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    an compl institution ete accord for frith advancing its fundamental the knowledge aims as of

    Christian truth and for defending revealed religion this than fm »» forms by the the publicatio fifth vol n ume = ¦ ~ of . ^ the Writers ^ series ~^ m —~ of ~~ of ~~ various ™ which ~ ~ ¦ — ^^^ V ^^^^^^^ ^^ V ^^ F ^^^ ^^^^^(^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^™ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ — ^

    nationalities work in combination , and within the compass of this work we have Prebendary RowDr . Eustace ConderPrincipal Cairns

    Dr . Godet , , Dr . Murray Mitchell , , and Mr . Iverach , , "writing respectively on man ' s responsibility as a free agent ^^^ ; the origin (^ of the Hebrew . religr-p ion ;

    the present state of the Christian argument from I Prophecy ; the authorship of the fourth G-ospel ; | the Zendavesta ; and the p hilosopX . hy wof Mr .

    Herbert Spencer . . The aim of the writers is to i cater for the intelligent reader who , without any j deep knowledge , is able to comprehend and follow

    I a lucid exposition and to grasp a sustained chain | I ] be wilL of even argument be invaluabl more ; useful and e . to in Perhaps putting all such , however before this set those , they of whose works may _ - -

    - - ' . function it is to teach the people on religious matters a set of compact and complete papers , each treating « ry of its own particular ^ - „ — — — — - subject — . __ ^^ — __ _ , in __

    —which they will find ready to hand much valuable throug material h the for press use on . the platform , in the pulpit , or

    From Messrs . Simpkin , Marshall , & Co . — ' Memorials of a Dissenting Chapel , its Foundation , and Worthies ; being a Sketch of the Rise of

    Konconformity in Manchester , and of the Chapel in Cress Street , with Notices of its Ministers and . Trustees' by Sir Thomas Baker . This volume

    idiich is , issued at Manchester by Messrs . John- , son & Raw son , is an excellent specimen of a branch of special literature of which wo have far

    too little ; for apart from the interest of the volume to those whom it most nearly concerns , it is from such accurate and exhaustive compilations of

    local history that all larger and more general I records can be most successfully compiled . The 1 1 which 1 * 11 has obtained t M * "I the . ^ honour * of

    ; chapel , a suc-; cizact in the and religious continuous history memorial of Eng , has land in a the distinct , for it p was lace

    this first Nonconformist ^ hrine northern I ; tion metropolis occup , ied and a has consp , from icuous the position date of in its the founda city - .

    t Among , its congregations have been many eminent 1 I citizens notes are , and given of these by Sir interesting Thomas Baker biograp . hica The l

    I ministers are duly noted from the foundation of I I close the chape of the l to work the present a complete time bi , an bli d ogra there ph is , at iving the

    I details of their publications , . Admirably engraved y , g I portraits the chapel of form the the chief illustrations ministers of and the a volume , sketch . of

    From Messrs . "W . Swan Sonnenschein & Co . — some ' Selecti account ons from of the the Author Works and of Jeremy his Writings Taylor . ' , with The

    author 2 & as been of edited « ihe ' and Holy annotated Living * in and ve 'Holy Py form ing s ' ry many ,

    H J of but select we have ions fro seldom m his seen writings a more than inviting that which budget is I here given . The book , "which conies from the

    press ot Messrs . Hazel I , Watson , & Viney , is well toned printed paper in large bound typo in , on lain wide blue -marg cloth ined with pages gold of

    fi border xed to and the lettering , selections . g p The ive , chiefly twenty- in six the , page word s pre s of - Dr . Rust ' s funeral sermonsome account of tho

    life and writings of the old , divine , and then come subjects the rxcerpts winch from will - his ~ writings be as ~ - welcom ~ with ¦ e their for » - ^ leading pri h 4 vate VrfV

    I ! derotioiial ^ £ , reading as for use - ^ — hy - ^ — - — — preachers ^ ^ - ^ ^« ^ v « * v and m # ^^^ jj teacher * .

