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HEARTS IN MORTMAIN , AND CORNELIA . A Novel . In 1 vol . post 8 vo ., price 10 a . 6 d . " Both stories contain matter of thought and reflection which would set up a dozen commonplace circulating-library productions . " —Mcaminer . " It is not often now-a-days that two works of such a rare degree of excellence in their class are to be found in one volume ; it is rarer still to find two works each of which contains matter for two volumes bound up in these times in one cover . " —Observer . " The above is an extremely pleasing book . The first story is written in the antiquated form of letters , but its simplicity and good taste redeem it from the tediousness and appearance of egotism which generally attend that style of composition . "—Economist . Well written and interesting . * ' —Daily News . " Two vury pleasing and elegant novels . Some passages display descriptive powers of a high ordor . "—JJritannia .
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A SECOND EDITION , WITH EXPLANATORY PREFACE . THE NEMESIS OF FAITH . By J . A . FROUDE , M . A ., late Fellow of Exeter College , Oxford . Post 8 vo ., cloth , Gs . " The * Nemesis of Faith possesses the ilrst requisites of a book . It has power , matter , and mastery , of subject , with that largeness which must arise from the writer ' s mind , and that individual character—those truths of detail—which spring from experience or observation , The picture of an English homo in childhood , youth , and early manhood , as well as tho thoughts nnd feelings of the student nt Oxford , are painted with feeling ; pervaded by a current of thought : the remarks on the humbug of tho three learned professions , more espiHJuUy on tho worldliness of tbo Church , am not mere declamation , but the outpouring of an earnest conviction : the picture of Anglican Protestantism , dead to faith , to love , ami to almost everything but wealth-worship , with the statement of the objocts that Newman Ilm propnsiMl to himself , formed the best defence of Tractnrianism that has appeared , though dcfvnno tines not scorn to be tho object of the author As the main literary object is to display tho struifjrloR ofn mind with the growth nnd grounds of opinion , incidents are subordinate to tho intHlt > ri \ i ; il ro . aultn that spring from them : but there is no paucity of incident , if the work be judged by its own standard . "* -Spectator .
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THE LIFE OF JEAN PAUL FR . RICHTER . Compiled from various sources . Together with his Autobiography , translated from the German . Second Edition . Illustrated with a Portrait engraved on steel . Post 8 vo ., cloth , 7 s . " With such a writer it is no common treat to be intimately acquainted . In the proximity of great and virtuous minds we imbibe a portion of their nature—feel , as mesmerists say , a healthful contagion , are braced with the same spirit of faith , hope and patient endurance—are furnished witli data for clearing up and working out the intricate problem of life , and are inspired , like them , with the prospect of immortality . No reader of sensibility can rise from the perusal of these volumes without becoming both wiser and better . "—Atlas . Apart from the interest of the work , as the life of Jean Paul , the reader learns something of German life and German thought , and is introduced to Weimar during its most distinguished period—when Goethe , Schiller , iterder , and Wieland , the great fixed stars of Germans ' , in conjunction with Jean Paul , were there , surrounded by beautiful and admiring women , of the most refined and exalted natures , and of princely rank . It is full of passages so attractive and valuable that it is difficult to make a selection as examples of its character . "—Inquirer ,
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W . VON HUMBOLDT'S LETTERS TO A FEMALE FRIEND . A Complete Edition . Translated from the Second German Edition . By CATHERINE M . A . COUPER , Author of " Visits to Beechwood Farm , *' " Lucy ' s Half-Crown , " &c . In 2 vols . small 8 vo ., cloth , 10 s . 6 d . "We cordially recommend these volumes to the attention of our readers .... The work is in every way worthy of the character and experience of its distinguished author . "—Daily JYews . " These admirable letters were , we bolieve , first introduced to notice in England by the AlhencBum ; and perhaps no greater boon was ever conferred upon the English reader than in the publication of the two volumes which contain this excellent translation of William Humboldt's portion of a lengthened correspondence with his female friend . "— Westmxn&ter and Jboreign Quarterly Review .
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HISTORY OF THE HEBREW MONARCHY , FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF SAMUEL TO THE BABYLONISH CAPTIVITY . By FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN , Formerly Fellow of Baliol College , Oxford , and Author of *« The Soul : her Sorrows and Aspirations , &c . " 8 vo ., cloth , 10 s . 6 d . " It is truly refreshing to find Jewish history treated , as in the volume before us , according to the rules of sound criticism , and good sense The publication of such a work will form an epoch in biblical literature in this country . "—Inquirer . " The Author has brought a very acute mind , familiar with knowledge that is beyond the range of ordinary scholarship , to the task of combining and interpreting the antique and fragmentary records which contain the only materials for his work . "—Prospective Review . " This book must be regarded , we think , as the most valuable contribution ever made in the English Language to our means of understanding that portion of Hebrew History to which it relates The Author has not the common superstitious reverence for the Bible , but he shows everywhere a large , humane , and Christiau spirit . "—Massachusetts Quarterly Review .
