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The Church in the Catacombs:

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A Description of the Primitive Church of Rome. Illustrated by its
Sepulchral Remains. By Charles Maitland, M.D.

8vo. with numerous Wood Engravings, 14s.

From THE BRITANNIA Newspaper.

"Around Rome the soil of the Campagna is pierced in every direction by winding galleries of almost endless extent. One passage and one vault communicates with another in labyrinthine mazes, so complex and so extensive as to form a vast subterranean city, resembling the most surprising of our mines. Here, in those various persecutions of heathen Rome, which preceded the establishment of Christianity, the primitive Church found shelter, held its services, buried its dead, and was miraculously preserved in its purity and strength. When, with the revival of learning in the sixteenth century, these galleries were opened and explored, one of the most affecting spectacles ever witnessed was presented to the world. The Christian faith, which then overspread the earth, in the fulness of its power, was beheld in these subterranean works in its infancy. Here were the inscriptions which told of the faith and practice of the early church; here the tombs of its martyrs who had attested their belief with their blood; here pictured representations of the rites they celebrated; here the caves in which the humble and the great, the poorest labourers and the proudest nobles, lived together to escape the ruthless massacre that raged without, surrounded by the rude sepulchres of their brethren who 'slept in peace.' Here was a gigantic monument to the truth of Christianity, no less affecting to the heart than convincing to the mind; proving with what rapidity the doctrines of Christianity had spread; the persecutions and sufferings to which its professors had cheerfully submitted by reason of the hope that was in them; and the identity of the primitive church, in all its belief and practice, with the Scripture record.

"Of the relics and inscriptions found in these excavations a museum was established in Rome. It still exists; and from its most instructive and interesting records this volume has been constructed. It is a remarkably ingenious and scholarly book, which will be valued not only by those who feel interested in Christian antiquities, but by all who would trace the early growth of our religion, and mark how truly scriptural it continued for those centuries of its progress before it became corrupted by admixture with the ideas and usages of heathenism, from which resulted that monstrous deformity, the Papal superstition. To the Tractarians this book will be fatal. They will venture no more to refer to the antiquity of error. The Church of the Catacombs was purely Protestant in spirit and practice. We read in its remains the very sentiments of Scripture on which our own faith is built up.

"Dr. Maitland's work is written in a style equally distinguished by eloquence and Protestantism. His labour has plainly been one of love. His explanations are clear, and assisted by some neat engravings, which convey an adequate idea of the carvings on the genuine tombs of early Christians. And not only is the work decisive as to the scriptural spirit of the primitive church, but it forms a conclusive historical argument to the truth of Christianity. The faith Christ delivered to the world is here shown subsisting in all its original purity, with the heavenly whiteness of its robes, unstained by the sins of ambition, by the vices of power, by the corruptions of fable, or by the rights of heathenism. We cannot imagine a better companion to Gibbon's history than this able and pious volume, or one that more effectually neutralizes the poison of that historian's prejudice and bigoted unbelief.”

"Dr. Maitland has established a claim on the gratitude of every member of our church by the production of these venerable relics in a form not only accessible but inviting. The work is the result of researches on the spot, illustrated, in most cases, by original copies of the inscriptions, though the author has not affected to neglect the copious materials already prepared by his laborious predecessors."-GUARDIAN.

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Scenery and Poetry of the English Lakes:

A Summer Ramble. By Charles Mackay, LL.D. Author of "Legends of the Isles," "The Salamandrine," &c. &c.

With Illustrations, from Original Sketches; drawn on wood by W. Harvey, J. Gilbert, D. H. M'Kewan, D. Cox, Jun., W. C. Smith, G. Fennel, W. Dickes, W. P. Smith, and E. Gilks. Engraved by Thomas Gilks. 8vo. 14s.

"Half tour, half guide book, in which Dr. Mackay gives an agreeable account of his journey to the Lakes; sprinkling his narrative with apt quotations from the Lake poets, and furnishing enough practical information respecting sights to act as a check upon guides and guide-books. There is also a good deal of statistical information; and the volume is profusely illustrated by views of the most remarkable objects encountered. The Scenery and Poetry of the English Lakes will be found a useful companion to those whom this intense summer weather may tempt thither."-SPECTATOR.

"We have here the Lake region, illustrated by the verses of the poets who have consecrated the beauties of nature with the beauties of song. Mr. Mackay, a poet himself, rambles through this delightful country with a feeling that it is hallowed ground, and pleasingly describes its picturesque scenery, romantic associations, and the localities rendered memorable by the lays or residence of genius. He is an amusing companion, and has produced a volume which will answer every purpose of a guide-book, though of higher literary merit. The illustrations are in the happiest style of wood engraving. To look at their exquisite little vignettes is like catching glimpses of charming landscapes through little casemented windows, where the view is bounded and framed, and only what is most charming meets the eye. They are the great attraction of the volume, which is in all respects elegantly produced."-BRITANNIA.

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"This well written tale contains many passages of force and beauty. embraces many scenes of real life, the virtuous and the vicious, the pure and the degraded ; and the incidents follow in interesting progression, till the reader comes to the close, well satisfied with the author's effort from first to last."-LITERARY Gazette.

"The truth is, that the book is an exceedingly clever one, though pitched throughout upon the mournful key. It is impossible not to continue to read it; and the very perplexities which arise from the rigid inflexibility of the heroine's moral character, and so provoke one, are proofs of the author's skill and the reader's painful and involuntary interest in the story."-MORNING CHRONICLE.

