A SELECTION FROM THE BOOKS PUBLISHED DURING 1869, 1870, AND 1871, BY MESSRS. RIVINGTON, HIGH STREET, OXFORD; TRINITY STREET, CAMBRIDGE; WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON. A SHADOW OF DANTE. Being an Essay towards Studying Himself, his World, and his Pilgrimage. By MARIA FRANCESCA ROSSETTI. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo. 10s. 6d. "The Shadow of Dante' is a well-conceived and inviting volume, designed to recommend the Divina Commedia" to English readers, and to facilitate the study and comprehension of its contents."-ATHENÆUM. "And it is in itself a true work of art, a whole finely conceived, and carried out with sustained power,-one of those reproductions and adumbrations of great works, in which mere servile copying disappears, and which are only possible to a mind which, however inferior to its original, is yet of the same order and temperament, with an unusual faculty for taking the impressions of that original and reflecting them undimmed. It is much to say of a volume like this. But it is not too much to say, when, after going through it, we consider the thorough knowledge of the subject shown in it, the patient skill with which the intricate and puzzling arrangements of the poem, full of what we call the conceits and puzzles of the contemporary philosophy, are unravelled and made intelligible; the discrimination and high principle with which so ardent a lover of the great poet blames his excesses; the high and noble Christian faith which responds to his; and, lastly, the gift of eloquent speech, keen, rich, condensed, expressive, which seems to have passed into the writer from the loving study of the greatest master in his own tongue of all the inimitable harmonies of language-the tenderest, the deepest, the most awful."— GUARDIAN. "The work introduces us not merely to the author's life and the political and ecclesiastical conjunctures under which he lived, but to the outlines of the Catholicised systems of ethics, astronomy, and geography which he interpreted in classifying his spirits and assigning them their dwellings; as also to the drift of his leading allegories; and finally, to the general conduct of his poem-which is amply illustrated by citations from the most literal verse translations. We find the volume furnished with useful diagrams of the Dantesque universe, of Hell, Purgatory, and the 'Rose of the Blessed, and adorned with a beautiful group of the likenesses of the poet, and with symbolic figures (on the binding) in which the taste and execution of Mr. D. G. Rossetti will be recognised. The exposition appears to us remarkably well arranged and digested; the author's appreciation of Dante's religious sentiments and opinions is peculiarly hearty, and her style refreshingly independent and original."-PALL MALL GAZETTE. "It bears traces throughout of having been due to a patient, loving and appreciative study of the great poet, as he is exhibited, not merely in the 'Divina Commedia,' but in his other writings. The result has been a book which is not only delightful in itself to read, but is admirably adapted as an encouragement to those students who wish to obtain a preliminary survey of the land before they attempt to follow Dante through his long and arduous pilgrimage. Of all poets Dante stands most in need of such assistance as this book offers." -SATURDAY REVIEW. 20,000-6-72. 2 Messrs. Rivington's Publications A DEVOTIONAL COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL By the Rev. ISAAC WILLIAMS, B.D., formerly Fellow of A New and uniform Edition. In Eight vols. NARRATIVE. Trinity College, Oxford. THOUGHTS ON THE STUDY OF Characteristic Differences in the Four Our Lord's Manifestations of Himself. Mention of Angels in the Gospels. A HARMONY OF THE FOUR Our Lord's Nativity. Our Lord's Ministry-Second Year. Our Lord's Passion. Our Lord's Resurrection. OUR LORD'S NATIVITY. The Birth at Bethlehem. OUR LORD'S MINISTRY. The Second Passover. "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. 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 allusion, each word in the text."CHURCH REVIEW. "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. "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."