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.
“_Rumour will, no doubt, be busy with its conjectures as to the name
which lurks beneath the nom de plume of ‘Janus.’ We do not intend to
offer any contribution towards the elucidation of the mystery unless
it be a contribution to say that the book bears internal evidence of
being the work of a Catholic, and that there are not many Catholics
in Europe who could have written it. Taking it all in all, it is no
exaggerated praise to characterise it as the most damaging assault
on Ultra-montanism that has appeared in modern times. Its learning
is copious and complete, yet so admirably arranged that it invariably
illustrates without overlaying the argument. The style is clear and
simple, and there is no attempt at rhetoric. It is a piece of cool and
masterly dissection, all the more terrible for the passionless manner
in which the author conducts the operation._”――TIMES.
=LETTERS FROM ROME ON THE COUNCIL.= By QUIRINUS. Reprinted from
the “Allgemeine Zeitung.” Authorized Translation. Crown 8vo.
12s.
=FEMALE CHARACTERS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE.= In a Series of Sermons.
By the Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS, B.D., formerly Fellow of Trinity
College, Oxford. New Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s.
=THE CHARACTERS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.= In a Series of Sermons.
By the Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS, B.D., formerly Fellow of Trinity
College, Oxford. New Edition. Crown 8vo., 5s.
“_This is one of the few volumes of published sermons that we
have been able to read with real pleasure. They are written with a
chastened elegance of language, and pervaded by a spirit of earnest
and simple piety. Mr. Williams is evidently what would be called
a very High Churchman. Occasionally his peculiar Church views are
apparent; but bating a few passages here and there, these sermons
will be read with profit by all ‘who profess and call themselves
Christians.’_”――CONTEMPORARY REVIEW.
“_This is a new edition of a very popular――and deservedly popular――work
on the biography of the Old Testament history. The characters are ably
and profitably analysed, and that by the hand of a master of style and
thought.... The principle of selection has been that of prominence; and
partly, too, that of significance in the characters so ably delineated.
A more masterly analysis of Scriptural characters we never read,
nor any which are more calculated to impress the mind of the reader
with feelings of love for what is good, and abhorrence for what is
evil._”――ROCK.
=THE HILLFORD CONFIRMATION: A TALE.= By M. C. PHILLPOTTS. 18mo.
1s.
=APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.= By the Rev.
ARTHUR W. HADDAN, B.D., Rector of Barton-on-the-Heath, and
late Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. 8vo. 12s.
“_Mr. Haddan’s estimate of the bearing of his subject, and of its
special importance at the present juncture is characteristic, and
will well repay attention.... Mr. Haddan is strictly argumentative
throughout. He abstains with some strictness from everything which
would divert either his reader or himself from accurate investigation
of his reasoning. But his volume is thoroughly well written, clear
and forcible in style, and fair in tone. It cannot but render valuable
service in placing the claims of the Church in their true light before
the English public._”――GUARDIAN.
“_Among the many standard theological works devoted to this important
subject Mr. Haddan’s will hold a high place._”――STANDARD.
“_We should be glad to see the volume widely circulated and generally
read._”――JOHN BULL.
“_A weighty and valuable treatise, and we hope that the study of its
sound and well-reasoned pages will do much to fix the importance, and
the full meaning of the doctrine in question, in the minds of Church
people.... We hope that our extracts will lead our readers to study
Mr. Haddan for themselves._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_This is not only a very able and carefully written treatise upon the
doctrine of Apostolical Succession, but it is also a calm yet noble
vindication of the validity of the Anglican Orders: it well sustains
the brilliant reputation which Mr. Haddan left behind him at Oxford,
and it supplements his other profound historical researches in
ecclesiastical matters. This book will remain for a long time the
classic work upon English Orders._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
“_A very temperate, but a very well reasoned book._”――WESTMINSTER
REVIEW.
“_Mr. Haddan ably sustains his reputation throughout the work. His
style is clear, his inferences are reasonable, and the publication
is especially well-timed in prospect of the coming Œcumenical
Council._”――CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY GAZETTE.
=A MANUAL FOR THE SICK=; with other Devotions. By LANCELOT
ANDREWES, D.D., sometime Lord Bishop of Winchester. Edited
with a Preface by H. P. LIDDON, M.A. Large type. With Portrait.
24mo. 2s. 6d.
=HELP AND COMFORT FOR THE SICK POOR.= By the Author of “Sickness;
its Trials and Blessings.” New Edition. Small 8vo. 1s.
=A DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL NARRATIVE.= By the Rev.
ISAAC WILLIAMS, B.D., formerly Fellow of Trinity College,
Oxford. A New and uniform Edition. In Eight volumes. Crown
8vo. 5s. each.
_THOUGHTS ON THE STUDY OF THE HOLY GOSPELS._
Characteristic Differences in the Four Gospels.
Our Lord’s Manifestations of Himself.
The Rule of Scriptural Interpretation furnished by our Lord.
Analogies of the Gospel.
Mention of Angels in the Gospels.
Places of our Lord’s Abode and Ministry.
Our Lord’s Mode of Dealing with His Apostles.
Conclusion.
_A HARMONY OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS._
Our Lord’s Nativity.
Our Lord’s Ministry――Second Year.
Our Lord’s Ministry――Third Year.
The Holy Week.
Our Lord’s Passion.
Our Lord’s Resurrection.
_OUR LORD’S NATIVITY._
The Birth at Bethlehem.
The Baptism in Jordan.
The First Passover.
_OUR LORD’S MINISTRY._
SECOND YEAR.
The Second Passover.
Christ with the Twelve.
The Twelve sent forth.
_OUR LORD’S MINISTRY._
THIRD YEAR.
Teaching in Galilee.
Teaching at Jerusalem.
