All who have placed on their shelves--and who that desires to know
thoroughly the history of this country during the period which it
illustrates has not done so--the last edition of _The Diary and
Correspondence of Samuel Pepys_, so ably edited by Lord Braybrooke, have
felt the want of a corresponding edition of _Evelyn's Diary_. To meet
this want, Mr. Coulburn has announced a new edition of it, "rendered as
complete as possible by a careful revision," and accompanied by
illustrative notes, to be completed in four monthly volumes.
Mr. Parker, of Oxford, has just issued a new edition of _The History of
the Church of England_, by J.B.S. Carwithen, B.D. This work was very
highly spoken of, at the time of its first appearance, for fidelity of
narrative, accuracy of judgement, and soundness of principle; and its
author was pronounced, by one well qualified to give an opinion, "a
well-read historian, a sound divine, a charitable Christian." As the
original edition, in three volumes, has long been out of print, we think
Mr. Parker has shown great judgment in bringing it out, in a cheaper
form, for the use of students in divinity; and we do not doubt but that
he will find a ready sale for the two closely but clearly and handsomely
printed volumes, in which this _History of the Church of England_ is now
completed.
Those of our readers who take an interest in the writings of our early
dramatists will be glad to learn that the Rev. Alexander Dyce has at
length completed, in three volumes, his long-looked-for edition of _The
Dramatic Works of Kit Marlowe_.
Such of our clerical friends as have in their churches a peal of bells
which, at the will of the ringers,
"Speak the loud language of a mighty knell,"
and who must, therefore, sometimes be painfully convinced of the ill
practices which occasionally grow up in the belfry, will thank us for
calling their attention to the _Practical Remarks on Belfries and
Ringers_, lately published, by the Rev. H.T. Ellacombe, in which they
will find some useful hints for the correction of such abuses.