Trevelyan edition of Macaulay praised and criticized
A critical review notes several phrasing and word-choice problems in the new edition of Macaulay’s works edited by Trevelyan. It highlights improvements and awkward constructions, including misread phrases about Zachary Macaulay and misprints cited across pages, while calling the revised edition prime in importance.
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Bonaparte
Trevelyan
Zachary Macaulay
Zachary Mcaulay
Macaulay
Southey
Blackwood
Blackwood’s Magazine
Martineau
Brief Notices and Books Anew From a Victorian Notebook
A brisk survey of new books and poetry by Archie's Sweetheart and other works. Reviews praise Mulley’s masculine style, critique misquotation in Misquotes and M'supplies, and commend Recollections of the Irish Church for its generous portraits yet flawed conclusions. Additional notices cover Sermons on Crucial Themes, Records of the Past volume VI, Canon Bardsey’s Personal Visits, and several mathematical and religious treatises with pointed judgments.
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Archie
EugEn Mulley
Remington and Co
Jack Layford
Canon Ryie
Hatchards
Canon Ryle
Richard Sinclair Brooke
Macmillans
Brooke
Huntingdonshire
Ireland
London
Bible Society
Cuarvis G. Finney
R. D. Dickinson
Cowles
Oberlin
Professor Finney
Mr. Finney
Hell
Samuel Bagster
Birch
Sanela
Canon Bdarpsley
Hodder and Stoughton
Bede
Wycliffe
Cranmer
Jewel, Hooker
James Hervey
William Grimshaw
Bardsley
H. Guopwyn
Elliot Stock
Rospert Naismirs
Chirnside
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
Johnstone, Hunter, and Co
Lord Cochrane
Lenth Earl of
Charles Tytor
Harris and Co
Lionel Lisle
Charles Watts
Upus
A Modern Symposium on Morality and Religion
The Nineteenth Century volumes present a two writer symposium format. Sir James Fitzjames Stephens introduces a debate on whether morality hinges on theology or human nature. He argues theology and morality should mirror facts and legislation in their relation and that truth of creed affects moral outcomes.
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James Fitzjames Stephens
James
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