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    • DEVOTIONAL BOOKS.

      DEVOTIONAL BOOKS.

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      Ti^Ad^ Cc^Ange^ Mr. Edward Fox, Booksell...

      * Illustrations ' is to be conducted by * a limited company , with Mr . Francis George

      Heath , its founder , as managing director ;

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      168 Thq Publishers' Circular . £ &¦¦«& 1888

      Devotional Books.

      DEVOTIONAL BOOKS .

      At this season of the year there is a considerabl ur Jk e demand ¦ >» » ¦¦¦»* for A . books % »» XJ- « bf of •»• a « - ^* devotional •• fc ¦ - » - ¦ p— ' » mmw - ¦ >» - character ¦* - ¦ « p » - ——™— ¦—— ¦^^ ¦ - ¦ - **¦ W ^ pU pt ^^ ^ pX ^ f ^_ - *_ -A- V ^ *»»^ ¦^ ^^^ . ^ ^¦^^ * "ppp * — — , < y

      and inasmuch as this demand shows the strong attachment of the English people to their religious institutions JL . X ^ l ^ XJ . PV \ . / « A TL . . M . \^ PL . * KJ , % ¦ we V T ^ mf hav A J ¦ . W e X ^ thoug Pj ^ ^ .-c f"VjT » l ^ ^ P . ht •¦»»^ it ^» ' well »• ' ^ - ' —¦ ^ to »* »^ group ^^ — ¦— » - » |~ - ^

      reviews of some of the books which have come under our notice . Tn the first place , attention should be given to the ' Ancient and Modern Library of Theological

      * */ ^^ ^^ . ^ P »« . W > WPJ .. PTL ^^ pp / ^^ ^^ — * P , ^ ¦ ¦ Tf ^ ^^ . p . ffl r X ^ ^ - >*^ ^ w ^^ k ^^ B > PbPB >>^ ^ rPk ^ ^ P > * h * -V ^ V ^^^ ^ Pb ^ « .. «¦ . ^—^ ~^ P » - ^ pr ^ « ' VRph — ^ ip ^ ^ ^ ^ Literature ^ PPV P . . ' ( Messrs ^ PP mr . Griffith J—^ M Pi Smwmt ^ . ^ , Farra PT ^ n & A Co S ~* t . ) , which ^ ^ contains the best standard books relating to devotional ^ b ^^ P ^ ^^^ ^ m ff m ^ j ^^ k ^ m ^ T ^ L . ^ h VA ^ PV ^ Pb > subjects f if P *^ P » f ^^*^ «/ \ ^^^ ^ b ^ T . * mj ^ fmtr . PJ We P ^ f ^ mmT ^ have P * ^ Pb P > i PP » ^^ before ¦ ^ ' ^^ ^^~ - 1 ^^ ^^» ^ bi ^ us ¦ ' ^ ^ the ^ ' ^^ i ^» - ^ v tenth - ^ - ^— - ^

      _—i_—volume , which consists of Law's Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life , a work which ranks next to the Pb ' Pilgrim ppift pi » 's Progress' as 1 an Eng 1 lish

      vpl ^ k ^*^ pp ^ ^^ pfc ^ ^ h ^ * r ~ ^»^ . ^ fc ^*** i ^^ ^^ . p ^ i *»«*» fc Pb * ^ ... b . « - - ^^ ^ pjpb ^ . " ^ - ^ ^*^ - - ^ ™ ¦ - ^^ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ^ . . ^ ^ - ^» —^ religious book . Other volumes in the series comprise such works as Wilberforce ' s * Five Empires , ' Jeremy Taylor's ' Holy Living , ' & c .

