WORKS PUBLISHED DURING 1869 BY MESSRS. RIVINGTON, WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON; HIGH STREET, OXFORD; TRINITY STREET, CAMBRIDGE. OUR LORD'S NATIVITY. By the Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS, B.D., late "Mr. Isaac Williams's Devotional Commentary stands absolutely alone in our English Literature; there is, we should say, no chance of its being superseded by any better book of its kind; and its merits are of the very highest order."-LITERARY CHURCHMAN. "Messrs. Rivington merit the thanks of the present generation of Churchmen for the design of republishing Isaac Williams's admirable series of Commentaries on the Gospel Narrative, and for bringing them out at a very moderate price. Commendation of a work so well known and so highly valued is unnecessary."-CHURCH TIMES. "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's exquisite Commentary. Deriv ing 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 illusion, each word in the text. Nothing can be more workmanlike than this Commentary, nothing can exceed the devout Crown 8vo. 5s. each. Το and reverent skill with which Williams does his work. It comes to us as one continuous breathing of a devout soul in love and gratitude to God, and this tone is observable whatever direction the subject-matter of the moment suggests. As one reads it one holds one's breath, and tries to catch the far off tones which blend with the rougher music of this world, even at its best. As this is one of eight volumes, those who are already acquainted with Williams, and those who are not, may infer what a wonderful mine of devotion for both the heart and intellect the possessor of the whole series will have at his command."-CHURCH REVIEW. "Those who have no acquaintance with this work may infer what an inestimable treasure they will find in it, from the fact that Isaac Williams's mind was literally saturated with the patristic tone. The reader has here, therefore, the very cream of Catholic divinity. The distinguishing excellence of the book is, that not only the profoundest theology, but even exegesis and criticism are conveyed in a continued strain of devotion. We rejoice in such a republication."-CHURCH NEWS. A 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." Part I. (containing A-K). Imperial 8vo. 21S. *The Dictionary will be completed in two parts.. 4-3000-11-70 By THOUGHTS ON PERSONAL RELIGION; being a Treatise on An Edition for Presentation, Two Volumes, small 8vo. IOS. 6d. 3s. 6d. DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO S. MATTHEW. Translated from the French of Pasquier Quesnel. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. "We can hardly give him (Pasquier Quesnel higher praise than to say that he reminds us in many ways of the author of the Imitation. There is the same knowledge of human nature, shrewdness of observation, intimate acquaintance with the special trials, difficulties, and temptations of the spiritual life, and that fervour and concentration which result from habitual meditation and prayer." -CLERICAL JOURNAL. "This Commentary is what it purports to be 'devotional. There is no criticism, no suggestion of difficulties, no groupings of various readings.' Its object is to give the spiritual sense' of Holy Scripture, and this object is admirably carried out. We are glad to be able to give it our hearty and unqualified approval."-JOHN BULL. "The want which many devout persons feel for a Commentary on the Scriptures with individual, practical, and devotional application, can hardly be better satisfied than by that of 'Quesnel.""-CHURCH NEWS. "This translation is based upon that made by the Non-juror Russell, and it has been especially adapted for the use of members of the English Church in private devotion. It is a very acceptable manual for the religious, and its simple and practical character may be gleaned from the following comment."-ROCK. "The Comments are brief but pointed, and there is so much to profit the reader by showing him what a depth of spiritual wisdom is treasured up even in the simplest utterances of our Lord, that we are sorry we cannot give the book an unqualified recommendation. Works on the Gospels, suited to the wants of scholars, have been tolerably numerous of late years. Such a book as this, in which considerable intellectual force is blended with devo tional feeling, is more rare, and would be welcome were it not that the good in it is marred by the Sacramentarianism which continually obtrudes itself."-English Inde PENDENT. THE HILLFORD CONFIRMATION: A TALE. PHILLPOTTS. 18mo. IS. By M. C. THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND. In Eight Crown THE TREASURY OF DEVOTION: a Manual of Prayers for general and daily use. Compiled by a Priest. Edited by the Rev. T. T. Carter, Rector of Clewer. 16mo. 2s. 6d. ; limp cloth, 2s. Bound with the Book of Common Prayer. 35. 6d. A SELECTION FROM A COURSE OF LECTURES, livered to candidates for Holy Orders, comprising a Summary of the w System of Theology, Natural and Revealed. By JOHN RANDOLPH, D. (sometime Bishop of London). Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. e PROFESSOR INMAN'S NAUTICAL TABLES, for the use of British Seamen. New Edition, by the Rev. J. W. INMAN, late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Head Master of Chudleigh Grammar School. Revised, and enlarged by the introduction of Tables of log. haversines, log. differences, &c.; with a more compendious method of Working a Lunar, and a Catalogue of Latitudes and Longitudes of Places on the Seaboard. Royal 8vo. 16s. M. T. CICERONIS DE OFFICIIS LIBRI TRES. With Introduction, Analysis, and Commentary, by the Rev. HUBERT HOLDEN, LL.D., Head Master of Ipswich School. Second Edition, much enlarged and improved. