A commentary on Ecclesiastes

by Thomas Pelham Dale

“The whole work being well-written, and compiled with care and judgment, it is interesting reading for the present day, will be more useful as a work of reference in future years, and will be most valuable of all to readers of another generation. Every student of history knows the worth, for the time that it covers, of the old ‘Annual Register,’ and this new series is better done and more comprehensive than its predecessor.”—Examiner.

“This volume of the new series of the ‘Annual Register’ seems well and carefully compiled. The narrative is accurate, and it is obvious that the writers have striven to be impartial.”—Athenæum.

“The whole of the compilation, however, is readable, and some of its more important parts are very well done. Such is, among other historical portions, the account of the situation in France before and at the beginning of the war. The narrative of the military events is clear, comprehensive, and attractive.”—Nation (New York).

HISTORICAL NARRATIVES. From the Russian. By H. C. Romanoff, Author of “Sketches of the Rites and Customs of the Greco-Russian Church,” &c. Crown 8vo. 6s.

PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. With a Preface by C. J. Ellicott, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. With rubrics and borders in red. Royal 32mo. 2s. 6d.

“Devout beauty is the special character of this new manual, and it ought to be a favourite. Rarely has it happened to us to meet with so remarkable a combination of thorough practicalness with that almost poetic warmth which is the highest flower of genuine devotion. It deserves to be placed along with the manual edited by Mr. Keble so shortly before his decease, not as superseding it, for the scope of the two is different, but to be taken along with it. Nothing can exceed the beauty and fulness of the devotions before communion in Mr. Keble’s book, but we think that in some points the devotions here given after Holy Communion are even superior to it.”—Literary Churchman.

“Bishop Ellicott has edited a book of ‘Prayers and Meditations for the Holy Communion,’ which, among Eucharistic manuals, has its own special characteristic. The Bishop recommends it to the newly confirmed, to the tender-hearted and the devout, as having been compiled by a youthful person, and as being marked by a peculiar ‘freshness.’ Having looked through the volume, we have pleasure in seconding the recommendations of the good Bishop. We know of no more suitable manual for the newly confirmed, and nothing more likely to engage the sympathies of youthful hearts. There is a union of the deepest spirit of devotion, a rich expression of experimental life, with a due recognition of the objects of faith, such as is not always to be found, but which characterises this manual in an eminent degree.”—Church Review.

“The Bishop of Gloucester’s imprimatur is attached to ‘Prayers and Meditations for the Holy Communion,’ intended as a manual for the recently confirmed, nicely printed, and theologically sound.”—Church Times.

“Among the supply of Eucharistic Manuals, one deserves special attention and commendation. ‘Prayers and Meditations’ merits the Bishop of Gloucester’s epithets of ‘warm, devout, and fresh.’ And it is thoroughly English Church besides.”—Guardian.

“We are by no means surprised that Bishop Ellicott should have been so much struck with this little work, on accidentally seeing it in manuscript, as to urge its publication, and to preface it with his commendation. The devotion which it breathes is truly fervent, and the language attractive, and as proceeding from a young person the work is altogether not a little striking.”—Record.