Last Journey from Galilee to Jerusalem.
_THE HOLY WEEK._
The Approach to Jerusalem.
The Teaching in the Temple.
The Discourse on the Mount of Olives.
The Last Supper.
_OUR LORD’S PASSION._
The Hour of Darkness.
The Agony.
The Apprehension.
The Condemnation.
The Day of Sorrows.
The Hall of Judgment.
The Crucifixion.
The Sepulture.
_OUR LORD’S RESURRECTION._
The Day of Days.
The Grave Visited.
Christ Appearing.
The Going to Emmaus.
The Forty Days.
The Apostles Assembled.
The Lake in Galilee.
The Mountain in Galilee.
The Return from Galilee.
“_There is not a better companion to be found for the season than
the beautiful ‘Devotional Commentary on the Gospel Narrative,’ by the
Rev. Isaac Williams.... A rich mine for devotional and theological
study._”――GUARDIAN.
“_So infinite are the depths and so innumerable the beauties of
Scripture, and more particularly of the Gospels, that there is
some difficulty in describing the manifold excellences of Williams’
exquisite Commentary. Deriving its profound appreciation of Scripture
from the writings of the early Fathers, it is only what every student
knows must be true to say that it extracts a whole wealth of meaning
from each sentence, each apparently faint allusion, each word in the
text._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
“_Stands absolutely alone to our English literature; there is, we
should say, no chance of being superseded by any better book of
its kind; and its merits are of the very highest order._”――LITERARY
CHURCHMAN.
“_It would be difficult to select a more useful present, at a small
cost, than this series would be to a young man on his first entering
into Holy Orders, and many, no doubt, will avail themselves of
the republication of these useful volumes for this purpose. There
is an abundance of sermon material to be drawn from any one of
them._”――CHURCH TIMES.
“_This is, in the truest sense of the word, a ‘Devotional Commentary’
on the Gospel narrative, opening out everywhere, as it does, the
spiritual beauties and blessedness of the Divine message; but it is
something more than this, it meets difficulties almost by anticipation,
and throws the light of learning over some of the very darkest passages
in the New Testament._”――ROCK.
“_The author has skilfully compared and blended the narratives of the
different Gospels, so as to give a synoptical view of the history;
and though the commentary is called ‘devotional,’ it is scholarly
and suggestive in other respects. The size of the work, extending,
as it does, over eight volumes, may deter purchasers and readers;
but each volume is complete in itself, and we recommend students to
taste a sample of the author’s quality. Some things they may question;
but the volumes are really a helpful and valuable addition to our
stores._”――FREEMAN.
“_The high and solemn verities of the Saviour’s sufferings and death
are treated with great reverence and ability. The thorough devoutness
which pervades the book commends it to our heart. There is much to
instruct and help the believer in the Christian life, no matter to what
section of the Church he may belong._”――WATCHMAN.
KEYS TO CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE.
=A KEY TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF THE HOLY BIBLE.= By the Rev.
J. H. BLUNT, M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.
“_Another of Mr. Blunt’s useful and workmanlike compilations,
which will be most acceptable as a household book, or in schools
and colleges. It is a capital book too for schoolmasters and pupil
teachers._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_As a popular handbook, setting forth a selection of facts of which
everybody ought to be cognizant, and as an exposition of the claims
of the Bible to be received as of superhuman origin, Mr. Blunt’s ‘Key’
will be useful._”――CHURCHMAN.
“_A great deal of useful information is comprised in these pages,
and the book will no doubt be extensively circulated in Church
families._”――CLERICAL JOURNAL.
“_We have much pleasure in recommending a capital handbook by the
learned editor of ‘The Annotated Book of Common Prayer.’_”――CHURCH
TIMES.
“_Merits commendation for the lucid and orderly arrangement in
which it presents a considerable amount of valuable and interesting
matter._”――RECORD.
=A KEY TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.=
By the Rev. J. H. BLUNT, M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.
“_A very valuable and practical manual, full of information, which is
admirably calculated to instruct and interest those for whom it was
evidently specially intended――the laity of the Church of England. It
deserves high commendation._”――CHURCHMAN.
“_A thoroughly sound and valuable manual._”――CHURCH TIMES.
“_To us it appears that Mr. Blunt has succeeded very well. All
necessary information seems to be included, and the arrangement is
excellent._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_It is the best short explanation of our offices that we know of, and
would be invaluable for the use of candidates for confirmation in the
higher classes._”――JOHN BULL.
=A KEY TO CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE FOUNDED ON THE CHURCH
CATECHISM.= By the Rev. JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A. Small 8vo. 2s.
6d.
“_Of cheap and reliable text-books of this nature there has hitherto
been a great want. We are often asked to recommend books for use in
Church Sunday-schools, and we therefore take this opportunity of saying
that we know of none more likely to be of service both to teachers and
scholars than these ‘Keys.’_”――CHURCHMAN’S SHILLING MAGAZINE.
“_This is another of Mr. Blunt’s most useful manuals, with all the
precision of a school book, yet diverging into matters of practical
application so freely as to make it most serviceable, either as
a teacher’s suggestion book, or as an intelligent pupil’s reading
book._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_Will be very useful for the higher classes in Sunday-schools,
or rather for the fuller instruction of the Sunday-school teachers
themselves, where the parish priest is wise enough to devote a certain
time regularly to their preparation for their voluntary task._”――UNION
REVIEW.
“_Another of the many useful books on theological and Scriptural
subjects which have been written by the Rev. John Henry Blunt. The
present is entitled ‘A Key to Christian Doctrine and Practice, founded
on the Church Catechism,’ and will take its place as an elementary
text-book upon the Creed in our schools and colleges. The Church
Catechism is clearly and fully explained by the author in this ‘Key’.
