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    reaching teristics of influence the Englishman of one in and whom the Christian the charac are - I

    united in like manner as those of the German and the Christian in Luther / A brief but complete I sketch of Widif s life and of bis utterances which

    brought him into conflict with the hierarchy of Poor Rome Priests , is followed / who while by a he sketch was serving of his ' Travelling his parish

    at Lutterworth carried the seeds of his teaching and sending ^^ 0 ^^ 0 B ^ B ^ f ^ W writing ^ p ^^ Bi ^ h them ^» ^^^ ^^ i ^*^ throughout m 0 ^ "forth ^ ^^ - ^^ ^« r ^*^» bei m h ^^ ^ ng the ^^^^ P * country to — supp — M — ^ , l ~ y ^ j his the — — — ' obj — defects ect in

    preaching of the regular the Word par * on of of God the and time devoting , who , instead himself of to the spiritual care of his flock , contented

    himself with the formal reading of the Church services . ' Later ' had becom on , laymen e the were founder sent of out a , new and order thus Wiclif whose

    members combined the priest with the layman , and resembled in all practical points Wesley ' s lay preachers ¦ . ' Eighty-two pages of the little book

    are H ^ ^^ v ^ v ^^^™ ^ devo ^ r ^^^^^ ™ ^^ m — ' ted ^ to ^ ^ H ^ K — — ^ thi H — s interesting " H— - m J — — — — ske " — — — tch — — — of the Reformer and his personal work and influence , and ^^^^ V ^^ " ^^ ^ H ^^^ V ¦ the ~^ m" ^^^¦ ^^ ~^^~ ¦ remaining —^ m" ^^ " ^^^^— ¦ ^^— ^—~ I ^ p ^^^ B hal - - — f is occup — - _ - — — ^ m ied with

    classified extracts from his writings on the chief doctrines of Christianity , on preaching , on the Bibl ^¦^^^^ ^ r mm ^ ^^ e ^^^ and ^ bi ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ h ^^ its ^^^ ^^^ p ^ p authority ^^^^ v ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ - ^ " ^ ^^ , w on the doctrinal — — — — — — points ^^ - — at

    issue between himself and the Romanising ¦ of prelates r the clergy , and of on his the day b pre . vailing ¦ A —— part w— idleness from —¦— its and historical laxity

    interes ~^ p ^^ ^^ p ^ v ^ v ^^ r t ^^^^^ ^^ tho F ^» ^^ BB ¦ M practical ^^^ ^ ¦ ^ - ^^^ ^ ^ nature of the —^ — — volume — - — - — — — — and — — — the criticism appositeness to the present of much day makes of Wicli its circulation f s candid

    a thing to be desired . From Mr . T . Viokers Wood ( of Churton Street ,

    man S . W . . ) . — With ' A Tri Map p . to America This is a , ' p b leasan y William t record Hard of - a trip made by the author and his wife to the United

    the States facts , and wh b ich y jotting he icked down as his to local impressions notabilities and customs , and institutions pup he has made a light and ,

    readable travel book . A moral which may be safely drawn from his pages is that to those who ^ have - ^ m ^^^^^ ^ - ^^ m time ^^ v ^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ , v money ^^¦^^••¦ i —^^^ ^^ p ^^ v ^^ h , ^ H and ^^ r ^ r" rm ^^^ ~^*^^ m an ^^ - ^» ^——^ introduction ™ ^^^ ¦ ^^ ^^ ^^^ " ¦ ^^— ¦ ^^ ^^ — ¦ ^^ ¦ ^^ to ^ - ^ ^ - a ^^~^—^ genial ^^^^^ p — — —

    host—like the' U ncle Rufus * to whom Mr . Hardman expresses his obligations—no better advice can be offered thaa to take * A Trip to America /

    Magazines fob Jxtne . —( N \ B . —Magazines which reach us by the 27 th , or , if there be 31 days in the month , by the ' 28 th , can as a rule be noticed in

    the PublishersCircular of the 1 st proximo . )—Artists at Home ( Sampson Low , Marston , Searle , & Rivington ) gives us notices of Messrs . G . F .

    Watts , R . A ., W . H . Thornycroffc , A . R . A ., W . F . Yeames , R . A ., and J . MacWhirter , A . R . A . In grap the illustrations hed by Mr — . J each . P . Mayall a full , -page and repro plate duced , photo in

    -Mr facsimile . Watts by is p sitting hoto engraving , surrounded on co by pper his -p pictures lates— , in the chamber which he built to contain them ; Mr bust . Thornycroft ; Mr . Yeames »• -r ~—¦— , in - ^ brush his studio in hand , is at is work busy t with upon a a

    canvas ^« v ~ - ^¦ v . ^^ v ^^ « »^^ " ^^^™^ and ^ ^ ^ r — Mr . MacWhirter , v ¦ ^ — ' ¦ - ^ —¦ ¦¦ the ' ' ¦ , Scotti —^ > ~^ - ~— sh ^ m ^ ^ artist ^^ - ^ f' ^^^^ «*^ r is also ; adding touches to a picture , , the subject of , which is somewhat indistinct . In each case the

    letterpress gives an interesting biographical eketch , and a more than usually full notice of the artist ' s principal productionsthd fulness of detail

    on the latter head adding very , materially to the interest with which the members of the artistic fraternity and the genuine amateur will look

    through , the pages . The portraits of the artists are Mr . all Watts good the and pho lifelike tographer , and in has the had page more given than to

    I ] hia usual success in bringing out the pictures

    II which surround their famous author on the waLls .

