LONDON:
Printed by Maurice & Co., Fenchurch Street.
MRS. AUSTIN’S BIBLE SELECTIONS.
In One Volume, 12mo., neatly bound, with a Frontispiece
from Flaxman, engraved by Moses, price 5s.,
SELECTIONS
FROM
THE OLD TESTAMENT;
OR
THE RELIGION, MORALITY, AND POETRY OF THE
HEBREW SCRIPTURES
ARRANGED UNDER HEADS.
By SARAH AUSTIN.
“My sole object has been to put together all that presented itself to my own heart and mind as most persuasive, consolatory, or elevating, in such a form and order as to be easy of reference, conveniently arranged and divided, and freed from matter either hard to be understood, unattractive, or unprofitable (to say the least) for young and pure eyes.”—Preface.
Critical Notices of the Work.
“This Selection is executed with judgment and taste. Religious parents will esteem themselves happy in having such a reading-book to put into the hands of their children; and if they themselves have not so familiarly used the Bible, that they cannot instantly lay their finger on the precise passage in accordance with their wants or feelings, they will be glad of so pleasant and so instructive a guide as these Selections. It may be called, without profanation, the beauties of the Bible; we may add, that no work under that title ever presented its extracts with less appearance of being fractured, or torn up violently from the parent mass.”—Spectator.
“Mrs. Austin has performed her humble but laborious task in a manner that reflects much credit on her heart and judgment. As a sacred lesson-book for children, we have seen none to be compared to this. The compiler is entitled to the best thanks of the religious world, and especially of every parent.”—Literary Gazette.
“There can be no doubt of the excellent intentions of the compiler of the work. It has been arranged with care, and an attentive perusal by young persons cannot fail to be morally serviceable. Nothing but a conviction of the utility of such a work could have induced her to undertake it, and we wish it success, acknowledging that it may be beneficially made a class school-book for young children.”—Athenæum.
“The object is an excellent one, and the mode of execution has our warmest approbation.”—Asiatic Journal.
“It appears to us that this work removes the only valid objection that can be urged against putting the Scriptures into the hands of the rising generation. We wish that we had sufficient space to do justice to this estimable undertaking. Every parent who has the eternal welfare of a family at heart will hail this lady as a friend and a benefactress.”—Metropolitan Magazine.
“The plan is very original, and, in our view of the matter, excellently adapted to its purpose. The labour of the compilation must have been long, serious, and severe, but it seems to have been employed to excellent purpose. In schools, and as a class and instruction book for children, it is admirably adapted. Mothers will adopt it, and we feel no doubt of its obtaining a wide and most useful circulation amongst all who desire to make Scripture truths the foundation of a religious and moral education. It presents, in fact, the Bible in a totally new, and therefore freshly interesting view, as a book of divine and moral truth.”—Norwich Mercury.
“Mrs. Austin has done her work well; and we recommend it to the attention of all those whose faith has not altogether usurped the place of their reason.”—Bell’s New Weekly Messenger.
“Selections, we believe, are now generally used in schools, but none that have fallen under our own notice at all equal the present attempt. It is not every one that can be intrusted with making these Selections. The present is made by Mrs. Austin, a lady distinguished for many accomplishments, and particularly for her singular power of not translating, but transmuting German books into English ones.”—United Kingdom.
“It seems to us, that illustrations better calculated to impress upon young persons clear and striking views of the Divine attributes, of the human condition, and of religious and moral obligations, could with difficulty have been extracted from such materials as the Old Testament offers.”—Times.
“With great taste has Mrs. Austin selected from these materials, and with sound judgment arranged her selections. Passages on the same topic are brought together from different places, and interwoven with great skill, so as to read continuously and fluently. These selections are, in fact, the spirit of the Old Testament, disengaged from local and temporary appendages; and we do not see why they might not be used in the pulpit as well as in schools.”—Monthly Repository.