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THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ART AMONG THE GREEKS . By JOHN WINCKELMAN . From the German , by G . H . LODGE . Demy 8 vo ., cloth , with Illustrations , price 12 s . ' The work is throughout lucid , and free from the pedantry of technicality . Its clearness constitutes its great charm . It does not discuss any one subject at great length , but aims at a general view of Art , with attention to its minute developments . It is , if we may use the phrase * , a Grammar of Greek Art—a sine qua non to all who would thoroughly investigate its language of form . "—Literary World . " Winckelman is a standard writer to whom most students of art have been more or Ie 9 s indebted . He possessed extensive information , a refined taste , and great zeal . His style is plain , direct , and specific , so that you are never at a loss for his meaning . Some very good outlines , representing fine types of Ancient Greek Art , illustrate the text , and the volume is got up ma style worthy of its subject . " —Spectator . " To all lovers of Art this volume will furnish the most necessary and safe guide in studying the pure principles of nature and beauty in creative art .... We cannot wish better to English art than for a wide circulation of this invaluable work . "—Standard of Freedom . ' The mixture of the philosopher and artist in Winckelman ' s mind gave it at once an elegance , penetration , and knowledge , which fitted him to a marvel for the task he undertook . . . . Such a wiu ^ i Tlfjrht to be in the library of every artist and man of taste , and even the most general reader wilfcffilUaAdt much to instruct and much to interest him . "—* Atlas . V ^ rcSi . * ' ^ f * * *"
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SECOND EDITION , WITH ADDITIONS . THE SOUL : HER SORROWS AND HER ASPIRATIONS . An Essay towards the Natural History of the Soul , as the Basis of Theology . By FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN , Formerly Fellow of Baliol College , Oxford , and Author of "A History of the Hebrew Monarchy . " Post 8 vo ., cloth , 6 s . The spirit throughout has our warmest sympathy . It contains more of the genuine life of Christianity than half the books that are coldly elaborated in its defence . The charm of the volume is the tone of faithfulness and sincerity which it breathes—the evidences which it affords in every page of being drawn direct from the iountains of conviction . "—Prospective Review . "On the great ability of the author we need not comment . The force with which he puts his arguments , whether for good or for evil , is obvious in every pag-e . "—Literary Gazette . " We have seldom met with so much pregnant and suggestive matter in a small compass as in this remarkable volume . It is distinguished by a force of thought and freshness of feeling rare in the treatment of religious subjects . "—Inquirer .
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PHASES OF FAITH ; OR , PASSAGES FROM THE HISTORY OF MY CREED . By FRANCIS WILLIAM NEWMAN , Author of " The History of the Hebrew Monarchy , " " The Soul : her Sorrows and her Aspirations . " Post 8 vo ., cloth , 6 s . " Besides a style of remarkable fascination , from its perfect simplicity and the absence of all thought of writing , the literary character of this book arises from its display of the writer ' s mind , and the narrative of its struggles . " -- ^ pectotor . " The book altogether is a most remarkable book , and is destined , we think , to acquire all the notoriety which was attained a few years since by the ' Vestiges of Creation , ' and to produce a more lasting effect . "—Weekly JYews . " No work in our experience has yet been published so capable of grasping the mind of the reader and carrying him through the tortuous labyrinth of religious controversy—no work so energetically clearing the subject of all its ambiguities and sophistications—no work so capable of making a path forthe new reformation to tread securely on . In this history of the conflicts of a deeply religious mind , courageously seeking the truth , and conquering for itself , bit by bit the right to pronounce dogmatically on that which it had heretofore accepted traditionally ' we see reflected as in a mirror the history of the last few centuries . "—The Leader .
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THE PROGRESS OF THE INTELLECT , . As EXEMPLIFIED in the RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT of the GREEKS and HEBREWS . By ROBERT WILLIAM MACKAY , M . A . 2 vols . 8 vo ., cloth , price 24 a . " The Progress of the Intellect' is incomparably the most important contribution yet made by any English writer to views first broadly put forth by rationalistic German theologians . He has widened their basis—given them freer scope and larger aims—supported them by stores of as various and accumulated learning , and imparted to them all the dignity which can be derived from a sober and weighty style of % vriting , and from processes of thought to which imagin ation and reason contribute in almost equal degrees . This is unusual praise , —but it is due to unusual powers ; and to be offered to Mr . Mackay quite apart from any agreement in the tendency or object of his treatise . We will not even say that we have read it with sufficient care or critical guidance to be entitled to offer an opinion on the soundness of its criticism or reasoning , or on the trulh or falsehood of its particular conclusions , or , indeed , on anything but its manifest labour and patience , the rare and indisputable monuments of knowledge which we find in it . the surprising range of method it includes—logical , philosophical , and imaginative . Not many books have at any time been published with such irresistible claims to attention in these respects ; in our own day we remember none . "—Examiner . «« Mr . Mackay brings forward in support of his views an amount of erudition -which will prove formidable to his antagonists . Most of the best German editions of the Greek and Latin classics seem to be perfectly familiar to the author , who knows well how to wield such ponderous materials . . . . The account of the theosophy of Aristotle , given in the first volume , is evidently the production of a master of the subject . "—Jlthenceum . " Over the vast area of cloud-land , bounded on one side by the wars of the Christians , and on the other by the last book of the 'Odysaey , ' he has thrown the penetrating electric light of modern science , and found a meaning for every fable and every phantom by which the mysterious region is haunted . "—dtlas . " All the views are justified by authorities . The work embraces many important subjects included in and suggested by the religious theories of the Greeks and Hebrews ; and from this minute accuracy will be a storehouse for arguments and facts for those disposed to attack the theories , if not for those who have an interest in defending them . Tor a book so full of learning it is remarkably well written . "—Economist .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 2, 1850, page 768, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1857/page/24/
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