      A little volume which has recently attracted very V V > JL T favourable J— * mJ * J * ^^ ¦ - * A . ¦ - *! » -r Jb . >¦/ . notice * . - ¦ . ^ - »* - * v »^ ^ . ^ is Jk- » b _/ Hymn aauMPB ¦ . - j ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ s and mm . h * ¦> Verses w ¦••^ ^ p ~ p- ¦*» ¦• p ^ , v

      b Marston y Canon & Baynes Co ., Limited , M ^ A . ) ( . Messrs The . expression Sampson Low and , tone Ta / . » ¦ r M ^ S of ^| M A . these P ^ P ¦ ^ ^ ¦ # f ^^ / ^ ^ verselets V ^^^ . ^ ^_^ - ^ S 1 ^ ^^ . ^ P ^/ » , _/ ^ are 1 ^^ ^ P « ^^^ more . B _^ Pta ^ P > - ^ mmtW ^ m , ^ ppR * trul Pfc ^ ^ Pfr ... iPfc m * y W touch mm * ^ mt ^ ^ "PPb 1 ^ i ^ " ¦ — ing ^^ ^ P *^ P » VBK

      than the majority of efforts of the same kind . One must , indeed , acknowledge that they are charming ¦ ¦ . The ba ¦ editor of * Lyra Anglicana '

      very P m ^ J ^ k V V *«^ ^ Pk ^ T iif A n ¦ * k ^ L ^ Vkpah . ^ P ^ P »^ ^ b ^^ T . ^— ' » ' iA ^ ^ , 1 ^ ^ Pb . ^ --- ^ b « ^ p ^ p ^ v « ^ . ¦ av . pr ^ PRb ^ pp * mm >^ VPIP 4 ™~ ' ^ mR ^^^~ Pbi' P * merits A . new encomiums mm for ^ Pb . this - " ?* . m deserving * Pffj P . booklet ^ ^ ^ . Volumes Pf X ^ m * »** r M 1 ^ - / * bb *» of ^ -P ^ ^ Pb- ^ Sermons V ^^ ^ m ^ ^ ^ *¦ ^ ^^^ dR >^ Km ? . are * # * " * ^» ^^ * not PP *^ ^^ ^* publ PJb ^ . ^< PK r * bPT ^ . i P . P shed **^ ^^ ^^ H — ^ so ^ . ^ ^—'

      frequently now as they were some years ago , and they must assuredly be of unusual merit before they gain Pi Ml the sympathies of the P" k reading 4 Pb public » v .

      % mJ ^^ " ^ J W ^ p ^ -M j ^ X *** ** - ^ ^ b ^ >¦_¦* ¦ ¦ W r ^^ ^ - *^ ^^ ^*^ ^~^ ^*^ ^^ . "P ^^ P ^ ^ bb ^ . J >^ P « - "» P »> PB ^ wP * ^* pp > ^> <«» ^^^ v Sermons principally Preached in Haileybury ^^ College Chapel , by the Rev . Frederick of B .

      Butler "Rnt . lfir . , M MA . A .. , comes o . nmos under under the the category catee ^ orv of books books * published by request ; ' that is to say , that Mr . Butler f ^ "*» " ^ m-m * . mm , ^ mrmf m ' P s ^ w ^ hearers ^ Pr A ^* S M H ^ . P ^ ^ bp > ^>> * ^ ' were * ^ b '' * " ** ^— ' P so **^ ^ - ''^ ¦ much iPl PI ^— ^^^ ^^ p ¦ pip ' leased ^^ ^ h ^ ^ hK ^ BT m , * ^ wT ^ . PP . with W W mlmmm ^ ^ m * - ^ his ^ ^ P ^_*

      ministrations that they thought a wider circle might be equally benefited . This compliment ^ and > V mmm . M , ^> 4 . confidence ^ , <* Xw # ^ -A A ^ ^»^ L ^^ / ^ -4 V X . ^ were V V X ^ ^ X ^ ^ not - ^ X . ^ ^ b * misp ^ ^ mW ^ Ph ^ -T f-i . ' ¦ laced <» * L > PV - % m ^ ^ v' V 4 , Pft ^ for "W X # ** ^ ^ Mr b V ^ k ^ . P

      Butlers sermons are marked by dignified thought , 1 which reaches the reader with directness of sympathy . The volum mmmr h e contains ii sixteen ¦ sermons

