmed, to the tender-hearted and the devout, as having been compiled by a youthful person, and as being marked by a peculiar ‘freshness.’ Having looked through the volume, we have pleasure in seconding the recommendations of the good Bishop. We know of no more suitable manual for the newly confirmed, and nothing more likely to engage the sympathies of youthful hearts. There is a union of the deepest spirit of devotion, a rich expression of experimental life, with a due recognition of the objects of faith, such as is not always to be found, but which characterises this manual in an eminent degree._”――CHURCH REVIEW.

“_The Bishop of Gloucester’s imprimatur is attached to ‘Prayers and Meditations for the Holy Communion,’ intended as a manual for the recently confirmed, nicely printed, and theologically sound._”――CHURCH TIMES.

“_Among the supply of Eucharistic Manuals, one deserves special attention and commendation. ‘Prayers and Meditations’ merits the Bishop of Gloucester’s epithets of ‘warm, devout, and fresh.’ And it is thoroughly English Church besides._”――GUARDIAN.

“_We are by no means surprised that Bishop Ellicott should have been so much struck with this little work, on accidentally seeing it in manuscript, as to urge its publication, and to preface it with his commendation. The devotion which it breathes is truly fervent, and the language attractive, and as proceeding from a young person the work is altogether not a little striking._”――RECORD.

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=CATECHESIS; OR, CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION PREPARATORY TO
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=A THEORY OF HARMONY.= Founded on the Tempered Scale. With
Questions and Exercises for the Use of Students. By JOHN
STAINER, Mus. Doc., M.A., Magdalene College, Oxford, Organist
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=CHURCH ORGANS=: their Position and Construction. With an
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=MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.= By HENRY FRANCIS LYTE, M.A. New Edition.
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=NOTITIA EUCHARISTICA.= A Commentary, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and
Historical, on the Order of the Administration of the Lord’s
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of England. By W. E. SCUDAMORE, M.A., Rector of Ditchingham,
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=WORDS TO TAKE WITH US.= A Manual of Daily and Occasional
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Cambridge. New Edition. Revised. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.

“_‘Words to Take with Us,’ by W. E. Scudamore, is one of the best manuals of daily and occasional prayers we have seen. At once orthodox and practical, sufficiently personal, and yet not perplexingly minute in its details, it is calculated to be of inestimable value in many a household._”――JOHN BULL.

“_We are again pleased to see an old friend on the editorial table, in a third edition of Mr. Scudamore’s well-known Manual of Prayers. The special proper collects for each day of the week, as well as those for the several seasons of the Christian year, have been most judiciously selected. The compiler moreover, while recognising the full benefits to be derived from the Book of Common Prayer, has not feared to draw largely from the equally invaluable writings of ancient Catholicity. The preface is a systematic arrangement of instructions in prayer and meditation._”――CHURCH REVIEW.

=THE HOME LIFE OF JESUS OF NAZARETH AND OTHER SERMONS.=
By the Rev. AUGUSTUS GURNEY, M.A., Vicar of Wribbenhall,
Kidderminster. Crown 8vo. 5s.

=A CHURCH HISTORY OF THE FIRST SEVEN CENTURIES=, to the Close
of the Sixth General Council. By MILO MAHAN, D.D., sometime
S. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Professor of Ecclesiastical History
in the General Theological Seminary, New York. 8vo. 15s.

=OUR MOTHER CHURCH=: being Simple Talk on High Topics. By
ANNE MERCIER. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“_We have rarely come across a book dealing with an old subject in a healthier and, as far as may be, more original manner, while yet thoroughly practical, than ‘Our Mother Church,’ by Mrs. Jerome Mercier. It is intended for and admirably adapted to the use of girls. Thoroughly reverent in its tone, and bearing in every page marks of learned research, it is yet easy of comprehension, and explains ecclesiastical terms with the accuracy of a lexicon without the accompanying dulness. It is to be hoped that the book will attain to the large circulation it justly merits._”――JOHN BULL.

