⁂ This volume includes several important passages of Scottish Religious and Ecclesiastical History during the Second Quarter of the present Century. Among others, the Row Controversy, the Rise of the Irvingite Movement, the Early History of the Free Church, &c. &c.
THE PRISON CHAPLAIN:
A MEMOIR OF THE REV. JOHN CLAY,
LATE CHAPLAIN OF PRESTON GAOL.
With selections from his Correspondence and a Sketch of Prison Discipline in England. By his SON. With Portrait, 8vo. cloth, 15s.
‘It presents a vigorous account of the Penal system in England in past times, and in our own ... It exhibits in detail the career of one of our latest prison reformers; alleged, we believe with truth, to have been one of the most successful, and certainly in his judgments and opinions one of the most cautious and reasonable, as well as one of the most ardent.’ —Saturday Review.