      PPb ^^ . b ^^ pp ^ b ^ # ^ Pk- . JP . W m ^^ Pfe ^ JPta . . ^ b ^^ . ^ b ^ ' ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^— ~ — , , ~ ^^^ ^ . *^^ ^ p ^ ^ . ^^^ ^ pm ^^^^^^ rmmw m-m ^ ^ ^^^ i ^ . k w ^ b ^ ' ^ b ^* ^^ ^^ P ^^ ^ P . ' ^^ ^^» h ^^ h ^^^ ^ b ^ ^^ ^^ v ^&^ , suitable for all seasons . . ¦¦»¦ In ^ b . * P * P a t . j . yjJ volume V ^_^ . ^ R ¦ . PR . — - - ^ l » r desi ^ - «> ^ w ^ PRb' . « . gnated mt ^^ S ^^ P * - '* Plf ¦¦ V ^ k ^ 'b « Pbi ^ Hear ¦ PPBPPBBPB . ^ PT PABPB * ^ PBl the PR » . P ^ p ^ Pb ^ ppg > Church ^ P ^ pP * p ^ Pp ^ B * *¦ . **¦» ¦¦ . * ^ p . ^ ^ Pbi ^ PP *

      ( Messrs . Walter Smith & Innes ) we find a series of lectures on Church principles , by Canon Jelf , of Rochester PR - » . The lectures wereas is usual Pal in such \

      ^ cases . PbB T * ^ ^ % m ^ ^ k ^^ , ¦ « - ^ addressed ^ ~ ^ Hbp PJ ^ PPb » ^ B ^ ~ » h ^^ ~ in ^* m ^ ^ mr ' ^ P . ^ Pbh the "P . ^ ^ . ^ v v ^ first ^ ^^ ~^ P" , V ^^^^ »* instance ^^ mm w ¦ ^ Mr pi PP ^* I # tfPbp . ^ to ^ v ^^ ^«^ p the . ^ —1 |— ^ m ^ h author ' s parishioners . An appeal to a more extensive ~ PhPI ~ Ph V ~ ~ circle mmr 4 PB h ~ of T w listeners P » Ph VPwJPt P > 1 PV Vhb does bM ~ ~ ~~ fe not « PrfP > m seem P PP fe ^^ p » to Pfc have .. bi PPbPJPf m ^ |— ^^^ ^^^ . ^ bpp ' ^ p' ^^ .. ^^^^ ^^ " ^ ^ . ^ ' *^| ^^ . ^ " ^ . _^ ^ bb ^ ^ b ^ p" . *^ ^ ^^^ ^ ^ . ^ b ^ P "

      been made in vain ; the lectures are characterised b y a a ken quality inthey PPb which are may besides P Pfc be Pb this Pft ^ Rb called Pb practical thought in

      -» counsel *¦ •** V V PPa-Plf aRbPRRb - ^^ r . ^ . Jm \ and AmY ^ g bpw ; P | sound Pk ^ mam Vk . n' W 'Ph- in i W Jpt ^/ guidance , PJJ ^ . ^^ P «^ P * b ^ V ^—^^ _ ' . . <•¦» abBfT , h pj *^ ^ Pk Tfc fPfcf ^ b . P * V ¦ « . ¦• X- ^ P >» ^ P * mtmrn , ~ y We must confess to a feeling J » of surprise that

      V » ^ -J" A A A »»*• »^ F pW ^ S ^ S tA JL X _^ K- » •*_« ' »* - V / pJ- *» - * V . X » - / -X _^ m * ipTpvJI kpp . % _>« ' M- * wF \_ J » & Bk _^ A A pV _ I W « . A _ t | A \ J Mr . Ernest Bilton ' s translation * into modern English ' of The Four Gospels should have

      come from a Scottish house ( Mr . Alex . Gardner ) . It is a common belief among Southrons that the Presbyterians PPIPBb ^ Pb ^ . ^ ' PPi w ^ mmmr W mmr ^ pp ^ « p ^ . . . PgppV ^ ^ pb ^* beyond ***** ^ bb' J ^ mW JH . Pj «^ Pfe the PJ - bffbk mWk ^ bubT Tweed pp ^ Pb . V PT ^ nnbr * P «^ PV PB are P *^ P »* 1 R . *^^ Bb so ^ pT ^^^ well . / T ^ bpff Jph ^ fc versecl W lfc _^ pPjb l **^ ^^^ VJM ^ bi

      in Scripture that an aid to their understanding , such as is supplied in Mr . Bilton ' s book , was uncalled for . What the universal mass of readers

      may think we will not pretend to surmise . I Doubtless , Mr . Bilton was actuated by laudable