    With four parts of the work before us , it is not too much has to been say that the than promise of the

    prospectus spectus nas Deen more more tnan jjustified ustified , , and and that that ' Artists at Home' will when completed form a book of national Life importance and of the highest interest . l

    —Mission ( Wells Gardner ) , which would be on - better more - - - acceptable paperhas to a the portrait eye if of it Bishop w - » ere ¦ printed Steere

    — — , j — — — ^^ - — — ~ - — — — —— ——^ - ^ b ^ w ^& v ^^ ^ v A Cr by way of ^^ frontisp ^^ iece , a sketch of the Church Extension Society ' s Convalescent Home at Broadstairsand several on forei mission

    , papers gn work . —Jfo Fireside ( 7 Paternoster Square ) quotes Princess cop Alice iousl y from the ' Memorials of the II

    , and reprints a chapter from Canon Messrs Lefroy . ' s Rivington 'Pleadings . Among for Christ its , ori ' published ginal articles by

    sketch is Adam a paper s , of and on Samuel Mr W . yclif Sherlock Bowl , ' b y y Mr g with ives . W . a & H . bi portrai Davenport ographical t .

    Eastward Ho ! ( Wells Gard , ner & Co . ) contains including Leaves — — — — ^^^ m from records — — — an — ^ Old of — Note — his - book ~ personal ^^ ^ ¦¦¦ ' by ~^ ^^ ¦ ™ Qt . R investi . ^>^ Sims » ^^^^ ^ ^ - ,

    gatioES of East London , and the continuation of Kilfeather ' s ' and Mr . Manville Fenn ' s * Tale of a Ten - — -roomed — — - - — House . . - — _ - ! — '—Merry - — — ^— England — - - — v v ^ « ^ ^ r ^ ( ™ 44 ^ m ^^ ^ Essex Hi ^ V * # M ^ ^^^ i ^

    Mr Street . George , Strand Aitchison ) gives the , A first . R . A place ., on to Mr a . p & Barges perby , under the title of * A Gothic Architect / with a Sketch of his Clock Tower at Cardiff CastleTho

    . number the etched is frontisp scarcely iece up to which the , average the editor , and was we wont miss to g t ive us . —The British Trade Journa v l ( ^_ 113 _ r Cannon

    ^ Street and ^ m many ) has interesting ~ a Health trade - — Exhibi ^ - articles - — ^ ti on _ _ . — Supp The . ^^ ^^ ., ^ Science lement ^ _ _ _ ^ _ ^^ Monthly ( Bogue ) gives its readers practical

    hints on ' The Budding of Roses / a paper on ' The Extinct Volcanoes of the British . Isles / and ^^^~ * - a - ^ » cap ^^ ™ ™ V ^ ^ ital . " ^ ^^» "" portrait H ^^ —~— - ™ " ^^ ¦ " ™ ^ ^" of " ^ F ^ ^^ ^ Mr ^^~^^^^ —V . ^ ^ Herbert ^^^ H ^^^ " ^^^ H « r ^^ ^^ T ^^ ^ T ¦ S ^ pencer ^^ ' ^^ ^ ^^ — ~ in

    the series of ' Leaders of Science , ' accompanied by a biographical sketch . —Young England ( 66 Old Bailey ) numbers Ascott R . Hope among its

    storytellers ; teaches its readers how to keep bees ; gives a chapter on ' Doves and Pigeons / by Dr . Gordon Stables ; and pays a ' Quincentenary article

    Tribute his * life to Wicli with f , in icture the s form of Lutterwort of a brief h Church upon , p and Catherine of his Street pul ) p consists it and of chair the weekly . —Agriculture numbers ( for 26

    May tenant of farmers this well and -illustrated country and readers useful . — journal La Saison for ( 13 Bedford Street , Covent Garden ) offers tes ao

    abu abundance ndance of of full fiill--vmcr page coloured /» o 1 nnrfirl fashion fashion pia plates , t matter drees p — atterns Received , and also som Home e attractive Chimes ( No literary 24 )

    .: . , Night and Day , the Child's Own Mcgasiw , Rome Words , and the Day of Days .

    SRHiAiJi .- ~ -Bryan * s Dictionary of Painters and Engravers letter F , among ( Bell the & most Sons ) , important Part IV . articles , reach ia es

    the present section being those on Van Dyc *» William whole _ and L . 1 Fili . work pep Etty < i revised _ ( , bette William __ : _ -J r and __ known J Faithorne broug 1 ~ __ . as .., r _ ht l Botticelli - >« - down Arkttrn the « ngn ) to tl . * daw dBte The ver ,

    by Popular Mr . R County . , E . Graves Atlas , , Part is admirable V ., gives . us - , Lew for a * shillingwellcoloured of Bedford and ijaf *"

    ingham trated Dictionary , , Hereford - of and Gardening maps Middlesex Part . — V . ( Gill ) wiw ? ±

    A A its iin n numerous its its useful useful engravings alphabetical ah > habetical , reaches description description , the end oof * of piM * , w » -r "

    and is chi flowera efloccupied . —Foreign with Cage the Birds flnch ( Gill in its ) , P n « art m vi £

    endless ( S . Low y pretty Marston vari Searle eties . — & i 5 fc Rivingtxm a * A '« ^ ) , W fart ^ , " * i * «»

    containing y A . . , a beaatiful , , - . A . i rftprodnction , ^ .. ^« - ;^ n in in i fftCSl *»» P |• ^

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), June 16, 1884, page 576, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16061884/page/12/