A commentary on Ecclesiastes

by Thomas Pelham Dale

“A very terse and reliable collection of the main facts and incidents connected with Church History.”—Rock.

“It will be excellent, either for school or home use, either as a reading or as a reference book, on all the main facts and names and controversies of the first fifteen centuries. It is both well arranged and well written.”—Literary Churchman.

A KEY TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHURCH HISTORY (Modern). Edited by the Rev. John Henry Blunt, M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.

A KEY TO THE NARRATIVE OF THE FOUR GOSPELS. By John Pilkington Norris, M.A., Canon of Bristol, formerly one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors of Schools. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.

“This is very much the best book of its kind we have seen. The only fault is its shortness, which prevents its going into the details which would support and illustrate its statements, and which in the process of illustrating them would fix them upon the minds and memories of its readers. It is, however, a great improvement upon any book of its kind we know. It bears all the marks of being the condensed work of a real scholar, and of a divine too. The bulk of the book is taken up with a ‘Life of Christ’ compiled from the Four Gospels so as to exhibit its steps and stages and salient points. The rest of the book consists of independent chapters on special points.”—Literary Churchman.

“This book is no ordinary compendium, no mere ‘cram-book’; still less is it an ordinary reading book for schools; but the schoolmaster, the Sunday-school teacher and the seeker after a comprehensive knowledge of Divine truth will find it worthy of its name. Canon Norris writes simply, reverently, without great display of learning, giving the result of much careful study in a short compass, and adorning the subject by the tenderness and honesty with which he treats it.... We hope that this little book will have a very wide circulation and that it will be studied; and we can promise that those who take it up will not readily put it down again.”—Record.

“This is a golden little volume. Having often to criticise unsparingly volumes published by Messrs. Rivington, and bearing the deep High Church brand, it is the greater satisfaction to be able to commend this book so emphatically. Its design is exceedingly modest. Canon Norris writes primarily to help ‘younger students’ in studying the Gospels. But this unpretending volume is one which all students may study with advantage. It is an admirable manual for those who take Bible Classes through the Gospels. Closely sifted in style, so that all is clear and weighty; full of unostentatious learning, and pregnant with suggestion; deeply reverent in spirit, and altogether Evangelical in spirit; Canon Norris’ book supplies a real want, and ought to be welcomed by all earnest and devout students of the Holy Gospels.”—London Quarterly Review.

A KEY TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. By John Pilkington Norris, M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.

“It is a remarkably well-written and interesting account of its subject, ‘The Book of the Acts,’ giving us the narrative of St. Luke with exactly what we want in the way of connecting links and illustrations. One most notable and praiseworthy characteristic of the book is its candour.... The book is one which we can heartily recommend.”—Spectator.

“Of Canon Norris’s ‘Key to the Narrative of the Four Gospels,’ we wrote in high approval not many months ago. The present is not less carefully prepared, and is full of the unostentatious results of sound learning and patient thought.”—London Quarterly Review.