      Devotional Books.

      motives when he thought , * ¦ of simp $£ j | ing :. the inomentous narrative of ' the' New Tv & 5 lajkent .

      an But nified ce to of a make ppreciation a two the -shilling sacred and novel truths reverence shows assume . a lack the ' ajipear of dig - -

      Mark Well Her B ul warks ( Messrs . Skeffihgton ! & Son ) , by the Rev . J . . . W . Elardsian , M . A ., iiL . D ., : comprises . JPJ a series of sixteen short

      sermonsex-^ bjpp ^ ^ pp- « i ^ M pfbk ^ iipppi ^ pfr PNpP ** V ^ Bp * ^^ ^— ^ - ^ P- —^ - ^ pp~— ^ ^^ ^^ ' w ^* ^*^ ~—^ " ~^^ ^—^ ^^ ^™ ^ "P' ^^ ~ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^ 5 , ^ Pb' . A . W plaining mmm ' mm a and ¦ illustrating a * ^ . * ' the . ^ Nicene *^ ^ v ' Creed p . 1 . pp . . Mr ^^> . Hardnjjan pp ^ k ^ p > . ^ fir ^ R » ^ ^ pb-fPJpftpB ^ lp *^ ^ PfcKaBa ¦ attempt *¦ ¦*¦? Pp ^ Pfc * "Pbrf ^^» " y ¦ ¦* — P s ^^ to ^ -Pbafr do -b . m , ^^ this w — i » ^^ w—r , « i as ^ i PPb ^ 1 he — i » B ^ say pp * ma ¦ y si Til f V for p . Jp > ^ i . P 1 unaccustomed to subtle

      ' ordinary persons reasoning or fine distinctions , ' and , in a measure , he has been ^ m ^ mW ^ b' . Pjqb ^ P ^^ P fa successfu PJb . ^ . bji ^ p ) ^ mW ~| » ^ ap ^ 1 ~ . ~ PPbr' ^ PBb Pb ^ P » l * P » ^ in P * ^ Phi ^ B accomp ^ T ^ B ^ PJPP ^ h ^ ~ — ^ Ph ^ Pbt ^ Pb- WmmmW lishing ^ PP » ^ mm P ^^ ^ . ta ^ p ^^ V ^ P ^ H ^ ^ HJPB ^ his PR , Pb ^^ ^/ task ^^ ^ PJJ' ^ P'PW ^^ . Pbrt ^ PMb . P >< The Jpplp * ^ pV ^| T * J i

      manual should be useful to those who study and teach the doctrines of the Liturgy . | The Kev . W . Frank Shaw , B . D ., has recently prepared PVPfep A . Manual pi for dB Confirmation ir iv ipiiiiiiiB toPd Classes \

      p ^ ^ p » * - * - p * » ' " ^^ ^ p ^ ^^^ ^ pB ^ p ^^ p ^ p ^ m m ^ p ^ p ^ pv ¦ ™ ™ ^^ ^ p ^ ^ r * ^ Bipr ^ i ^»* v ^»^» ^^^^^ v » ^ pp- «*« r ^ ^^ iv ^ ^ tfe V ^ VVpv " ^ ^^ l * f ^ J ( Messrs - » IT ' . G S * * riffith / "V » 1 1 , Farran T 71 & t \ Co ^~» . ) > which T 1 has 1 proved -. quite as useful as his ' . Manual for Communicants '