Numerous references, Scriptural and otherwise, are scattered about the
book._”――PUBLIC OPINION.
=A KEY TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHURCH HISTORY.= (Ancient.) Edited by
JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.
“_It offers a short and condensed account of the origin, growth, and
condition of the Church in all parts of the world, from A.D. 1 down
to the end of the fifteenth century. Mr. Blunt’s first object has been
conciseness, and this has been admirably carried out, and to students
of Church history this feature will readily recommend itself. As an
elementary work ‘A Key’ will be specially valuable, inasmuch as it
points out certain definite lines of thought, by which those who
enjoy the opportunity may be guided in reading the statements of more
elaborate histories. At the same time it is but fair to Mr. Blunt to
remark that, for general readers, the little volume contains everything
that could be consistently expected in a volume of its character.
There are many notes, theological, scriptural, and historical, and
the ‘get up’ of the book is specially commendable. As a text-book for
the higher forms of schools the work will be acceptable to numerous
teachers._”――PUBLIC OPINION.
“_It contains some concise notes on Church History, compressed into
a small compass, and we think it is likely to be useful as a book of
reference._”――JOHN BULL.
“_A very terse and reliable collection of the main facts and incidents
connected with Church History._”――ROCK.
“_It will be excellent, either for school or home use, either as a
reading or as a reference book, on all the main facts and names and
controversies of the first fifteen centuries. It is both well arranged
and well written._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
=A KEY TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHURCH HISTORY= (Modern). Edited by
the Rev. JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.
=A KEY TO THE NARRATIVE OF THE FOUR GOSPELS.= By JOHN PILKINGTON
NORRIS, M.A., Canon of Bristol, formerly one of Her Majesty’s
Inspectors of Schools. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.
“_This is very much the best book of its kind we have seen. The only
fault is its shortness, which prevents its going into the details which
would support and illustrate its statements, and which in the process
of illustrating them would fix them upon the minds and memories of its
readers. It is, however, a great improvement upon any book of its kind
we know. It bears all the marks of being the condensed work of a real
scholar, and of a divine too. The bulk of the book is taken up with a
‘Life of Christ’ compiled from the Four Gospels so as to exhibit its
steps and stages and salient points. The rest of the book consists of
independent chapters on special points._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_This book is no ordinary compendium, no mere ‘cram-book’; still less
is it an ordinary reading book for schools; but the schoolmaster, the
Sunday-school teacher and the seeker after a comprehensive knowledge
of Divine truth will find it worthy of its name. Canon Norris writes
simply, reverently, without great display of learning, giving the
result of much careful study in a short compass, and adorning the
subject by the tenderness and honesty with which he treats it.... We
hope that this little book will have a very wide circulation and that
it will be studied; and we can promise that those who take it up will
not readily put it down again._”――RECORD.
“_This is a golden little volume. Having often to criticise unsparingly
volumes published by Messrs. Rivington, and bearing the deep High
Church brand, it is the greater satisfaction to be able to commend this
book so emphatically. Its design is exceedingly modest. Canon Norris
writes primarily to help ‘younger students’ in studying the Gospels.
But this unpretending volume is one which all students may study with
advantage. It is an admirable manual for those who take Bible Classes
through the Gospels. Closely sifted in style, so that all is clear and
weighty; full of unostentatious learning, and pregnant with suggestion;
deeply reverent in spirit, and altogether Evangelical in spirit; Canon
Norris’ book supplies a real want, and ought to be welcomed by all
earnest and devout students of the Holy Gospels._”――LONDON QUARTERLY
REVIEW.
=A KEY TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.= By JOHN PILKINGTON NORRIS,
M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.
“_It is a remarkably well-written and interesting account of its
subject, ‘The Book of the Acts,’ giving us the narrative of St.
Luke with exactly what we want in the way of connecting links and
illustrations. One most notable and praiseworthy characteristic of
the book is its candour.... The book is one which we can heartily
recommend._”――SPECTATOR.
“_Of Canon Norris’s ‘Key to the Narrative of the Four Gospels,’ we
wrote in high approval not many months ago. The present is not less
carefully prepared, and is full of the unostentatious results of sound
learning and patient thought._”――LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.
“_This little volume is one of a series of ‘Keys’ of a more or less
educational character, which are in the course of publication by Messrs.
Rivington. It gives apparently a very fair and tolerably exhaustive
résumé of the contexts of the Acts, with which it deals, not chapter
by chapter, but consecutively in the order of thought._”――SCHOOL BOARD
CHRONICLE.
“_Few books have ever given us more unmixed pleasure than this. It is
faultlessly written, so that it reads as pleasantly and enticingly as
if it had not the least intention of being an ‘educational’ book. It is
complete and exhaustive, so far as the narrative and all its bearings
go, so that students may feel that they need not be hunting up other
books to supply the |lacunæ|. It is the work of a classical scholar,
and it leaves nothing wanting in the way of classical illustrations,
which in the case of the Acts are of special importance. And, lastly,
it is theologically sound._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_This is a sequel to Canon Norris’s ‘Key to the Gospels,’ which was
published two years ago, and which has become a general favourite with
those who wish to grasp the leading features of the life and word of
Christ. The sketch of the Acts of the Apostles is done in the same
style; there is the same reverent spirit and quiet enthusiasm running
through it, and the same instinct for seizing the leading points in the
narrative._”――RECORD.
⁂ _Other Volumes are in preparation._
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“_A very beautiful edition. We commend it to the Clergy as an excellent
gift-book for teachers and other workers._”――CHURCH TIMES.
“_This work is a precious relic of mediæval times, and will continue to
be valued by every section of the Christian Church._”――WEEKLY REVIEW.