-CHUKCH TIMES. OUR LORD'S MINISTRY. Teaching in Galilee. Last Journey from Galilee to Jerusalem. The Approach to Jerusalem. The Discourse on the Mount of Olives. OUR LORD'S PASSION. The Apprehension. The Sepulture. OUR LORD'S RESURRECTION. The Grave Visited. The Apostles Assembled. "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 'devo tional, 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 com plete 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. Messrs. Rivington's Publications 3 THE STAR OF CHILDHOOD. A First Book of Prayers and Instruction for Children. Compiled by a Priest. Edited by the Rev. T. T. CARTER, M. A., Rector of Clewer, Berks. With Six Illustrations, reduced from Engravings by FRA ANGelico. "All the Instructions, all of the Hymns, and most of the Prayers here are excellent. And when we use the cautionary expression most of the,' &c., we do not mean to imply that all the prayers are not excellent in themselves, but only to express a doubt whether in some cases they may not be a little too elaborate for children. Of course it by no means follows that when you use a book you are to use equally every portion of it: what does not suit one may suit a score of others, and this book is clearly compiled on the comprehensive principle. But to give a veracious verdict on the book it is needful to mention this. We need hardly say that it is well worth buying, and of a very high order of merit."-LITERARY CHURCH MAN. "Messrs. Rivington have sent us a manual of prayers for children, called The Star of Childhood, edited by the Rev. T. T. Carter, a very full collection, including instruction as well as devotion, and a judicious selection of hymns."-CHURCH REVIEW. "The Rev. T. T. Carter, of Clewer, has put forth a much needed and excellent book of devotions for little children, called The Star of Childhood.' We think it fair to tell our readers, that in it they will find that for children who have lost a near relative a short commemorative prayer is provided; but we most earnestly hope that even by those who are not willing to accept this usage, the book will not be rejected, for it is a most valuable one." -MONTHLY PACKET. "One amongst the books before us deserves especial notice, entitled The Star of Childhood, and edited by the Rev. T. T. Carter: it is eminently adapted for a New Year's Gift. It is a manual of prayer for children, with hymns, litanies, and instructions. Some of the hymns are illustrative of our Lord's life; and to these are added reduced copies from engravings of Fra Angelico."-PENNY POST. Royal 16m0. 2s. 6d. "Supposing a child to be capable of using a devotional manual, the book before us is, in its general structure, as good an attempt to meet the want as could have been put forth. In the first place it succeeds, where so many like efforts fail, in the matter of simplicity. The language is quite within the compass of a young child; that is to say, it is such as a young child can be made to understand; for we do not suppose that the book is intended to be put directly into his hands, but through the hands of an instructor." "-CHURCH BELLS. "To the same hand which gave us the 'Treasury of Devotion' we are indebted for this beautiful little manual for children. Beginning with prayers suited to the comprehension of the youngest, it contains devotions, litanies, hymns, and instructions, carefully proportioned to the gradually increasing powers of a child's mind from the earliest years, until confirmation. This little book cannot fail to influence for good the impressible hearts of children, and we hope that ere long it will be in the hands of all those who are blessed with Catholic-minded parents. It is beautifully got up, and is rendered more attractive by the capital engravings of Fra Angelico's pictures of scenes of our Lord's childhood. God-parents could scarcely find a more appropriate gift for their God-children than this, or one that is more likely to lead them to a knowledge of the truth." CHURCH UNION GAZETTE. "The Star of Childhood' is a first book of Prayers and instruction for children, compiled by a Priest, and edited by the Rev. T. T. Carter, rector of Clewer. It is a very careful compilation, and the name of its editor is a warrant for its devotional tone."--GUAR DIAN. "A handsomely got up and attractive volume, with several good illustrations from Fra Angelico's most famous paintings."