“_We have never seen a book for girls of its class which commends itself to us more particularly than ‘Our Mother Church’ by Mrs. Jerome Mercier. The author, who is the wife of an earnest parish priest of the Anglican school, near London, calls her work ‘simple talk on great subjects,’ and calls it by a name that describes it almost as completely as we could do in a longer notice than we can spare the volume. Here are the headings of the chapters:――‘The Primitive Church,’ ‘Primitive Places and Modes of Worship,’ ‘The Early English Church,’ ‘The Monastic Orders,’ ‘The Friars,’ ‘A Review of Church History,’ ‘The Prayer Book,’ (four chapters), ‘Symbolism,’ ‘Church Architecture,’ ‘Windows and Bells,’ ‘Church Music,’ ‘Church Work.’ No one can fail to comprehend the beautifully simple, devout, and appropriate language in which Mrs. Mercier embodies what she has to say; and for the facts with which she deals she has taken good care to have their accuracy assured._”――STANDARD.

“_The plan of this pleasant-looking book is excellent. It is a kind of Mrs. Markham on the Church of England, written especially for girls, and we shall not be surprised to find it become a favourite in schools.... It is really a conversational hand-book to the English Church’s history, doctrine, and ritual, complied by a very diligent reader from some of the best modern Anglican sources._”――ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.

=THE DIVINITY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST=; being the
Bampton Lectures for 1866. By HENRY PARRY LIDDON, D.D., D.C.L.,
Canon of St. Paul’s, and Ireland Professor of Exegesis in the
University of Oxford. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s.

=SERMONS PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.= By HENRY
PARRY LIDDON, D.D., D.C.L., Canon of St. Paul’s, and Ireland
Professor of Exegesis in the University of Oxford. Fifth
Edition, revised. Crown 8vo. 5s.

=SOME ELEMENTS OF RELIGION.= Lent Lectures. By HENRY PARRY LIDDON,
D.D., D.C.L., Canon of St. Paul’s, and Ireland Professor of
Exegesis in the University of Oxford. Crown 8vo. 5s.

=HOUSEHOLD THEOLOGY=: A Handbook of Religious Information
respecting the Holy Bible, the Prayer Book, the Church, the
Ministry, Divine Worship, the Creeds, &c., &c. By JOHN HENRY
BLUNT, M.A. New Edition. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d.

=LIBER PRECUM PUBLICARUM ECCLESIÆ ANGLICANÆ.= A GULIELMO BRIGHT,
A.M., et PETRO GOLDSMITH MEDD, A.M., Presbyteris, Collegii
Universitatis in Acad. Oxon. Sociis, Latine redditus. New
Edition, with all the Rubrics in red. Small 8vo. 6s.

=THE PSALMS.= Translated from the Hebrew. With Notes, chiefly
Exegetical. By WILLIAM KAY, D.D., Rector of Great Leighs; late
Principal of Bishop’s College, Calcutta. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

“_Like a sound Churchman, he reverences Scripture, upholding its authority against sceptics; and he does not denounce such as differ from him in opinion with a dogmatism unhappily too common at the present day. Hence, readers will be disposed to consider his conclusions worthy of attention; or perhaps to adopt them without inquiry. It is superfluous to say that the translation is better and more accurate on the whole than our received one, or that it often reproduces the sense of the original happily._”――ATHENÆUM.

“_Dr. Kay has profound reverence for Divine truth, and exhibits considerable reading, with the power to make use of it._”――BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.

“_The execution of the work is careful and scholarly._”――UNION REVIEW.

“_To mention the name of Dr. Kay is enough to secure respectful attention to his new translation of the Psalms. It is enriched with exegetical notes containing a wealth of sound learning, closely occasionally, perhaps too closely condensed. Good care is taken of the student not learned in Hebrew; we hope the Doctor’s example will prevent any abuse of this consideration, and stimulate those who profit by it to follow him into the very text of the ancient Revelation._”――JOHN BULL.

=THE ANNOTATED BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER=; being an Historical,
Ritual, and Theological Commentary on the Devotional System
of the Church of England. Edited by the Rev. JOHN HENRY BLUNT,
M.A., F.S.A., Author of “The History of the Reformation,”
“Directorium Pastorale,” Editor of “The Dictionary of
Theology,” &c. Sixth edition, revised. Imperial 8vo. 36s., or
half-bound in morocco, 48s.

