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"The matter of Mrs Wightman's publication is most interesting, and we wish every clergyman's wife would carefully peruse it." - Church of England Magazine.
By the Author of " Memorials of Captain Hedley Vicars." Small 8vo, 5s. cloth. Also, a Cheap Edition, 2s. cloth limp.
"We recognise an honesty of purpose, a purity of heart, and a warmth of human affection, combined with a religious faith, that are very beautiful." - Times.
A Series of Lectures Preached in Portman Chapel, Baker Street, during Lent 1S58; to which are added, Six Lectures on the Christian Race, Preached during Lent 1S57. By the Rev. J. W. Reeve, M.A. Small crown 8vo, 5s. cloth.
"We have seldom met with sermons that approach more nearly to our ideal of apostolic preaching than these. There is no question as to the au-tuor's foundation or superstructure." - Record.
By the Author of "The Voice of Christian Life in Song." "Tales and Sketches of Christian Life," etc. etc. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth.
" All of these poems mark an author of considerable ability, while many of them are full of great beauty and feeling. Indeed, taken as a whole, the volume will bear comparison with the works of those who have acquired a high reputation in the world of poetic literature." - St James's Chronicle.
By Joseph Addison Alexander, D.D., Princeton. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d.
"The work is minute and full, but characterised by compression of matter and conciseness of statement." - Witness.
Home Light; or, The Life and Letters of Maria Chowne, Wife of the Rev. William Marsh, D.D., of Beckenham. By her Son, the Rev. W. Tilson Marsh, M.A. of Oriel College, and Incumbent of St Leonard's-on-Sea. Crown 8vo, 5s. cloth.
" Her letters are the best reflections of a cultivated mind and loving heart, as well as of the genial piety which diffused its fragrant odour over all her works. We heartily recommend it to the notice of our readers." - Record.
By the Rev. John Baillie, Author of "Memoir of Adelaide Newton," etc. Small crown 8vo, 5s. cloth.
"Mr Baillie has been, we think, very successful in his selection of incidents, in the dress in which he has exhibited them, and in the practical application which he has made of them. The book is very pleasing, and very edifying." - British and Foreign Evangelical Review.
By L. N. R., Author of "The Book and its Story." Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth.
"Every minister's wife should have a copy of this book, as the best guide she can have in doing good to the poor, and providing fur the improvement of the neglected and the outcast." - Wesleyan Times.
By Horatius Bonar, D.D. Fcap. 8vo, 1st and 2d Series, each 5s. cloth. Also, a 32mo Edition of the first Series, 1s. 6d. cloth.
" There is great sweetness both of sentiment and of versification in many of these devotional hymns." - Evangelical Christendom.
"A volume of hymns which glow with poetry and piety combined. Many of them have found their way to many circles, and are greatly appreciated." - London Monthly Review.
The Land Of The Forum And The Vatican; or, Thoughts and Sketches during an Easter Pilgrimage to Rome. By Newman Hall, LL.B. Small crown 8vo, 6s. cloth.
"This book will be read with much interest by all, and will amply repay the time and trouble bestowed on it. The controversialist will find in it much to startle and amaze his practised eye, and will, moreover, receive hints not entirely useless in his special pursuits. We rise from its perusal with pleasure and profit." - Witness.
Sketches of Hymns and Hymn-Writers. By the Author of "Sketches of Christian Life," etc. Small crown 8vo, 5s. cloth antique.
"Hymnology is not an easy subject on which to write a popular book, yet the author has made the attempt, and succeeded. Its plan is partly literary, partly historical, and partly biographical. . . . We can heartily recommend this unpretending book to those who have an interest in its subject." - Guardian.
Stories Illustrative of the Eight Beatitudes. By the Authors of "The Wide, Wide World," etc. With coloured Plates. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth.
Memoirs of the Sisters Dolores and Costanza Cazalla. By the Author of "Tales and Sketches of Christian Life," etc. Crown 8vo, 5s. cloth. "In conception, detail, and tone, the stories are far superior to the ordinary run of such tales. They contain passages of picturesque and forcible writing."
- Athenoeum.
With an Introductory Sketch of Manx Home Missions. Woodcuts. By Miss Bellanne Stowell. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. cloth. " This is a very good book; one which may be read with advantage by the multitude." - English Churchman.
Compiled from his Letters and Journals by his Sister. Post 8vo, 9s. cloth.
"His life ought to be read far and wide." - Christian Observer. " A faithful picture of a noble and good man." - Daily News.
By the Rev. James Dodds, Dunbar. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. cloth. "We cannot too earnestly recommend this memoir to the study of our readers, and especially of young Christians." - Witness.
By a Missionary's Wife. 16mo. Woodcuts. 2s. 6d. cloth. "We cannot conceive a more intelligent and interesting book for little readers, or more likely to benefit as well as amuse them." - Patriot. "It is elegantly written, and beautifully illustrated." - Chris. Witness.
 
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