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The Privateer's-Man One Hundred Years Ago. By Captain F. Marryat, C.B. Author of "Peter Simple," "Masterman Ready," &c.

2 vols. fcp. 8vo. 12s.

"The epoch of the Privateer's-Man is about the forty-five, and the characters are such as flourished then. Slavers and privateers, Jacobites and Hanoverian spies, moving in a society composed in the aggregate of moral, common-place, middle-class people, much the same as we encounter in our own days. It is the age of Roderick Random and Tom Jones, and not very much altered from the age of De Foe. Captain Marryat is more akin to these authors than to those of his own time; he has their reliance upon nature, if not all their power. The costume of the age is preserved, without being obtrusive. The hero is led naturally by the accidents of his vocation, from cruising in the Caribbean Sea to playing the part of a slave in the interior of Africa, visiting London in a frolic, assisting the escape of Jacobites, voluntary visits to the coast of Africa, involuntary to the interior of Brazil and to Virginia, occupation of a stool in a Liverpool counting-house, and so forth. Notwithstanding this variety, the canvas does not seem crowded, and every figure and incident is lightly and graphically touched."-DAILY NEWS.

"A rattling, rollicking sea tale of 'hair-breadth 'scapes' and 'moving accidents of flood and field,' told in Captain Marryat's usual off-hand and amusing style. The scene is laid during the stirring events which took place a hundred years ago, when England was at war with France, Spain, and half the world, and when privateers of all nations scourged the seas, aggravating the horrors of ordinary warfare by the savage cruelties and excesses which sprung from unbridled passions, the thirst of gain, and the despotic power of the individuals invested with the temporary command of these wolves of the ocean." MORNING HERALD.

Masterman Ready.

By the same Author,

3 vols. fcp. 8vo. with Illustrations, 22s. 6d.

The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa.

2 vols. fcp. 8vo. 12s.

The Settlers in Canada.

2 vols. fcp. 8vo. 12s.

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History of Civilization.

By W. A. Mackinnon, Esq. M.P. F.R.S.

2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

Vol. 1. States of Antiquity-England.

Vol. 2. Continental States of Europe-Asia and America-Wars-Witchcraft-Women.

Laneton Parsonage :

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A Tale for Children, on the Practical Use of a Portion of the Church
Catechism. By the Author of " Amy Herbert,” and “Gertrude.”
Edited by Rev. W. Sewell, B.D. Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.

Fcp. 8vo. 5s.

"The object of this work is to expound the Catechism. The execution is both elegant and able, especially in the exhibition and discrimination of character among the little ladies who may be called the heroines of the tale."-SPECtat or.

"Laneton Parsonage' is no unworthy successor of 'Amy Herbert.' The same simple, unpretending style is the channel of the same quiet and gentle stream of Christian feeling. Though profusely illustrative of the Catechism, there is none of that formal division and carefully-marked application which so generally render books of this class wearisome and repelling. Indeed it requires some ingenuity to trace the thread of the design throughout. The chief part of the volume consists in conversations; but these are so well broken up and diversified, that they never become tedious; and there is sufficient interest in the story to give the whole a unity of effect. We read with pleasure the concluding hint on the probability of another volume."-CHRISTIAN RemembrancER.

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A New Edition.

Southey

Edited by the Author's Son, the Rev. Cuthbert C.

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Historical Pictures of the Middle Ages,

In Black and White, made on the spot, from Records in the Archives of Switzerland. By a Wandering Artist.

2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

The Nuns' War.

The War of Two Abbots

(Reichnau and St. Gall).

CONTENTS.

The Passage of the Great St. Bernard.
Bertha, Queen of Transjurane Burgundy.

"The design of this book is not a bad one. You come to some grim-looking castle, some half-ruined monastery, or some grey-turreted church, the great antiquity of which strikes you at once. You next inquire what historical associations, whether in ancient chronicle or tradition, relate to one of these time-honoured relics; and, in almost every country, and especially in Switzerland, you are sure to light on characters and events likely to interest the present age. If history be strictly adhered to, you may instruct as well as amuse.

"Whether the two volumes before us are to be followed by others of a kindred nature, we are not informed-but this, we suspect, if the author's first, will not prove her last effort. She has a pen formed for popularity. Her book will be read with the interest inseparable from truth-however strangely that truth may be sometimes shaded by the creations, or, at any rate, the embellishments, of fancy. No romance was ever more agreeable than these records of personages who once lived, and once influenced the destinies of Switzerland."-ATHENAUM.

Hora Apostolicæ ;

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Or, a Digested Narrative of the Acts and Writings of the Apostles of
Jesus Christ. Arranged according to Townsend. By the Rev. William
Shepherd, B.D. Rector of Margaret Roding, Essex; and Rural Dean.

Fcp. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

"This work is designed to present, in regular and plain succession, a digested narrative of the Acts and Writings of the Apostles, in order that the Christian reader may be better enabled to understand the pains and labours of the first messengers of the Gospel of peace, and thereby more rightly estimate the loving-kindness and faithfulness of Him who sent them forth as His ambassadors to bear the knowledge of his name into all nations.'-(PREF.) The object thus modestly proposed by the author he has fully realized in his well-written and digested narrative.' His work will be found useful to those who may not be able to command access to more expensive and erudite treatises; and we think that it will prove eminently useful to the younger members of the Church, especially to such as may be critically studying the Acts of the Apostles." CHURCH OF ENGLAND QUARTERLY REVIEW. C

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