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    -From Mt . Edward -w Stanford ? . — ' Visitors' Guide to / - > * . ^ . » b i t # Bevir tt » _ nr a The rr \ i _ auth . i

    ' Oryieto During — — ^— / a — y stay - - J . L of . -- , some — — , time M . A . ther-, ¦ 1 — found — — — or ^••^ j * says that "lf » V : there need for full

    gu together ide-book was a few , and roug hare h notes a there I fore exp made lanatory ventured during my English to stay put

    those in the English hope that -who they frequen may t < bo the of town some / The service result to

    is a small octavo of some 80 pages , with a list of painters , sculptors , and architects , and an index . From Messrs . Vandenlioeek A Ruprecht in

    Gottingen . — ' Ruprecht ' s Wohnungen dej ? arbeitenden KUssen __ in _ London __ . ' This ___ is an ¦ - essay ^ r hwvV f

    written ideaof the with efforts a vi ew that of g ha iving ve been to a Germ made an in England publican and chiefly in Londonto improve the habitations ,

    of the operative and , labouriug classes . Dr . Kupreclit compresses what he has to say within the modest limits of less than 150 pages octavo .

    In tlie course of the work , we find some interesting statistics of mortality among us as I influenced byor presumed to be influenced—j by

    healthier arrangements ^ , ^ . In - his researches , the — j author comes upon the word ' nuisances , ' familiar enough to our ears , which he says he finds a

    difficulty in exactly translating" into German . May we suggest that Unannehmlichkeiten very fairly renders what English people understand by

    nuisances ? The zeal with -which the author goes into his subject is evidenced by his citations of books , articles , and speeches . The mere libt of them forms a kind of bibliography of the English

    literature of industrial dwellings , which will be a useful accession to the library of many a philanthropist , even if he is not a German scholar .

    Prom Messrs . "Wad die & Co . — ' Dunbar , ' a drama by ' Thistledown / with prefatory essay on the

    drama dealing in wi Scotland th the time . A of James well-thoug the Fourth ht-out traged of Sco y t- , land , which abounds in beautiful lines though we

    are again and again confronted with passages whose better think scansion chance that the on , is poom its more own would than merits have questionable than had prefixed a . much We by n

    which the author are of ' s little thoug value hts , and on , throug the drama h thei as r reference a whole , to Sw ) ttish religion and absolute ignoring of the

    old deen Scottish , likely to play prejudice houses at readers Edinburg against h and the Aber poem - j which / follows Avftl « V There SL is Jl tuP a certain Jl »^*» weird f Jk ' * fascination " — I

    about * v M . A A V » * the chants U * . « AAXJJ of . ^ - * the U * V <^ V mad IA woman » ^* « -w Elspeth ¦ w- ^ . . 1 I McFarlane X > Xv JB . UA AC It A . JI v * , * in I AA advocating CV ^* V wOU VI 11 CL whose If & IV / 'sJV > ' ¦ ^ defence * V > ^*^ " - » ^^»» '

    puniuiaj into bar' i hatred ua ncurs tinu the , , \ of ii susp . the itiiu icion proud j ^ jlu , which lasci inovi gr vious ? iu idually uu Dunbar Cardinal v . — ripens

    meditations Beaton . Again hilosop there is h incongruity the author 11 in confusi vng s

    some lllCUliaUV discoveries / UO on Vril p LfllllUCUUll of a later y l , j date lll ^ UUU with the » . w mateml — ^ < j 1 at the command of an educated man of those '

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    that CaTdinal this the mon Cardinal th Manning being A ' ' Vanity s rchbishop little / homilies One is a sentence keen ; his student subj P trntn * ^ 01

    human i nature a . for x * he i tolls ... it .. us with _^* - i-k much miiph triitn . t men hat * and we cannot the , vanity divide of vanity women , into , for tbe vaniti ranlt ^ f a ^

    stra vanity ntw n ntvo gel may imr y interchangeable . ' nf be found I ,.. r . ^ . nl in men . , and T T 1 3 ie rt the mos mOH ino t t * um JtiBMW tI J ™ ^ er ^ . I j theM

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 15, 1884, page 1044, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15101884/page/16/