“_A beautifully printed pocket edition of this marvellous production
of a man, who, out of the dark mists of popery, saw so much of
experimental religion. Those who are well grounded in evangelical
truth may use it with profit._”――RECORD.
“_A very cheap and handsome edition._”――ROCK.
_This new edition is a marvel of cheapness._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
“_Beautifully printed, and very cheap editions of this long-used
hand-book of devotion._”――LITERARY WORLD.
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“_An extremely well-printed and well got up edition, as pretty and
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devotions of this beautiful book were more commonly used._”――LITERARY
CHURCHMAN.
“_We must admit that there is a want of helps to spiritual life amongst
us. Our age is so secular, and in religious movements so bustling, that
it is to be feared the inner life is too often forgotten. Our public
teachers may, we are sure, gain by consulting books which show how
contentedness and self-renunciation may be increased; and in which the
pathology of all human affections is treated with a fulness not common
in our theological class rooms._”――FREEMAN.
“_The publishers have done good service by the production of these
beautiful editions of works, which will never lose their preciousness
to devout Christian spirits. It is not necessary for us to say a word
as to their intrinsic merits; we have only to testify to the good
taste, judgment, and care shown in these editions. They are extremely
beautiful in typography and in the general getting up._”――ENGLISH
INDEPENDENT.
“_We ought not to conclude our notice of recent devotional books,
without mentioning to our readers the above new, elegant, and cheap
reprint, which we trust will never be out of date or out of favour in
the English branch of the Catholic Church._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_These manuals of piety written by the pen of the most beautiful
writer and the most impressive divine of the English Church, need no
commendation from us. They are known to the world, read in all lands,
and translated, we have heard, into fifty different languages. For two
centuries they have fed the faith of thousands upon thousands of souls,
now we trust happy with their God, and perhaps meditating in Heaven
with gratitude on their celestial truths, kindled in their souls by a
writer who was little short of being inspired._”――ROCK.
“_These little volumes will be appreciated as presents of inestimable
value._”――PUBLIC OPINION.
“_Either separate or bound together, may be had these two standard
works of the great divine. A good edition very tastefully printed and
bound._”――RECORD.
=A SHORT AND PLAIN INSTRUCTION FOR THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF
THE LORD’S SUPPER=; to which is annexed the Office of the Holy
Communion, with proper Helps and Directions. By THOMAS WILSON,
D.D., late Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. Complete Edition, in
large type.
Also a Cheap Edition, without the red borders,
1s., or in Cover, 6d.
“_The Messrs. Rivington have published a new and unabridged edition of
that deservedly popular work, Bishop Wilson on the Lord’s Supper. The
edition is here presented in three forms, suited to the various members
of the household._”――PUBLIC OPINION.
“_We cannot withhold the expression of our admiration of the style
and elegance in which this work is got up._”――PRESS AND ST. JAMES’
CHRONICLE.
“_A departed author being dead yet speaketh in a way which will never
be out of date; Bishop Wilson on the Lord’s Supper, published by Messrs.
Rivington, in bindings to suit all tastes and pockets._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
“_We may here fitly record that Bishop Wilson on the Lord’s Supper has
been issued in a new but unabridged form._”――DAILY TELEGRAPH.
=INTRODUCTION TO THE DEVOUT LIFE.= From the French of SAINT
FRANCIS of Sales, Bishop and Prince of Geneva. A New
Translation.
“_A very beautiful edition of S. Francis de Sales’ ‘Devout Life:’ a
prettier little edition for binding, type, and paper, of a very great
book is not often seen._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
“_The translation is a good one, and the volume is beautifully got
up. It would serve admirably as a gift book to those who are able to
appreciate so spiritual a writer as St. Francis._”――CHURCH TIMES.
“_It has been the food and hope of countless souls ever since its
first appearance two centuries and a half ago, and it still ranks
with Scupoli’s ‘Combattimento Spirituale,’ and Arvisenet’s ‘Memoriale
Vitæ Sacerdotalis,’ as among the very best works of ascetic theology.
We are glad to commend this careful and convenient version to our
readers._”――UNION REVIEW.
“_We should be curious to know by how many different hands ‘The Devout
Life’ of S. Francis de Sales had been translated into English. At
any rate, its popularity is so great that Messrs. Rivington have just
issued another translation of it. The style is good, and the volume is
of a most convenient size._”――JOHN BULL.
“_To readers of religious treatises, this volume will be highly valued.
The ‘Introduction to the Devout Life’ is preceded by a sketch of the
life of the author, and a dedicatory prayer of the author is also
given._”――PUBLIC OPINION.
=A PRACTICAL TREATISE CONCERNING EVIL THOUGHTS=: wherein
their Nature, Origin, and Effect are distinctly considered
and explained, with many Useful Rules for restraining and
suppressing such Thoughts; suited to the various conditions
of Life, and the several tempers of Mankind, more especially
of melancholy Persons. By WILLIAM CHILCOT, M.A.
“_An elegant edition of an old devotional manual by a clergyman who
was a rector in Exeter at the beginning of the last century. It seems
to contain a great deal of valuable truth as to the sources of evil
thoughts and the mode in which they may be expressed._”――ENGLISH
INDEPENDENT.
“_The book is worthy of a careful perusal, and is one which once known
is likely to be recurred to again and again, a characteristic not
always to be met within works of our own day._”――RECORD.
“_Messrs. Rivington have done all that publishers could do to give
strengthening matter a cheerful form._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
=THE ENGLISH POEMS OF GEORGE HERBERT=, together with his
Collection of Proverbs, entitled JACULA PRUDENTUM.
“_This beautiful little volume will be found specially convenient
as a pocket manual. The ‘Jacula Prudentum’ or proverbs, deserve to
be more widely known than they are at present. In many copies of
George Herbert’s writings these quaint sayings have been unfortunately
omitted._”――ROCK.
