Iona and Columba: Light across the ages and landscape
The piece argues that history shapes how we view Columba and Iona, noting how time foreshortens eras and how great gifts and prophecies marked Columba’s influence. It praises the Duke of Argyll’s portrayal of Columba, Iona’s geology, and the enduring impact of a man whose memory outlived his dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columba
Adimuan
Monticellulum
Paul
Athens
Adamnon
Highland
Glens
Hugh Miller
Iona
Mull
Ross
Colaumba
Light and Truth and Other Bible Thoughts
Brief notices praise Horatius Bonar's Light and Truth as clear devotional sermons from Galatians to Jude. Also reviewed are Seven Eventful Years in Paraguay by Gaoree Frederick Masterman. The Peerage of Poverty by Epwen Paxton Hood. Lafe of Madame de la Motte Guyon by T. C. Urenam. and a discussion of Catholic faith and liberty in Madame de la Motte Guyon reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatius Bonar
James Nisbet
Paraguay
Gaoree Frederick Masterman
Sampson Low
Son
Marston
Muastereman
Lopez
Epwen Paxton Hood
Republic of Letters
Meno
Lafe
Madame de la Motte Guyon
T. C. Urenam
Rome
Christ
Fenelon
Louis XIV
Gift Books for the Young Christmas reading choices
A London review advocates various youth titles. Mrs. Ewing’s Brownies and Tales mix humor and virtue for home hearth reading, while Lighthouses and Lightships by Davenport Adams blends adventure with maritime craft. Other titles include Men at the Helm, Stories about Boys, and Drifting and Steering among others for young readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing
Over
Theway
Bell
Daldy
Davenport Adams
Nelson and Sons
Alexandria
Holdystone
Adams
Gall and Logiis
Edinburgh
Hampden
Clarendon
Walpole
Chatham
Pitt
Castlereagh
Canning
Peel
Aberdeen
Nimmo
A. R. Hope
Bemrose and Sons
Paternosterrow
It. Marshall Wood
Bluecoat
Linde Palmer
Oliphant and Co
Moyle
Chauncey Giles
Mary Leeson
Gall and
Lughis
Mary Howitt
The Gas Meter Life Book Review and Availability
The article discusses a contemplative life story and endorses a book titled The Gas Meter Life Book. It explains the work as an account book for gas company meters and notes a specimen sheet can be obtained for three shillings sixpence from Mr Keys at 26 Bridge-row Cannon-street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas Meter
Keys
Bridge-row
Cannon-street
H.C
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