— UNION REVIEW. BY THE SAME COMPILER AND EDITOR. THE TREASURY OF DEVOTION: A Manual of Prayers for General and Daily Use. Fourth Edition. Imperial 32mo, 2s. 6d. ; limp cloth, 25. Bound with the Book of Common Prayer, 3s. 6d. THE WAY OF LIFE: A Book of Prayers and Instruction for the Young (at School). Imperial 32mo, Is. 6d. THE GUIDE TO HEAVEN: A Book of Prayers for every Want. For the Working Classes. Third Edition. Crown 8vo, Is. 6d. ; limp cloth, Is. THE PATH OF HOLINESS: A First Book of Prayers, with the Service of the Holy Communion, for the Young. With Illustrations. Crown 16mo, Is. 6d. ; limp cloth, Is. 4 Messrs. Rivington's Publications THE LIFE OF JUSTIFICATION. A Series of Lectures delivered in Substance at All Saints', Margaret Street, in Lent, 1870. By the Rev. GEORGE BODY, B. A., Rector of Kirkby Misperton. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 45. 6d. 66 'On the whole we have rarely met with a more clear, intelligible and persuasive statement of the truth as regards the important topics on which the volume treats. Sermon II. in particular, will strike every one by its eloquence and beauty, but we scarcely like to specify it, lest in praising it we should seem to disparage the other portions of this admirable little work."-CHURCH TIMES. "The Rev. George Body, who has acquired a considerable reputation as a preacher of the mission type, gives to the general public the series of lectures on The Life of Justification, which he delivered at All-Saints, Margaret Street, in Lent 1870. These discourses show that their author's position is due to something more and higher than mere fluency, gesticulation, and flexibility of voice. He appears as having drunk deeply at the fountain of St. Augustine, and as understanding how to translate the burning words of that mighty genius into the current language of to-day.". UNION REVIEW. SELF-RENUNCIATION. "That Mr. Body has made his mark as a preacher everybody that knows anything about the work of the Church of England is fully aware; but it is not everybody who knows how or why this is the case. The volume before us will. however, sufficiently account for it to those who hitherto have failed to understand the power which he has unquestionably exercised over such large numbers of people. There is real power in these sermons:-power, real power, and plenty of it. There is such a moral veraciousness about him, such a profound and over-mastering belief that Christ has proved a bona-fide cure for unholiness, and such an intensity of eagerness to lead others to seek and profit by that means of attaining the true sanctity which alone can enter Heaven-that we wonder not at the crowds which hang upon his preaching, nor at the success of his fervid appeals to the human conscience. If any one doubts our verdict, let him buy this volume. No one will regret its perusal."-LITERARY CHURCHMAN. From the French. With Introduction by the Rev. T. T. CARTER, M. A., Rector of Clewer. Crown 8vo. 65. "It is excessively difficult to review or criticise, in detail, a book of this kind, and yet its abounding merits, its practicalness, its searching good sense and thoroughness, and its frequent beauty, too, make us wish to do something more than announce its publication. The style is eminently clear, free from redundance and prolixity."-LITERARY CHURCHMAN. "Few save Religious and those brought into immediate contact with them are, in all probability, acquainted with the French treatise of Guilloré, a portion of which is now, for the first time we believe, done into English. Hence the suitableness of such a book as this for those who, in the midst of their families, are endeavouring to advance in the spiritual life. Hundreds of devout souls living in the world have been encouraged and helped by such books as Dr. Neale's 'Sermons preached in a Religious House. For such the present work will be found appropriate, while for Religious themselves it will be invaluable." -CHURCH TIMES. "A most successful attempt to adapt the higher lessons of what is called the religious life to the daily and ordinary Christian course, and its lessons are full of nervous power."-CHURCH REVIEW. Translated by H. ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM'S LITURGY. "The clever author of Sketches of the Rites and Customs of the Greco-Russian Church' has given us a very interesting description of the various ceremonies connected with The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.' It is rather an explanation than a translation of the Liturgy, and may be profitably studied in connection with Dr. Neale's work on the Liturgies of the East. The illustrations afford considerable help in understanding the text, and the style is so attractive that it will win many readers who might shrink from a formal liturgical treatise."-CHURCH TIMES. 