Missionary Biography Remarkably Blends Scholarship and Faith
The piece recounts Dr. Wilson's work in Western India, detailing temple revenue allocations, his schola rly prowess in Zand texts, and his role as a missionary and statesman. It notes his marriage, clashes with church structures, disestablishment advocacy, and late-life letters urging church independence and reform. The narrative highlights his influence on education, philology, and parsee converts, ending with reflections on his character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhagwati
Kharipatan
Wilson
India
Bombay
Haug
Spiegel
Europe
Zoroaster
Free Church of Scotland
Baptist Church
University of Edinburgh
Asiatic Society
London
Dr. Wilson
Elephanta
Free Church
Free Presbyterian Churches
The Haunted Hotel and A Sister Tale by Wilkie Collins
A critical review discusses Wilkie Collins's later works, focusing on The Haunted Hotel. It praises inventive plotting and suspense while noting dull unwinding of mysteries. The piece details key events, character actions, and the Venetian setting with the doomed courier and a head found in a haunted chamber.
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Wilkie Collins
Narona
Wybrow
Lord Montbarry
Italy
Venice
Review of Wilkie Collins stories Haunted Hotel and My Lady's Money
The critic notes experiments in the cellar and a burnt hand as a tidy mystery in the Haunted Hotel with Collins’s skill creating a grim fascination. My Lady's Money is praised for natural situations and clever plotting, while Hopkins’s illustrations are admired for their conception and execution.
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Venice
Aly Lady
Wilkie Collins
Anour JlorkKins
Chatto and Windus
Uges
Arthur Hopkins
History of the English Bible Explored Through Biographies
The Caxton Exhibition and the works of Canon Westcott and Dr. Eadie renew interest in the English Bible. The review contrasts Dr. Stoughton and Mr. Moulton, noting forty years of Stoughton study and their methods, tracing translations from Bede to the 16th century Revisions. It highlights Bede’s death while dictating and the lineage of translations across Latin glosses, paraphrases, and Anglo-Saxon versions.
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Canon Westcott
Eadie
Bede
Jerusalem
Wycliffe
Tyndal
Miles Coverdale
Cromwell
Earl of Essex
Lord Cobham
Lollards
King James
Stoughton
Moulton
England
Tyne
Ecclesiastic
Amanuensis
John
Jarrow
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Church of Scotland
Scotland
Joan Stoucuron
D.D
The
Religious Tract Society
W.F. Moulton
M.A
Leys School
Cambridge
Cassell
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