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Review Of Literature.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE .
Church of England Quarterly Review . No . 1 . Pickering , 1837 . In external appearance there is a form and ceremony about this Quarterly which betokens inward meaning , it embodies high claims to enlarged patronage , and associates willing minds to examine fair pretensions ; the contents of its twelve articles are generally of a polemical nature . The introductory bow assumes an unfamiliar air , and does not therefore very gracefully herald us onward . It is what many would term bold , but
what the man of reason ivould consider as wanting the spirit of "inward grace . " AVe are not sticklers for the " soft and silky" style , hut ive confess a preference for an honest and liberal construction of leading principles . The Oriental linguist will find much to admire , and he will probabl y be fascinated by the paper devoted to the Syriac , & c . & c . The attack upon Lord Brougham , ( for the disquisition on " Natural Theology" is nothing else ) is a failure and totallunworthy of tbe
y object ivhich should have been most prominent in a Church of England Review . The editor we trust will be more careful in future . We are not quite certain that the church itself will be aided by the liberal abuse of public measures recently enacted ; critical examination ivould have been more severe than the mode adopted . " The character and progress of religious poetry" is highly interesting , and is intended we should suppose to be the first of a series of articles very likely to uphold the
character of the new claimant for public approbation . Sir AValter Scott follows in the form of " recollections , " and although not with the general force and energy that becomes him , rather aids than detracts from the interest of the whole .
There is considerable talent with a great spirit of earnestness about the new competitor , and if there shall grow about his brows a kindlier spirit it will give to his talent a priceless value , which even those most intimately connected with the church will not the less appreciate , because such spirit is the surer , nay , the only influence that should be exercised . Industry and skill in writing is shown by the healthier mode influencing the heart .
Signs and Symbols of Freemasonry , ( given in twelve Lectures . ) By the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D . Sherwood . AVe are happy to see a new edition of this admirable work ; its republication affords a double cause for gladness , that of the assured reward of the learned author , and of the no less assured circulation of the book throughout the Craft . This edition must supersede all others ; in as much as it is enriched with a great number of new and curious notes , a new fringe of sterling gold to the
rich web of the original work . AVe greatly err if to a perusal of this work many of the hereafter initiated will not attribute their first step in Masonry . Letters to the Right Hon . Lord Brougham and Vau . i \ By Sir A . B . Faulkner . Macrone . These letters give " rambling details of a tour through France , Switzerland , and Italy , " in a light , piquant , off-hand way ; and though the subjects treated upon after the labours of the many tourists have not the
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Review Of Literature.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE .
Church of England Quarterly Review . No . 1 . Pickering , 1837 . In external appearance there is a form and ceremony about this Quarterly which betokens inward meaning , it embodies high claims to enlarged patronage , and associates willing minds to examine fair pretensions ; the contents of its twelve articles are generally of a polemical nature . The introductory bow assumes an unfamiliar air , and does not therefore very gracefully herald us onward . It is what many would term bold , but
what the man of reason ivould consider as wanting the spirit of "inward grace . " AVe are not sticklers for the " soft and silky" style , hut ive confess a preference for an honest and liberal construction of leading principles . The Oriental linguist will find much to admire , and he will probabl y be fascinated by the paper devoted to the Syriac , & c . & c . The attack upon Lord Brougham , ( for the disquisition on " Natural Theology" is nothing else ) is a failure and totallunworthy of tbe
y object ivhich should have been most prominent in a Church of England Review . The editor we trust will be more careful in future . We are not quite certain that the church itself will be aided by the liberal abuse of public measures recently enacted ; critical examination ivould have been more severe than the mode adopted . " The character and progress of religious poetry" is highly interesting , and is intended we should suppose to be the first of a series of articles very likely to uphold the
character of the new claimant for public approbation . Sir AValter Scott follows in the form of " recollections , " and although not with the general force and energy that becomes him , rather aids than detracts from the interest of the whole .
There is considerable talent with a great spirit of earnestness about the new competitor , and if there shall grow about his brows a kindlier spirit it will give to his talent a priceless value , which even those most intimately connected with the church will not the less appreciate , because such spirit is the surer , nay , the only influence that should be exercised . Industry and skill in writing is shown by the healthier mode influencing the heart .
Signs and Symbols of Freemasonry , ( given in twelve Lectures . ) By the Rev . G . Oliver , D . D . Sherwood . AVe are happy to see a new edition of this admirable work ; its republication affords a double cause for gladness , that of the assured reward of the learned author , and of the no less assured circulation of the book throughout the Craft . This edition must supersede all others ; in as much as it is enriched with a great number of new and curious notes , a new fringe of sterling gold to the
rich web of the original work . AVe greatly err if to a perusal of this work many of the hereafter initiated will not attribute their first step in Masonry . Letters to the Right Hon . Lord Brougham and Vau . i \ By Sir A . B . Faulkner . Macrone . These letters give " rambling details of a tour through France , Switzerland , and Italy , " in a light , piquant , off-hand way ; and though the subjects treated upon after the labours of the many tourists have not the