“_George Herbert is too much a household name to require any
introduction. It will be sufficient to say that Messrs. Rivington
have published a most compact and convenient edition of the poems and
proverbs of this illustrious English divine._”――ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.
“_An exceedingly pretty edition, the most attractive form we have yet
seen from this delightful author, as a gift-book._”――UNION REVIEW.
“_A very beautiful edition of the quaint old English bard. All lovers
of the ‘Holy’ Herbert will be grateful to Messrs. Rivington for the
care and pains they have bestowed in supplying them with this and
withal convenient copy of poems so well known and so deservedly
prized._”――LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.
“_A very tasteful little book, and will doubtless be acceptable to
many._”――RECORD.
“_We commend this little book heartily to our readers. It contains
Herbert’s English poems and the ‘Jacula Prudentum,’ in a very neat
volume which does much credit to the publishers; it will, we hope,
meet with extensive circulation as a choice gift-book at a moderate
price._”――CHRISTIAN OBSERVER.
_NEW THEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY._
=DICTIONARY OF DOCTRINAL AND HISTORICAL THEOLOGY.= By various
writers. Edited by the Rev. JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A., F.S.A.
Editor of the Annotated Book of Common Prayer. Second Edition.
_Complete in one volume of 833 pages, imperial 8vo (equal to
six 8vo volumes of 400 pages each), and printed in large
readable type, 42s. or half-bound in morocco, 52s. 6d._
1. NATURE OF THE WORK. This Dictionary consists of a series of
original Essays (alphabetically arranged, and 575 in number) on all the
principal subjects connected with the Doctrines of the Christian Church.
Some idea of the subjects, and of the length of the articles, may be
formed from the following titles of those which occupy the work from
page 700 to page 720.
SIGN. SPINOZISM. SUFFRAGAN.
SIMONY. SPIRIT. SUNDAY.
SIN. SPIRIT, THE HOLY. SUPEREROGATION.
SINAITIC CODEX. SPONSORS. SUPERNATURAL.
SOCINIANISM. SUBDEACONS. SUPERSTITION.
SOLIFIDIANISM. SUBLAPSARIANISM. SUPRALAPSARIANISM.
SOUL. SUBSTANCE. SUPREMACY, PAPAL.
2. OBJECT OF THE WORK. The writers of all the Essays have endeavoured
to make them sufficiently exhaustive to render it unnecessary for the
majority of readers to go further for information, and, at the same
time, sufficiently suggestive of more recondite sources of Theological
study, to help the student in following up his subjects. By means of a
Table prefixed to the Dictionary, a regular course of such study may be
carried out in its pages.
3. PRINCIPLES OF THE WORK. The Editor and his coadjutors have carefully
avoided any party bias, and consequently the work cannot be said to be
either “High Church,” “Low Church,” or “Broad Church.” The only bias
of the Dictionary is that given by Revelation, History, Logic, and the
literary idiosyncrasy of each particular contributor. But the Editor
has not attempted to assist the circulation of the book by making
it colourless on the pretence of impartiality. Errors are freely
condemned, and truths are expressed as if they were worth expressing;
but he believes that no terms of condemnation which may be used ever
transgress the bounds of Christian courtesy.
4. PART OF A SERIES. The Dictionary of Theology is complete in itself,
but it is also intended to form part of a Series, entitled, “A Summary
of Theology,” of which the second volume, “A Dictionary of Sects,
Heresies, and Schools of Thought,” is in the press.
“_Taken as a whole the articles are the work of practised writers, and
well informed and solid theologians.... We know no book of its size
and bulk which supplies the information here given at all; far less
which supplies it in an arrangement so accessible, with a completeness
of information so thorough, and with an ability in the treatment of
profound subjects so great. Dr. Hook’s most useful volume is a work of
high calibre, but it is the work of a single mind. We have here a wider
range of thought from a greater variety of sides. We have here also the
work of men who evidently know what they write about and are somewhat
more profound (to say the least), than the writers of the current
Dictionaries of Sects and Heresies._”――GUARDIAN.
“_Mere antiquarianism, however interesting, has little place in it.
But for all practical purposes its historical articles are excellent.
They are of course, and of necessity, a good deal condensed, yet they
are wonderfully complete; see for example such articles as ‘Atheism,’
‘Cabbala,’ ‘Calvinism,’ ‘Canonization,’ ‘Convocations,’ ‘Evangelical,’
‘Fathers,’ ‘Infant Baptism,’ &c., &c. But the strength of the book
lies in the theology proper, and herein more particularly in what
one may call the metaphysical side of doctrine:――see the articles
on ‘Conceptualism,’ ‘Doubt,’ ‘Dualism,’ ‘Election,’ ‘Eternity,’
‘Everlasting Punishment,’ ‘Fatalism,’ and the like. We mention these
as characteristic of the book. At the same time other more practical
matters are fully dealt with. There are excellent and elaborate
papers on such words as ‘Eucharist,’ ‘Confession,’ ‘Blood,’ ‘Cross,’
‘Antichrist,’ to say nothing of the host of minor matters on which it
is most convenient to be able to turn to a book which gives you at a
glance the pith of a whole library in a column or a page. Thus it will
be obvious that it takes a very much wider range than any undertaking
of the same kind in our language; and that to those of our clergy who
have not the fortune to spend in books, and would not have the leisure
to use them if they possessed them, it will be the most serviceable and
reliable substitute for a large library we can think of. And in many
cases, while keeping strictly within its province as a Dictionary, it
contrives to be marvellously suggestive of thought and reflections,
which a serious minded man will take with him and ponder over for his
own elaboration and future use. As an example of this we may refer to
the whole article on Doubt. It is treated of under the successive heads
of,――(1) its nature; (2) its origin; (3) the history of the principal
periods of Doubt; (4) the consciousness――or actual experience of
Doubt, and how to deal with its different phases and kinds; (5) the
relations of Doubt to action and to belief. To explain a little we
will here quote a paragraph or two, which may not be unacceptable to
our readers.... The variety of the references given in the course of
this article, and at its conclusion, show how carefully the writer
has thought out and studied his subject in its various manifestations
in many various minds, and illustrate very forcibly how much reading
goes to a very small amount of space in anything worth the name of
‘Dictionary of Theology.’ We trust most sincerely that the book may be
largely used. For a present to a clergyman on his ordination, or from a
parishioner to his pastor, it would be most appropriate. It may indeed
be called ‘a box of tools for a working clergyman.’_”――LITERARY
CHURCHMAN.