=A COMPANION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.= Being a Plain Commentary on
Scripture History, down to the Birth of our Lord. Small 8vo.
3s. 6d.

“_A most admirable Companion to the Old Testament, being far the most concise yet complete commentary on Old Testament history with which we have met. Here are combined orthodoxy and learning, an intelligent and at the same time interesting summary of the leading facts of the sacred story. It should be a text-book in every school, and its value is immensely enhanced by the copious and complete index._”――JOHN BULL.

“_This will be found a very valuable aid to the right understanding of the Bible. It throws the whole Scripture narrative into one from the creation downwards, the author thus condensing Prideaux, Shuckford, and Russell, and in the most reverential manner bringing to his aid the writings of all modern annotators and chronologists. There are no lengthy comments, no visionary theories, nothing speculative; all is plain matter of fact, intelligibly stated. The book is one that should have a wide circulation amongst teachers and students of all denominations._”――BOOKSELLER.

“_Is a very compact summary of the Old Testament narrative, put together so as to explain the connection and bearing of its contents, and written in a very good tone; with a final chapter on the history of the Jews between the Old and New Testaments. It will be found very useful for its purpose. It does not confine itself to merely chronological difficulties, but comments briefly upon the religious bearing of the text also._”――GUARDIAN.

“_The handbook before us is so full and satisfactory, considering its compass, and sets forth the history of the old covenant with such conscientious minuteness, that it cannot fail to prove a godsend to candidates for examination in the Rudimenta Religionis as well as in the corresponding school at Cambridge.... In one of our dioceses the Scripture subjects for diocesan inspection this year included ‘the lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and the twelve Patriarchs,’ and teachers were warned that the higher classes in the schools would be expected to evince a knowledge gathered from the source and not any secondary channels. But really we have tested the second book of this work with an eye to ascertaining whether a mastery of it would have served the teacher or pupil’s purpose; and our deliberate opinion is that it would, so careful is the survey, and so very rare the omission of a single point that is of any historical or doctrinal importance.... Throughout his work the writer of this ‘companion,’ ‘commentary,’ or ‘handbook,’ exhibits at the same time extensive research into the best sources of information and enlightenment as to the sacred history, and an independent, though cautious, judgment in his choice between conflicting theories and explanations._”――ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.

=FABLES RESPECTING THE POPES OF THE MIDDLE AGES.= A Contribution
to Ecclesiastical History. By JOHN J. IGN. VON DÖLLINGER.
Translated, with Introduction and Appendices, by ALFRED
PLUMMER, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford.
8vo. 14s.

=SKETCHES OF THE RITES AND CUSTOMS OF THE GRECO-RUSSIAN CHURCH.=
By H. C. ROMANOFF. With an Introductory Notice by the Author
of “The Heir of Redclyffe.” Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“_The twofold object of this work is ‘to present the English with correct descriptions of the ceremonies of the Greco-Russian Church, and at the same time with pictures of domestic life in Russian homes, especially those of the clergy and the middle class of nobles;’ and, beyond question, the author’s labour has been so far successful that, whilst her Church scenes may be commended as a series of most dramatic and picturesque tableaux, her social sketches enable us to look at certain points beneath the surface of Russian life, and materially enlarge our knowledge of a country concerning which we have still a very great deal to learn._”――ATHENÆUM.

“_The volume before us is anything but a formal liturgical treatise. It might be more valuable to a few scholars if it were, but it would certainly fail to obtain perusal at the hands of the great majority of those whom the writer, not unreasonably, hopes to attract by the narrative style she has adopted. What she has set before us is a series of brief outlines, which, by their simple effort to clothe the information given us in a living garb, reminds us of a once popular childs’ book which we remember a generation ago, called ‘Sketches of Human Manners.’_”――CHURCH TIMES.

=THE ARGUMENT DELIVERED BEFORE THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE
PRIVY COUNCIL.= By ARCHIBALD JOHN STEPHENS, LL.D., one of Her
Majesty’s Counsel in the case of THOMAS BYARD SHEPPARD against
WILLIAM EARLY BENNETT, Clerk. With an Appendix containing
their Lordships’ Judgment. 8vo. 9s.

