1. JOHN WICLIF, Patriot and Reformer: his Life and Writings. By Rudolf Buddensieg, Lic. Theol., Leipsic. Parchment covers, Antique printing. 2s.
“Mr. Fisher Unwin has printed in delicious old text, with a frontispiece and vellum binding worthy of an old Elzevir, Mr. Rudolf Buddensieg’s brief extracts from Wiclif’s writings. . . . These are full of interest, and the little volume will be useful for reference.”—Graphic.
“The matter is equal to the manner, consisting of a summary of the career of the great Reformer, drawn up by an acknowledged master of the subject, and of a judicious selection of characteristic passages from Wiclif’s works.”—St. James’s Gazette.
“No better summary of the conclusions could perhaps be given than that which Dr. Buddensieg has epitomized.”—British Quarterly Review.
“A charming book got up in the ‘old-style,’ bound in parchment and well printed on thick paper, containing a scholarly and appreciative account of Wiclif’s life.”—Nonconformist.
“Beautifully printed in the old-fashioned manner, and bound in imitation of vellum, this book is a thing of beauty. The specimens of Wiclif’s writings are deeply interesting.”—Sword and Trowel.
2. THE TABLE TALK OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER. Fcap. 12mo., Antique Paper, Parchment boards. 2s.
This is an entirely new selection and translation by Professor Gibb, from the ever-popular Tischreden oder Colloquia of “The Monk that shook the world,” and forms an appropriate souvenir of the 4th Centenary now being held throughout Christendom.
“His words are half-battles.”—Richter.
“‘The Table-talk.’ The most interesting now of all the books proceeding from him.”—Carlyle.
“Deserves the very highest praise. Great discrimination has been shown in the choice of extracts, and considerable skill in the grouping of them under appropriate heads.”—Congregationalist.
3. DOCTOR JOHNSON: His Life, Works and Table Talk. By Dr. Macaulay, Editor of The Leisure Hour. 2s.
This little work will form an interesting souvenir of the great lexicographer, as described in its title. The first part will be a newly-written life by Dr. Macaulay, and the remaining part of the book will be short extracts illustrative of his writings and conversation.
OUR MODERN PHILOSOPHERS: Darwin, Bain, and Spencer; or, The Descent of Man, Mind, and Body. A Rhyme, with Reasons, Essays, Notes, and Quotations. By “Psychosis.” Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 236 pp. 4s. 6d.
“He is a powerful writer. . . . Many of his stanzas are happy illustrations of wit and wisdom.”—Literary World.
“This is a clever, amusing, and instructive book.”—The Christian.
“This work is highly creditable to the learning and industry of its author.”—Glasgow Herald.
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS: Being the Hulsean Lectures for 1882. By F. Watson, M.A., Rector of Starston, and some time Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. Demy 8vo, cloth. 6s.