66 M. Romanoff gives a translation of the Liturgy of Chrysostom, with explanatory remarks derived chiefly from Russian manuals, in the book now before us. It is written for the general reader, and does not profess to give all the words of the office, nor does it describe the rite with that minuteness which would make the book one of reference for liturgical students. But these characteristics make the book more interesting to a wider circle of readers; and in these days easy travelling, when so large a number of Englishmen are not content with the old-fashioned traditional visit to Switzerland or the Rhine, but prefer visiting more distant lands, there must be an increasing number of travellers to whom this book would be a very useful guide."—ATHEN EUM. JOHN WESLEY'S PLACE IN CHURCH HISTORY, determined with the aid of Facts and Documents unknown to, or unnoticed by, his Biographers. By R. DENNY URLIN, M. R. I. A., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, etc. With a New and Authentic Portrait. Small 8vo. 5s. 6d. Messrs. Rivington's Publications 5 BIBLE READINGS FOR FAMILY PRAYER. By the Rev. W. Crown 8vo. HOUSEHOLD THEOLOGY: A Handbook of Religious Information respecting the Holy Bible, the Prayer Book, the Church, the Ministry, Divine Worship, the Creeds, &c., &c. By JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A. New SERMONS FOR CHILDREN; being Thirty-three short Readings, addressed to the Children of S. Margaret's Home, East Grinstead. By the Rev. J. M. NEALE, D.D., late Warden of Sackville College. Second Edition. Small 8vo. 35. 6d. A MANUAL OF CONFIRMATION, Comprising-1. A General Account of the Ordinance. 2. The Baptismal Vow, and the English Order of Confirmation, with Short Notes, Critical and Devotional. 3. Meditations and Prayers on Passages of Holy Scripture, in connexion with the Ordinance. With a Pastoral Letter instructing Catechumens how to prepare themselves for their first Communion. By EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN, D.D. Dean of Norwich. Is. 6d. Ninth Edition. Small 8vo. THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: its History, Principles, and Results, A. D. 1514-1547. BY JOHN HENRY BLUNT, M.A., Vicar of Kennington, Oxford. "The reader will gladly acknowledge the impartiality of treatment and liberality of tone which are conspicuous in every page. It is distinctly a learned book. The author is not a second-hand retailer of facts; he is a painstaking, conscientious student, who derives his knowledge from original sources. We have said that he does not command a brilliant style; but he is by no means a dull writer on the contrary, he is always readable, sometimes very interesting, and shows considerable skill in the grouping and arrangement of his facts."-TIMES. "Mr. Blunt gives us, in this volume, an instalment history of the Reformation, in the just proportions of a history, and written carefully from contemporary documents and evidence. with scholarly knowledge, with an independent judgment, and with careful support given to each statement by quotation of evidence. And Mr. Blunt has given greater effect to his narrative by a skilful division and grouping of his subjects. Undoubtedly, he writes upon very definite views and principles, Second Edition. 8vo. 16s. but those views and principles are not forced upon the facts, but are educed from them as their necessary results. The true account, indeed, of his book is, that it is a sketch of the reign of Henry VIII, in its theological changes, which proves in detail the Church view of those changes. And if that view is the true view, how can a true history do otherwise? The merit of a history is, that it allows facts to evolve views, and does not pervert or conceal facts in order to force upon them preconceived views of its own. And when we characterize Mr. Blunt's volume as stating the Church's case throughout, we conceive it to be an ample justification to say that if he is to relate the facts fairly he could not do otherwise; that he fairly alleges the facts, and the facts prove his case. We hold the book, then, to be a solid and valuable addition to our Church history, just because it does in the main establish the Church case, and bring it ably and clearly before the public, upon unanswerable evidence, impartially and on the whole correctly stated."-GUARDIAN. PAROCHIAL AND PLAIN SERMONS. By JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, B.D., formerly Vicar of St. Mary's, Oxford. Edited by the Rev. |