=SERMONS ON CERTAIN OF THE LESS PROMINENT FACTS AND REFERENCES
IN SACRED STORY.= By HENRY MELVILL, B.D., late Canon of St.
Paul’s, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. New Edition.
Two vols. Crown 8vo. 5s. each.

“_We are glad to see this new edition of what we have always considered to be Melvill’s best sermons, because in them we have his best thoughts.... Many of these sermons are the strongest arguments yet adduced for internal evidence of the veracity of the Scriptural narratives._”――STANDARD.

“_Many who admire elegant phraseology, and the other now rarely exhibited constituents of pulpit eloquence, will be glad to have in a convenient shape a judicious selection of Canon Melvill’s sermons. Mr. Melvill was one of the few really successful preachers of our day._”――EXAMINER.

“_The sermons of the lamented Melvill are too well known to require any commendation from us. We have here all the power of rhetoric, and the grace and beauty of style, for which the author has been distinguished, and which have contributed to render him a model to preachers, and given him a representative position in the history of the English pulpit._”――WEEKLY REVIEW.

“_Polished, classical, and winning, these sermons bear the marks of literary labour. A study of them will aid the modern preacher to refine and polish his discourses, and to add to the vigour which is now the fashion the graces of chastened eloquence and winning rhetoric._”――ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.

=SELECTION FROM THE SERMONS PREACHED DURING THE LATTER YEARS OF
HIS LIFE, IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF BARNES, AND IN THE CATHEDRAL
OF ST. PAUL’S.= By HENRY MELVILL, B.D., late Canon of St.
Paul’s, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. Two vols. Crown
8vo. 5s. each.

“_Melvill’s chief characteristic was humility, that truest mark of real nobility of soul and of genuine genius; and his sole actuating principle in life was devotion to duty――duty to God and duty to man, and never were the two more beautifully blended together than in him. ‘While the pure truths of the Gospel,’ observes his biographer in the memoir prefixed to these sermons, ‘flowed so persuasively from his lips, the pure spirit of Christianity ever reigned in his heart, and the purest charity influenced his every thought and every action.’... The style of Canon Melvill’s sermons is rather Ciceronian than Demosthenic, rather splendid and measured than impetuous and fervid._”――STANDARD.

“_Two other volumes of the late Canon Melvill’s sermons contain forty discourses preached by him in his later years, and they are prefaced by a short memoir of one of the worthiest and most impressive preachers of recent times._”――EXAMINER.

“_These outlines contain probably the last specimens of the work of a great master in the art of preaching the Gospel. In the sermons of Henry Melvill there are a certain dignity and elevation of style and handling which belong rather to the past than to the present.... There are in the sermons before us all Melvill’s wonted grace of diction, strength of reasoning, and aptness of illustration._”――WEEKLY REVIEW.

=SERMONS.= By HENRY MELVILL, B.D., late Canon of St. Paul’s,
and Chaplain in Ordinary to the Queen. New Edition. Two vols.
Crown 8vo. 5s. each. Sold separately.

“_Messrs. Rivington have published very opportunely, at a time when Churchmen are thinking with satisfaction of the new blood infused into the Chapter of St. Paul’s, sermons by Henry Melvill, who in his day was as celebrated as a preacher as is Canon Liddon now. The sermons are not only couched in elegant language, but are replete with matter which the younger clergy would do well to study._”――JOHN BULL.

“_Henry Melvill’s intellect was large, his imagination brilliant, his ardour intense, and his style strong, fervid, and picturesque. Often he seemed to glow with the inspiration of a prophet._”――AMERICAN QUARTERLY CHURCH REVIEW.

“_It would be easy to quote portions of exceeding beauty and power. It was not, however, the charm of style, nor wealth of words, both which Canon Melvill possessed in so great abundance, that he relied on to win souls; but the power and spirit of Him who said, ‘I, if I be lifted up, will draw all men to Me.’_”――RECORD.