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. SOIMÊME; A Story of a Wilful Life. Small 8vo., 3s. 6d. "There is a very quiet, earnest tone in this story which reconciles the reader to the lesson which it is intended to teach. It is essentially a story of character, and the heroine who is supposed to relate it is presented in a clearly defined and somewhat picturesque manner. To the thoughtful who are passing from youth to riper years Soimême' will prove both attractive and useful."-PUBLIC OPINION. "A pure, good, wholesome little book, styling itself The Story of a Wilful Life,' and teaches the old true lesson, that without humility there is no such thing as happiness."DAILY TELEGRAPH. "As a sketch of the inner life of a neglected, untutored, and consequently self-willed, almost savage girl, this story has its merits. The writer succeeds fairly with pleasing charac ters."-ATHENÆUM. "The story is full of buoyancy and interest, incident being duly intermingled with conver sation. Some of the bits of description, as that of the Shropshire lane, are exquisite little idylls. This book is a work of genuine art."CLERICAL JOURNAL. "A vein of lofty, moral, and deep religious feeling runs through the whole tale, and the author neither proses nor preaches."--STAND ARD. "A very natural, unaffected, and simple little story for young people-one which they will not only read but enjoy.”—MORNING HERALD. "The author promises to become a valuable accession to the ranks of our popular lady writers. 'Soimême' is a simple life-like story, charmingly told and gracefully written, and, what is better still, its tendencies are excellent. The lessons it teaches are of the highest order."-EUROPEAN MAIL. "There are many clever little bits of description, and excellent maxims worth remembering. The scenery is all charmingly described. -MONTHLY PACKET. ANGLO-SAXON WITNESS ON FOUR ALLEGED REQUISITES FOR HOLY COMMUNION-Fasting, Water, Altar Lights, and Incense. By the Rev. J. BARON, M.A., Rector of Upton Scudamore, Wilts. 8vo. 5s. SPIRITUAL COMMUNINGS. By Sir ARCHIBALD EDMONDSTONE, Bart. Small 8vo. 25. THE DIVINITY OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST; being the Bampton Lectures for 1866. By HENRY PARRY LIDDON, M.A., Student of Christ Church, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Salis bury. Fourth Edition. Crown 8vo. 5s. EGYPT'S RECORD OF TIME TO THE EXODUS OF ISRAEL, critically investigated: with a comparative Survey of the Patri archal History and the Chronology of Scripture; resulting in the Reconciliation of the Septuagint and Hebrew Computations, and Manetho with both. By W. B. GALLOWAY, M. A., Vicar of St. Mark's, Regent's Park, and Chaplain to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Hawarden. 8vo. 15s. "Mr. Galloway's work deserves to be read and studied by all Biblical and archæological inquirers."-LONDON QUARTERLY RE VIEW. "Demands a very careful perusal and is creditable to Mr. Galloway's industry. Many subjects and points are discussed in it with a fulness of knowledge which astonishes the ordinary reader."-ATHENÆUM. "The work of Mr. Galloway is worthy of special attention. He is an accurate and painstaking investigator of facts, and brings to the conclusions to be founded upon them a very independent and solid intellect. The volume now noticed deserves careful examination."CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. "We believe that since the publication of the great work of Fynes Clinton, no more important treatise on chronology than this of Mr. Galloway's has appeared in this country. It is altogether one of the most remarkable contributions to the theological literature of our time; and just now it is doubly valuable. It handles some of the most profoundly interesting subjects that can occupy the mind of the Biblical student with great power, originality, eloquence, and learning."-CLERICAL JOURNAL. MISS LANGLEY'S WILL: A TALE. Second Edition. 2 Vols. Post 8vo. 2IS. By S. BARING- 6s. CURIOUS MYTHS OF THE MIDDLE AGES. seldom differ from him without hesitation."— "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 "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 fieid of medieval 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 LIFE OF MADAME LOUISE DE FRANCE, daughter of Louis XV. Known also as the Mother Térèse de St. Augustin. By the Crown 8vo. 65. Author of "Tales of Kirkbeck." 'Such a record of deep, earnest, self-sacrificing piety, beneath the surface of Parisian life, during what we all regard as the worst age of French godlessness, ought to teach us all a lesson of hope and faith, let appearances be what they may. Here, from out of the court and family of Louis XV. there issues this Madame Louise, whose life is set before us as a specimen of as calm and unworldly devotion -of a devotion, too, full of shrewd sense and practical administrative_talent-as any we have ever met with."