“_Seldom has an English work of equal magnitude been so permeated with
Catholic instincts, and at the same time seldom has a work on theology
been kept so free from the drift of rhetorical incrustation. Of course
it is not meant that all these remarks apply in their full extent to
every article. In a great Dictionary there are compositions, as in a
great house there are vessels, of various kinds. Some of these at a
future day may be replaced by others more substantial in their build,
more proportionate in their outline, and more elaborate in their detail.
But admitting all this, the whole remains a home to which the student
will constantly recur, sure to find spacious chambers, substantial
furniture, and (which is most important) no stinted light._”――CHURCH
REVIEW.
“_The second and final instalment of Mr. Blunt’s useful Dictionary,
itself but a part of a more comprehensive plan, is now before the
public, and fully sustains the mainly favourable impression created
by the appearance of the first part. Within the sphere it has marked
out for itself, no equally useful book of reference exists in English
for the elucidation of theological problems.... Entries which display
much care, research, and judgment in compilation, and which will make
the task of the parish priest who is brought face to face with any of
the practical questions which they involve far easier than has been
hitherto. The very fact that the utterances are here and there somewhat
more guarded and hesitating than quite accords with our judgment, is a
gain in so far as it protects the work from the charge of inculcating
extreme views, and will thus secure its admission in many places where
moderation is accounted the crowning grace._”――CHURCH TIMES.
“_The writers who are at work on it are scholars and theologians, and
earnest defenders of the Christian faith. They evidently hold fast
the fundamental doctrines of Christianity, and have the religious
instruction of the rising ministry at heart. Moreover, their scheme is
a noble one; it does credit not only to their learning and zeal, but
also to their tact and discretion._”――LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.
“_Infinitely the best book of the kind in the language; and, if not
the best conceivable, it is perhaps the best we are ever likely to
see within its compass as to size and scope. Accurate and succinct
in statement, it may safely be trusted as a handbook as regards facts,
while in our judgment, this second part still maintains the character
we gave the first, namely, of showing most ability in its way of
treating the more abstract and metaphysical side of theological
questions. The liturgical articles also in this part deserve especial
mention. The book is sure to make its own way by sheer force of
usefulness._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_It is not open to doubt that this work, of which the second and
concluding part has just been issued, is in every sense a valuable and
important one. Mr. Blunt’s Dictionary is a most acceptable addition to
English theological literature. Its general style is terse and vigorous.
Whilst its pages are free from wordiness, there is none of that undue
condensation which, under the plea of judicious brevity, veils a mere
empty jotting down of familiar statements (and mis-statements), at
second or, it may be, third hand from existing works. Dean Hook’s
well-known Dictionary makes the nearest approach to the one now before
us, but Mr. Blunt’s is decidedly the better of the two._”――ENGLISH
CHURCHMAN.
“_It will be found of admirable service to all students of theology,
as advancing and maintaining the Church’s views of all subjects as fall
within the range of fair argument and inquiry. It is not often that a
work of so comprehensive and so profound a nature is marked to the very
end by so many signs of wide and careful research, sound criticism, and
well-founded and well-expressed belief._”――STANDARD.
=THE HAPPINESS OF THE BLESSED CONSIDERED= as to the Particulars
of their State: their Recognition of each other in that State:
and its Differences of Degrees. To which are added Musings on
the Church and her Services. By RICHARD MANT, D.D., sometime
Lord Bishop of Down and Connor. New Edition. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d.
“_A welcome republication of a treatise once highly valued, and which
can never lose its value. Many of our readers already know the fulness
and discrimination with which the author treats his subject, which must
be one of the most delightful topics of meditation to all whose heart
is where the only true treasure is, and particularly to those who are
entering upon the evening of life._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
“_The value of this book needs not to be referred to, its standard
character having been for many years past established. The edition in
which it reappears has evidently been carefully prepared, and will be
the means of making it more generally known._”――BELL’S MESSENGER.
“_All recognise the authority of the command to set the affections on
things above, and such works as the one now before us will be found
helpful towards this good end. We are, therefore, sincerely glad that
Messrs. Rivington have brought out a new edition of Bishop Mant’s
valuable treatise._”――RECORD.
“_This beautiful and devotional treatise, which it is impossible
to read without feeling a more deepened interest in the eternal
blessedness which awaits the true servants of our God, concludes very
appropriately with ‘Musings on the Church and her Services,’ which we
cordially recommend to our readers._”――ROCK.
=THE SERVICES OF THE CHURCH.= Containing the Book of Common
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=THE BOOK OF LESSONS.= Containing the Proper Lessons and Psalms
for Sundays and Holy Days, together with the Daily Lessons
from the Calendar. Crown 8vo. 9s.
