Notices to Correspondents.
Replies Received.—St. Botulph—Poem on Burning of the Houses of Parliament—Passage from Crabb—Sir John Trenchard—Bullen Family—Serjeants' Rings— The Word "Devil"—The Heavy Shove—Etymology of "Mushroom"—The Ring Finger—The Amber Witch—Descendants of John Rogers—St. Patrick—Spanish Vessels wrecked on the Irish Coast—Sons of the Conqueror—Hog's Norton—"Cane Decane"—Dutch Manufactories of Porcelain—Proclamations respecting Use of Coal—Royal "We"—Carling Sunday.
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PLAIN SERMONS addressed to a Country Congregation. By the late Rev. EDWARD BLENCOWE, Curate of Teversal, and formerly Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 3 vols. foolscap 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d. each. Sold separately.
"The numerous possessors of Mr. Blencowe's former plain but excellent volumes will be glad to receive the third series of his 'Plain Sermons addressed to a Country Congregation,' similar in character and texture to the two series which have preceded it."—Guardian.
"Their style is simple; the sentences are not artfully constructed; and there is an utter absence of all attempt at rhetoric. The language is plain Saxon language, from which 'the men on the wall' can easily gather what it most concerns them to know.
"Again, the range of thought is not high and difficult, but level and easy for the wayfaring man to follow. It is quite evident that the author's mind was able and cultivated, yet, as a teacher to men of low estate, he makes no display of eloquence or argument.
"In the statements of Christian doctrine, the reality of Mr. Blencowe's mind is very striking. There is a strength and a warmth, and a life, in his mention of the great truths of the Gospel, which show that he spoke from the heart, and that, like the Apostle of old, he could say,—'I believe, and therefore have I spoken.'
"His affectionateness too is no less conspicuous; this is shown in the gentle, earnest, kind-hearted tone of every Sermon in the book. There is no scolding, no asperity of language, no irritation of manner about them. At the same time there is no over-strained tenderness, nor affectation of endearment; but there is a considerate, serious concern about the peculiar sins and temptations of the people committed to his charge, and a hearty desire and determined effort for their salvation."—Theologian.
THIRTY SERMONS. By the Rev. ALFRED GATTY, M.A., Vicar of Ecclesfield. 2 vols. 12mo. Cloth, 8s. each.
"Sermons of a high and solid character, and the production of a good Churchman. They are earnest and affectionate, and follow out the Church's doctrine."—Theologian.
"Of all the sermons I have ever seen, they are by far the best adapted to such congregations as I have had to preach to, at any rate, in my opinion; and as a further proof of their adaptation to the people's wants—and indeed the best proof that could be given—I have been requested by some of my parishioners to lend them sermons which were almost verbatim et literatim transcripts of yours. That you may judge of the extent to which I have been indebted to you, I may mention that out of about seventy sermons which I preached at W——, five or six were Paley's, and fifteen or sixteen yours. For my own credit's sake I must add, that all the rest were entirely my own."—Extracted from the Letter of a Stranger to the Author.
SERMONS ON THE DOCTRINES AND THE MEANS OF GRACE, and on the SEVEN WORDS from the CROSS. By GEORGE TREVOR, M.A., Canon of York. 12mo. Cloth, 6s.
"A volume of excellent, sound sermons, admirably suited to answer the end for which they were preached and are published, the promotion of practical piety. An additional interest attaches to them on account of recent circumstances connected with the writer's name, as they more than sufficiently attest his fitness for pulpit ministrations in the English Church. They are well calculated also for family reading."—John Bull.
"There is much, certainly, in these sermons, to attract and reward attention. The subject precludes novelty in their essence, nor does there seem much attempt at originality in their method and style of treatment. But the sermons are manly and earnest in their resolution to look the truth in the face, and to enforce it against a prejudiced resistance, of which the writer evidently knows but too much; and they show, moreover, a true conception of the tone by which that resistance is to be met.... The more valuable part, after all, of Mr. Trevor's present volume is, the set of Sermons on 'The Seven Words,' because they are practical, and are raised by their solemn theme high above the limits of controversy, which, necessary as it is, is yet the earthly part of theology."—Scottish Episcopal Journal.
GEORGE BELL, 186. Fleet Street.
SPECIMENS
OF
TILE PAVEMENTS.
DRAWN FROM EXISTING AUTHORITIES
BY
HENRY SHAW, F.S.A.
Although some few examples of the original designs, and many separate patterns taken from the scattered remains of these most interesting Pavements, are figured in divers Architectural and Archæological Publications; it is presumed, that if a series of specimens of the many varieties of general arrangement to be found in those still existing, together with a selection of the particular Tiles of each period, the most remarkable for the elegance and beauty of the foliage and other devices impressed upon them, were classed chronologically, and brought within the compass of a single volume, it would prove highly valuable as a work of reference; not only to architects, but to to all who are engaged in furnishing designs for any kind of material where symmetrical arrangements or tasteful diaperings are required.
The present work is intended to supply such a desideratum. It will be completed in Ten Monthly Parts. Each Part to contain Five Plates, royal 4to. printed in Colours. Price 5s.
A Preface and Description of the various Pavements will be given with the last Number.
No. I. was published on the 1st of May, 1852.