-LITERARY CHURCHMAN. "On the 15th of July, 1737, Marie Leczinska, the wife of Louis XV., and daughter of the dethroned King of Poland, which Prussia helped to despoil and plunder, gave birth to her eighth female child, Louise Marie, known also as the Mother Térèse de St. Augustin. On the death of the Queen, the princess, who had long felt a vocation for a religious life, obtained the consent of her royal father to withdraw from the world. The Carmelite convent of St. Denis was the chosen place of retreat. Here the novitiate was passed, here the final vows were taken, and here, on the death of the Mère Julie, Madame Louise began and terminated her experiences as prior ess. The little volume which records the simple incidents of her pious seclusion is designed to edify those members of the Church of England in whom the spirit of religious self-devotion is reviving. The substance of the memoir is taken from a somewhat diffuse 'Life of Madame Louise de France,' compiled by a Carmelite nun, and printed at Autun." -WESTMINSTER REVIEW. "This 'Life' relates the history of that daughter of Louis XV. who, aided by the example and instructions of a pious mother, lived an uncorrupt life in the midst of a most corrupt court, which she quitted-after longing and waiting for years to do so-to enter the severe order of Mount Carmel, which she adorned by her strict and holy life. We cannot too highly praise the present work, which appears to us to be written in the most excellent good taste. We hope it may find entrance into every religious House in our Communion, and it should be in the library of every young lady." -CHURCH REVIEW. "The Life of Madame Louise de France, the celebrated daughter of Louis XV., who became a religieuse, and is known in the spiritral world as Mother Térèse de St. Augustin. The substance of the memoir is taken from a diffuse life, compiled by a Carmelite nun, and printed at Autun; and the editor, the author of Tales of Kirkbeck,' was prompted to the task by the belief, that at the present time, when the spirit of religious selfdevotion is so greatly reviving in the Church of England' the records of a princess who quitted a dazzling and profligate court to lead a life of obscure piety will meet with a cordial reception. We may remark, that should the event prove otherwise, it will not be from any fault of workmanship on the part of the editor."-DAILY TELEGRAPH. "The annals of a cloistered life, under ordinary circumstances, would not probably be considered very edifying by the reading public of the present generation. When, however, such a history presents the novel spectacle of a royal princess of modern times voluntarily renounc ing her high position and the splendours of a court existence, for the purpose of enduring the asceticism, poverty, and austerities of a severe monastic rule, the case may well be different."-MORNING POST. THE PRIEST TO THE ALTAR; or, Aids to the Devout Celebration of Holy Communion; chiefly after the Ancient Use of Sarum. Second Edition. Enlarged, Revised, and Re-arranged with the Secretæ, Post-Communion, &c., appended to the Collects, Epistles, and Gospels, throughout the Year. 8vo. 7s. 6d. THREE LECTURES ON THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. Delivered to candidates for Holy Orders. By JOHN RANDOLPH, D.D., sometime Bishop of London. Crown 8vo. 2s. 6d. SERMONS ON DOCTRINES. For the Middle Classes. By the Rev. GEORGE WRAY, M.A., Prebendary of York, and Rector of Leven, near Beverley. Small 8vo. 5s. 6d. "The arrangement adopted in these plain, practical, and we may say, very edifying sermons, is (to use the language of the author in his preface) in harmony with the ministrations of the Church, which represents Christianity as a religious system."". -Rock. "A volume of remarkably good sermons. Whatever be the subject, there is in all cases a simplicity of style and a clear forcibleness of statement which places them among the most thoroughly useful and intelligible sermons we have seen. They are thoroughly sound in doctrine and can be universally recommended." -LITERARY CHURCHMAN. "Fair, plain sermons, sound and sensible." - GUARDIAN. THE PERFECT MAN; OR, JESUS AN EXAMPLE OF GODLY LIFE. By the Rev. HARRY JONES, M.A., Incumbent of St. Luke's, Berwick Street. Crown 8vo. "Whatever Mr. Harry Jones writes is always well written in point of composition, it is rarely heavy, and generally sensible. Mr. Jones wisely selects practical subjects for his sermons. His mind is eminently practical in cast."-CHURCH TIMES. "There is a degree of raciness and piquancy about Mr. Harry Jones which it is impossible to resist. Combined with this, however there is a deep earnestness of purpose. This book is decidedly worth reading."-JOHN BULL. 3s. 6d. "A volume of excellent sermons."-SPEC TATOR. "Mr. Jones' work is written in a terse and vigorous style, and wherever it deals with what is clearly revealed, abounds in sound, wholesome, practical lessons."-ENGLISH CHURCH MAN. "Evidently the product of a vigorous mind. It contains many sensible observations.". WATCHMAN. THE AMERICAN COLONIES PREVIOUS TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The Arnold Prize Essay, read in the Theatre at Oxford, June 9, 1869. By JOHN ANDREW DOYLE, B.A. of Balliol College. 8vo. 5s. "Mr. Doyle has been industrious and careful, and we have no doubt that he is thoroughly entitled to the honour of the prize; perhaps it is not against him that he has refrained from those brilliant generalizations which are so tempting and so easy to a young writer, and that he has clung to facts in preference to theories."-SATURDAY REVIEW. "It bears praiseworthy marks of reading, and is, in general, properly arranged and digested."-ATHENÆUM. "A careful work, reflecting great credit on the industry and intelligence of its author, and telling the history of the Colonies fairly and well. . We recommend his book to all who study history in a proper spirit, and seek in the history of the past wise lessons for the present and the future."-EUROPEAN MAIL. "Rises high above the general level of prizeessays."-GUARDIAN. A KEY TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHURCH HISTORY. (Ancient.) Edited by JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A. (Forming the third Volume of Keys to Christian Knowledge). Small 8vo. 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. I 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, 2s. 6d. 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 aud 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. |