=AIDS TO PRAYER; OR, THOUGHTS ON THE PRACTICE OF DEVOTION.=
With Forms of Prayer for Private Use. By DANIEL MOORE, M.A.,
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Paddington, Author of “Sermons on Special Occasions,” Hulsean
Lectures on “The Age and the Gospel,” &c. Second Edition.
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“_The valuable characteristic of this work will be recognised by every
serious, thoughtful Christian, in a word, by all who perceive and
lament the growing tendency to prefer the claims of external service,
ecclesiastical controversy, or multiplied activities to the practice of
private devotion. ‘Aids to Prayer’ offers both encouragement and help
to those who aspire to higher attainments in the Divine Life. Every
page bears the impress of a matured judgment, and of an experimental
acquaintance with a subject confessedly difficult, and of supreme
importance._”――RECORD.
“_Eloquently, ably, and practically written._”――ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.
“_‘Aids to Prayer’ has deservedly reached a second edition. The sermon
method of treatment has been wisely discontinued._”――JOHN BULL.
=THE ATHANASIAN ORIGIN OF THE ATHANASIAN CREED.= By J. S. BREWER,
M.A., Preacher at the Rolls, and Honorary Fellow of Queen’s
College, Oxford. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
=THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND=: its History,
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=PAROCHIAL AND PLAIN SERMONS.= By JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D.,
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the last Editions published by Messrs. Rivington. 8 Volumes.
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=SERMONS BEARING UPON SUBJECTS OF THE DAY.= By JOHN HENRY NEWMAN,
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=FIFTEEN SERMONS PREACHED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD=,
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=HERBERT TRESHAM.= A Tale of the Great Rebellion. By the late
Rev. J. M. NEALE, D.D. New Edition. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d.
“_We cordially welcome a new edition of Dr. Neale’s ‘Herbert Tresham.’
The scene is laid in the time of the great civil war, and vivid
pictures are drawn of some of the startling events that then disgraced
the history of this country. The martyrdom of Archbishop Laud is
described in a manner few besides its author could equal, while the
narration of the disastrous battle of Naseby, and the disgraceful
surrender of Bristol by Prince Rupert, afford proof of the versatility
of his genius._”――CHURCH TIMES.
“_A pleasant Christmas present is Dr. Neale’s ‘Herbert Tresham.’ Such
a book is well calculated to correct current views of 17th century
history._”――CHURCH REVIEW.
“_Nothing could be more admirable as a Christmas present._”――CHURCH
NEWS.
=THE MANOR FARM: A TALE.= By M. C. PHILLPOTTS, Author of “The
Hillford Confirmation.” With Illustrations. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d.
“_The Manor Farm, by Miss Phillpotts, author of the ‘Hillford
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be very useful in parochial reading libraries._”――JOHN BULL.
“_A prettily got-up and prettily written little book above the average
of the class it belongs to._”――EDINBURGH COURANT.
=PERRANZABULOE, THE LOST CHURCH FOUND=; Or the Church of England
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and a Protesting Church Nine Hundred Years before the
Reformation. By the Rev. C. T. COLLINS TRELAWNY. Seventh
Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
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INDEX
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PAGE
ABBOTT (Evelyn), Selections from Lucian, 30
Adams (W.), Holy Week, 3
――――, Sacred Allegories, 27
À Kempis, Imitation of Christ, 22
Alford (Henry), Greek Testament, 16
――――, New Testament for English Readers, 16
Andrewes (Bishop Lancelot), Manual for the Sick, 18
Annotated Prayer Book, By J. H. Blunt, 13
Annual Register, 10
Aristophanis Comoediae, by W. C. Green, 28
Aristophanes (Scenes from), by Sidgwick, 30
Avancini, Vita et Doctrina Jesu Christi, 16
BICKERSTETH (E. H.), Two Brothers, 7
――――, Yesterday, To-Day, etc., 7
Bigg (Chas), Thucydidis Historia, 28
Blunt (J. H.) Directorium Pastorale, 6
――――, Household Theology, 13
――――, Key to Bible, 20
――――, Key to Church Catechism, 20
――――, Key to Church History (Ancient), 20
――――, Key to Church History (Modern), 21
――――, Key to Common Prayer, 20
――――, Reformation, 26
――――, and Norris (J. P.), Keys to Christian
Knowledge, 20
――――, and Phillimore (G. F.), Book of Church Law, 1
Body (George), Life of Justification, 9
Book of Lessons, 26
――――, The, Church Law, 1
Brewer (J. S.), Athanasian Creed, 26
Bright (A. W.), and Medd (P. G.), Liber Precum
Publicarum, 13
Bruton (E. G.), Ecclesiastical Dilapidations, 7
CAMPION (W. M.) and Beamont (W. J.), Prayer Book