      Classes' and his ' Preacher ' s l ' romptuary of Anecdote , ' both very commendable books . Though ^ a V ¦ good ^ k ¦ ~^^ ¦ - ^^ "fcrf mm ¦ many M ¦ ** r ^ m manuals ^ mi rngmwrnf mm . ^ ^* mp ^* w ^ «^ pr for ^ h- ^^^ ¦ ¦ ^ k Confirmation ^ h ^^ ^ b ^ ^» ^ m > m . T T ^^ ^ p' ^ k ^ . ^ JhA classes ^ . ^ ^ WMJ ^ tJmifW ^ ^ mm ^^ J

      already exist , we doubt not that the experienced work from Mr . Shaw ' s pen will take its proper place . There is little that is new in the plan , \ but » the treatment » ilfc mtrmtrf of i the subjects pi ¦ b could bRafc hardl Kpigimg hN ib be j

      surpassed ' ** *¦ ^^ ^ " ^ — " ^^ ^— ^* " in ^' - ** ^ ^ simp ^^ m- ^^^ ^ ^» - licity - *^ - ^ ^^ >^ b ^ ^ and h ^ ¦^^ r ^¦ ' ^ r ^ force ' ^ pppT ^ m ^ ^ p *» P *^ . ^^ ^^ ^ p ^^^ V ^ ^^ m ^^ m » » ^ y V F ^^ ^^ Allusion mm ^^ mm ¦ mm * K ^» -mm * has ¦ been mad VV ^ mWm e to ^ a p ^ l # ¦ P small ~ «^ W ^ k volume V ^ k P ^ P ^ ILk i of X ^ ^ ^^ ™ ^ ^ ^^ ' ^*^ ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^^

      lectures by Canon Jelf , of Rochester . A more important work by the same reverend author is" ^" ork i ¦ and IB BP ^ k ^ R ^ ^ i ^ Rp ^ "Worship ^ ^ p ^ r ^ H » ppr —<^^ J ^^ ( « Messrs Ji » i 11 ^ ^ . ^^ Wm ^ dT «^^ ^ k P ^^ . Swan ^^ ¦ ¦ W ^ A Sonnenschein T * m ^ ^ w ^ ~ m ^ k ^^ K ^ mmaf ^ k ^ a ^^ ^^ gf ^ k ^ h ^ * ^ m ^ mtWmtm ^ k * ^ & ^™ mW "Co ^ ^ ^ r ^ p * % . ) M . % i

      This goodly volume contains a series of sermons ' preached in various English cathedrals during i the iiiV / past jjaou ten luii years j v , ci > io . O wiauiuno rations of v / J . this uuio descri UCiaUHUUV ption / U i I

      are bej r ond the range of the reviewer , who can i only express satisfaction that words of good , i truth-giving , fearless , religious eloquence should

      still come from our pulpits , and be worthy of more permanent record such as these pages show . Messrs . Burns & c Oates have sent us a copy of the ¦ translation b ¦ fci 4 Jfe of M . l'Abbe fmmmr Elie Meric ' s fc The

      ^ *»¦ m . ^ - ^ ¦ ' -m ^ m ^ ^ ^ u » ^^ . rpy 1 ^ «« ^ . ^ * ^^^ ^ « - ^ ¦ ^^ v ^ L ^ L . B . ^^^ ^ ^^ n ^ ^ ^ ^_^ ^ IX ^^ ^ * u % *!_ , * > J ^^ p ^ ipValb ^ i ^ Blessed -will know each other in Heaven . Mrs . J . Kinger is responsible for the English edition . ^ j

      The custom of sending appropriate gifts at Easter ^ RB ^^ iV ^ b ^^ RI ^^ - ^^ ^ bj ^ ^^ -tide ^ m *~ ^^ ^>^^ ^^ . ^ lias ^ k **^ Hb ^ W ~ i | F resulted ^ b — - m *^ ~^ r * mm ^ b ^|^ — — ^^^^ k in ^ Rb ^ RV ^ Rh the ^ m ^ *** ^ Rh — — production W ^^ . Rk ^ ^ ^^ V ^ Vk ^ ^ J J ^ ^| ^ ^ 1 ^^ , ^ ofi ~ » ^ Hb .