“_Every one who can remember the days when Canon Melvill was the preacher of the day, will be glad to see these four-and-twenty of his sermons so nicely reproduced. His Sermons were all the result of real study and genuine reading, with far more theology in them than those of many who make much more profession of theology. There are sermons here which we can personally remember; it has been a pleasure to us to be reminded of them, and we are glad to see them brought before the present generation. We hope that they may be studied, for they deserve it thoroughly._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

“_Few preachers have had more admirers than the Rev. Henry Melvill, and the new edition of his Sermons, in two volumes, will doubtless find plenty of purchasers. The Sermons abound in thought, and the thoughts are couched in English which is at once elegant in construction and easy to read._”――CHURCH TIMES.

“_The Sermons of Canon Melvill, now republished in two handy volumes, need only to be mentioned to be sure of a hearty welcome. Sound learning, well-weighed words, calm and keen logic, and solemn devoutness, mark the whole series of masterly discourses, which embrace some of the chief doctrines of the Church, and set them forth in clear and Scriptural strength._”――STANDARD.

=VITA ET DOCTRINA JESU CHRISTI=; Or, Meditations on the Life of
our Lord. By AVANCINI. In the Original Latin. Adapted to the
use of the Church of England by a CLERGYMAN. Imperial 32mo. 2s.
6d.

=THE FIRST BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF EDWARD VI.=, and the Ordinal
of 1549, together with the Order of the Communion, 1548.
Reprinted entire, and Edited by the Rev. HENRY BASKERVILLE
WALTON, M.A., late Fellow and Tutor of Merton College. With
an Introduction by the Rev. PETER GOLDSMITH MEDD, M.A., Senior
Fellow and Tutor of University College, Oxford. Small 8vo. 6s.

“_A volume like this is worth two of Church History. In many respects, indeed, it is the subject of history itself; and with Mr. Medd’s introduction and Mr. Walton’s editorial work we may be said to have both subject and history thereof. The volume should be in the hands of every member of the Church of England: we may say, it should be in those of every student of Church History._”――ATHENÆUM.

“_We welcome the seasonable appearance of this work, which indeed supplies a long-felt want, for ‘the First Book’ has been hitherto accessible to very few.... It is especially important at the present time that the principles of the first Reformers should be understood; and no one can look through this edition without gaining some definite information on that point. We commend this new edition of the First Prayer Book, with its introduction to the study of all that are desirous of understanding the principles of those who originated the reform of our public Services._”――CHURCH NEWS.

“_The more that English Churchmen become acquainted with the Reformed Prayer Book, as our English Divines reformed it, apart from the meddling of foreigners――i.e., the better people become acquainted with ‘Edward VI.’s first book,’ the better both for themselves, and for the English Church at large. We are therefore delighted to welcome this handy and handsome reprint, with which every pains has been taken to make it as accurate as possible._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

“_Mr. Walton deserves the very best thanks of Anglican Churchmen, for putting this most important volume within their reach in so convenient and handsome a form._”――CHURCH REVIEW.

=INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE USE OF CANDIDATES FOR HOLY ORDERS=, And of
the Parochial Clergy; with Acts of Parliament relating to the
same, and Forms proposed to be used. By CHRISTOPHER HODGSON,
M.A., Secretary to the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty. Ninth
Edition. 8vo. 16s.

=THE GREEK TESTAMENT.= With a Critically Revised Text; a
Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to Verbal and
Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical
Commentary. For the use of Theological Students and Ministers.
By HENRY ALFORD, D.D., late Dean of Canterbury. New Edition.
Four Volumes. 8vo. 102s.

The Volumes are sold separately as follows:――

Vol. I.――The Four Gospels. 28s.
Vol. II.――Acts to II. Corinthians. 24s.
Vol. III.――Galatians to Philemon. 18s.
Vol. IV.――Hebrews to Revelation. 32s.

=THE NEW TESTAMENT FOR ENGLISH READERS=: containing the
Authorized Version, with a revised English Text; Marginal
References; and a Critical and Explanatory Commentary. By
HENRY ALFORD, D.D., late Dean of Canterbury. New Edition.
Two volumes, or four parts. 8vo. 54s. 6d.