Interleaved, 10
Catena Classicorum, 28
Chilcot (William), Evil Thoughts, 23
Church Builder, 26
Common Prayer and Ordinal, 1549, 16
Companion to Old Testament, 14
Consolatio, by C. E. Kennaway, 6
DEMOSTHENIS ORATIONES, by Arthur Holmes, 28
――――, Publicae, by G. H. Heslop, 28
Dictionary of Theology, 24
Döllinger (John J. Ign. Von.), Fables respecting
the Popes, &c., 14
――――, Lectures on Reunion, 3
Dominican Artist (A), 4
EDWARD VI., First Book of Common Prayer of, 16
Euripides, Scenes from, by Sidgwick, 30
FIELD (Walter), Stones of the Temple, 8
Fosbery (T. V.), Hymns and Poems, &c., 7
GLOSSARY of Ecclesiastical Terms, by Orby Shipley, 7
Goulburn (Dean), Manual of Confirmation, 6
――――, Family Prayers, 6
――――, Pursuit of Holiness, 6
――――, Thoughts on Personal Religion, 1
Gould (S. B.) Curious Myths, &c., 17
――――, Religious Belief, 3
Gratry (Père), Henri Perreyve, 5
――――, Last Days of, 5
Greek Testament, by Dean Alford, 16
Green (W. C.), Aristophanis Comoediae, 28
Guide to Heaven, 2
Gurney (Augustus), Home Life of Jesus of
Nazareth, 12
HADDAN (A. W.), Apostolic Succession, 18
Help and Comfort for the Sick Poor, 18
Herbert (George), Poems and Proverbs, 23
Herodoti Historia, by H. G. Woods, 28
Hidden Life of the Soul, 4
Hodgson (Chris.), Instructions for the Clergy, 16
Holmes (Arthur), Demosthenis Orationes, 28
Homeri Ilias, by. S. H. Reynolds, 28
Hook (W. F.), Family Prayers, 6
Hoole (Chas. H.), Shepherd of Hermas, 6
Hymns and Poems, by T. V. Fosbery, 7
IMITATION of Christ, 22
Isocratis Orationes, by John Edwin Sandys, 28
JANUS, Pope and Council, 17
Jebb (R. C.), Sophoclis Tragoediae, 28
Juvenalis Satirae, by G. A. Simcox, 28
KAY (W.) on the Psalms, 13
Keys to Christian Knowledge, 19, 20
Kennaway (C. E.), Consolatio, 6
LETTERS from Rome on the Council, by Quirinus, 17
Liber Precum Publicarum, 13
Liddon (H. P.), Bampton Lectures, 13
――――, Elements of Religion, 13
――――, University Sermons, 13
Louise, Life of Madame, de France, 4
Lyte (Henry F.), Poems, 11
MACCOLL (M.), Damnatory Clauses, etc., 7
Mahan (Milo), Church History, 12
Mant (Richard), Ancient Hymns, 7
――――, Happiness of the Blessed, 26
Melvill (Henry), Sermons, 15
――――, Latter Sermons, 15
――――, Sermons on Less Prominent Facts, 15
Mercier (Anne), Our Mother Church, 15
Moberly (George), Brighstone Sermons, 3
――――, Great Forty Days, 3
Monsell (John S. B.), Parish Musings, 8
Moore (Daniel), Aids to Prayer, 26
――――, Sermons, 9
Mozley’s (J. B.) Lectures on the Miracles, 11
NEALE (J. M.), Herbert Tresham, 27
Newman (J. H.), Sermons, 27
――――, Sermons, Oxford University, 27
――――, Sermons, Subjects of the Day, 27
New Testament by Henry Alford, 16
Norris (J. B.), Key to the Acts, 21
――――, Key to the Four Gospels, 21
PAPILLON (T. L.), Terenti Comoediae, 28
Path of Holiness, 2
Perraud (Père A.), Last Days of Père Gratry, 5
Perreyve (Henri), Life of, 5
Persii Satirae, by A. Pretor, 28
Phillpotts (M. C.), Hillford Confirmation, 18
――――, Manor Farm, 27
Pope, The, and the Council, by Janus, 17
Prayer Book Interleaved, 10
Prayers and Meditations for Holy Communion, 10
QUIRINUS, Letters from Rome, 17
REYNOLDS (S. H.), Homeri Ilias, 28
Ridley (W. H.), Bible Readings, 11
Rivington’s Devotional Series, 22
―――― Mathematical Series, 29
Roberts (John), English Nursery Rhymes, 27
Romanoff (H. C.), Historical Narratives, 10
――――, Rites and Customs of the Greco-Russian
Church, 14
――――, S. John Chrysostom’s Liturgy, 11
Rossetti (Maria F.), Shadow of Dante, 8
SALES (S. Francis de), Devout Life, 23
――――, Letters, 6
――――, Life, 5
――――, Spirit, 5
Sandys (J. E.), Isocratis Orationes, 28
Scudamore (W. E.), Manual of Prayers, 12
――――, Notitia Eucharistica, 12
Self-Renunciation, 3
Services of the Church, 26
Shakspere’s As You Like It, 30
―――― Coriolanus, 30
―――― Hamlet, 30
―――― Macbeth, 30
―――― Much Ado about Nothing, 30
―――― Tempest, 30
Shepherd of Hermas, 6
Shipley (Orby), Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms, 7
Sickness; Its Trials, &c., 27
Sidgwick’s Scenes from Greek Plays, 30
Simcox (G. A.), Juvenalis Satirae, 28
Smith (J. H.), Algebra, Part I., 29
――――, Algebra, Exercises on, 29
――――, Geometry, 29
――――, Hydrostatics, 29
――――, Statics, 29
――――, Trigonometry, 29
Smith (R. Prowde), Latin Prose Exercises, 30
Sophoclis Tragoediae, by R. C. Jebb, 28
Stainer (John), Theory of Harmony, 11
Star of Childhood, 2
Stephens (A. J.), Argument: Sheppard v. Bennett, 14
Stone (S. J.), Poems, 9
Sutton (Fred. H.), Church Organs, 11
TAYLOR (Jeremy), Holy Dying, 22
――――, Holy Living, 22
Terenti Comoediae, by T. L. Papillon, 28
Thucydidis Historia, by Chas. Bigg, 28
Treasury of Devotion, 2
Trelawny, (C. T. C.), Perranzabuloe, 27
WALTON (H. B.), and Medd (P. G.), Common Prayer
and Ordinal, 1549, 16
Way of Life, 2
Williams (Isaac), Devotional Commentary, 19
――――, Female Scripture Characters, 18
――――, Old Testament Characters, 18
Wilson (Bishop), Lord’s Supper, 22
Woods (H. G.), Herodoti Historia, 28
Wordsworth (Charles), Catechesis, 11