      some remarkably choice books illustrated by the best modern processes . Messrs . Castell Brothers ¦ publish rm f i ^ b a number of these . One of the best of

      I m ^^ ^ " m ^ ^^ mm _ . ^ ¦¦ m ^ ^ p . ^ h ^ VR » ^ Hb ^ Hh ^ B * " ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ pP 1 P ^ ^ i ^ M ^^ V ^ ¦ " T T ~ * ^ b ^^^ JPi ^ ^ b ^^ ^ r ^ # * . ^ r ^ p ^ , J JB ^ . ^ m M RRL ^ ^ R ^^ ^ ^ p ^ ^^^^ ^¦ V this year ' s publications by the firm is a beautifully printed and illuminated edition of The Christian Year amtmtmm » . IV We » fc 1 have ~» seen ¦ -R few PR » volumes » M Hbh >*«¦ which can P P ^ P' mm ¦ ^^ i ^ ^^^^ ¦ ¦« " * " ^ * " ^^ ^^ ^**^ ^ . ' ^ p ^ ' ^^ ^ ^ ' ^^^^ ^ . ^ ^ ¦ W Wk ^ * , , * ^ ^ m \ ^ h ^ ^

      equal this in the exquisite tone and truth of its illustrations . { Smaller books of a similar character issued by Messrs . Castell are * The Message of the Dove ' ( printed b ¦¦¦¦ W Ernest Ib Nister 1 of Nurem fc

      -¦ W ^ "P * ^ H ^ ^ P ^ v ^ ^> . * ' * ^ " *^ " ^ Wm r 4 Pb ^ kV ^ k , ^ m V ^ ^¦ tf' ^— 'P ^ — y ^^^ m m * J ^^ P ^ tvi' ^ flpV P ^ . | V ^ W ^ f ^ ^^^ ^^ , M * * f ^ * ^ ^^^ ^^ . yM ^ Tmt ^ tm ^ m berg ) , * My Kedeemer Liveth , ' an Easter Memorial very by Lucy charming A . Bennett bodk , , also and printed ' Little by Heartsease Ernest Nister , ' a . i ;

      A number of seasonable books which come from ¦ mmm * mm ^* r M — — the V ^^ - ^^ Society W ~* mmmW ^>^ - *** . ^ ^^ ** W ¦ ^ for ^ ^ p ^ " ¦ Promoting «« P- *** . ^ , ^ M «^^ V 4 » m \ M IPpJpj Christian ^ mm * « P > Jfe « b ^ K ^ V Jj ^^^ A A Know PpHU ^^ M * ± M WmT * V -

      ledge deserve notice . The first we take up i « entitled By Thy Glorious Resurrection and Ascension , being some Easter thoughts by the ¦ author c f * W ^* - ^ fJ ^ db ^ ^ b ^ « P > of ^ PPT flff . ' Chronicles ^¦ p , ^ flt , m ^^ Jl *^ pm ^ . ^ Jb ^ b < "P . ^ of ^ . ^ ^ the P « Jb JPf e ^ k ^ Schonberg ^^^^ ^ fe ^ ¦« A \ , r P T l ^ pT *!_ , * mMi fc ^ h -Cotta *^ PP ^ ^ b ^ V ' *^ P »* » ¦ par ^ vv . M V ph pwpvPtt . ¦ pb rpi ^ m _ pb

      Family . ' The simple eloquence of ^^ the writer ^ 's style gives special Jorce to the piety of the subject . Simple Instructions in the Faith ., by H . T . work Fountaine in ww w « v two mr m , | M volumes - . A . , Vica tv P . r They PBb of Sutton contain pVh VATftfW B an ridge excel 4 T , vf ,, ^ is lent a

      * ^** ^— wppv * ^ mmw ^ ppr w « wpvp ^ ^^ pr V ^ PpB ( rfpJp ^ BpT ^ w ^ .. P ^ .. ^ « V m ) ^ % PJ « V > y" ^ V ** ^ PBT ^^ ^ ^^ frv * . " ^ course of instruction , exactly defined and not

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    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Feb. 15, 1888, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15021888/page/14/