The Volumes are sold separately, as follows:――

Vol. 1, Part I.――The Three first Gospels. 12s.
Vol. 1, Part II.――St. John and the Acts. 10s. 6d.
Vol. 2, Part I.――The Epistles of St. Paul. 16s.
Vol. 2, Part II.――Hebrews to Revelation. 8vo. 16s.

=CURIOUS MYTHS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.= By S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.,
Author of “Post-Mediæval Preachers,” &c. With Illustrations.
New Edition. Complete in One Volume. Crown 8vo. 6s.

“_These Essays will be found to have something to satisfy most classes of readers; the lovers of legends proper, the curious in popular delusions, the initiated in Darwinian and Monboddoan theories; and if, in the chapters on Tell and Gellert, we are a little struck with the close following of Dasent’s track, in his preface to the Norse tales, it must be owned that there are chapters――e.g., those on the Divining Rod, the Man in the Moon, and the Seven Sleepers――which present new matter and deserve the praise of independent research._”――QUARTERLY REVIEW.

“_The author, indeed, is sometimes fanciful and overbold in his conclusions; but he conducts us through marvellous ways――ways which he has studied well before he undertook to guide others; and if we do not always acquiesce in his descriptions or arguments, we seldom differ from him without hesitation._”――ATHENÆUM.

“_We have no space to linger longer about a book which, apart from its didactic pretensions, is an exceedingly amusing and interesting collection of old stories and legends of the middle ages._”――PALL MALL GAZETTE.

“_That, on his first visit to the varied field of mediæval mythology, Mr. Baring-Gould should have culled as samples of its richness the most brilliant of the flowers that bloomed in it, is scarcely to be wondered at. But it shows how fertile is the soil when he is enabled to cull from it so goodly a second crop as that which he here presents to us. The myths treated of in the present volume vary in interest――they are all curious and well worth reading._”――NOTES AND QUERIES.

=THE POPE AND THE COUNCIL.= By JANUS. Authorized translation
from the German. Third Edition. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d.

“_A profound and learned treatise, evidently the work of one of the first theologians of the day, discussing with the scientific fulness and precision proper to German investigation, the great doctrinal questions expected to come before the Council, and especially the proposed dogma of Papal Infallibility. There is probably no work in existence that contains at all, still less within so narrow a compass, so complete a record of the origin and growth of the infallibilist theory, and of all the facts of Church history bearing upon it, and that too in a form so clear and concise as to put the argument within the reach of any reader of ordinary intelligence, while the scrupulous accuracy of the writer, and his constant reference to the original authorities for every statement liable to be disputed, makes the monograph as a whole a perfect storehouse of valuable information for the historical or theological student._”――SATURDAY REVIEW.

“_Beginning with a sketch of the errors and contradictions of the Popes, and of the position which, as a matter of history, they held in the early Church, the book proceeds to describe the three great forgeries by which the Papal claims were upheld――the Isidorian decretals, the donation of Constantine, and the decretum of Gratian. The last subject ought to be carefully studied by all who wish to understand the frightful tyranny of a complicated system of laws, devised not for the protection of a people, but as instruments for grinding them to subjection. Then, after an historical outline of the general growth of the Papal power in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the writers enter upon the peculiarly episcopal and clerical question, pointing out how marvellously every little change worked in one direction, invariably tending to throw the rule of the Church into the power of Rome; and how the growth of new institutions, like the monastic orders and the Inquisition, gradually withdrew the conduct of affairs from the Bishops of the Church in general, and consolidated the Papal influence. For all this, however, unless we could satisfy ourselves with a mere magnified table of contents the reader must be referred to the book itself, in which he will find the interest sustained without flagging to the end._”――PALL MALL GAZETTE.

“_In France, in Holland, and in Germany, there has already appeared a multitude of disquisitions on this subject. Among these several are the acknowledged compositions of men of high standing in the Roman Catholic world,――men admittedly entitled to speak with the authority that must attach to established reputation: but not one of them has hitherto produced a work more likely to create a deep impression than the anonymous German publication at the head of this notice. It is not a piece of merely polemical writing, it is a treatise dealing with a large subject in an impressive though partisan manner, a treatise grave in tone, solid in matter, and bristling with forcible and novel illustrations._”――SPECTATOR.