Review of a 1860s religious commentary collection and church notes
The excerpt covers a critical survey of a London book on biblical prophecy and its type relations, noting authorial temperament and scholarly method. It discusses the editor’s praise and fault lines, citing Bacon’s induction, Lot’s wife as a pillar, and the Hive magazine for Sunday school teachers, with mixed interpretations and archival details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
H. K. Lewis
Gower-street
Bacon
Lot
Hive
Elliot Stock
Election disturbance follows Blackburn poll outcome
The Blackburn election produced a Conservative victory with Hornby and Felden ahead, Potter and Morley trailing. About 2,000 voters participated as Morley urged ballots to guard minority and majority alike. After results a mob attacked a Conservative parade in the Irish quarter, wounding a constable during clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disraeli
Hornby
Felden
Potter
Morley
Trish
London Note Book: Fires, Hoaxes, and Scholarly Hints
Fifteen fires plagued the metropolis over Friday and Saturday morning. A Manchester quake report appears to be a hoax. W. G. Lecky finishes History of Morals in Europe. Coleridge publishes speeches from the Convent case. Charterhouse prepasts to lease its playground. New editions of Milman, Stanley, and Dixon in print. Eraminer to merge with London Review. Mill poised to publish on women. West Cornwall frost harms early potato crop. Cassell begins an illustrated Robinson Crusoe in six parts. Artisans and Labourers' Dwelling Act deemed unworkable. Velocipede race at Crystal Palace this week. Nabob of Bengal arrives in Paris with grand spending. Ned Wright promotion as revivalist preacher sparks attention. Spurgeon notes anonymous gift to his College and Orphanage. Royal Academy intent on maintaining merit amid space gains. Hemlock found not poisonous as historically claimed. Sidereal light shows vast distances and long travels. Insanity rates questioned as rising due to better care. Valentine to the Pope angle ends with Papal blessing manuscript.
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Metropolis
Manchester
W. G. Lecky
Europe
J. D. Coleridge
Charterhouse School
Dean Milman
St. Paul’s
Dean Stanley
Westminster Abbey
Mr. Dixon
Her Majesty’s Tower
Eraminer
London Review
J. Stuart Mill
Cornwall
Scilly
Cassell and Co
Crystal Palace
London
Nabob
Bengal
Paris
Mumtazamul-Mooch-Mohsumood-dow
Wandsworth
Spurgeon
Royal Academy
Atheneum
Royal
Hellock
Hemlock
Socrates
Phocion
Marley
Harley
Pall Mall Gazette
Lord Rosse
St. Paul's Magazine
Lockhart Robertson
Medico-Psychological Association
Association
Tuke
Robertson
St. Valentine
North
Valentine
Pope
Rome
Cardinal Antonelli
Epistle
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Lord
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Henerorp
KR. Baggallay
Arbuthnot
Wren Hoskins
Clive
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Hoskyns
Baggallay
S. H. Waterlow
Major Walker
Walker
Waterlow
Brewpusey
Bewdley
Major Anson
Colin Blackburn
O_pHaM
Justice Blackburn
Messrs
Hibbert and Platt
Oldham
South Warwickshire
John Hardy
Shire-hall
Warwick
Tus Sowry
Winchester
W. Cowper
Lord H. Scott
Annnepon
Abingdon
Godfrey Lushington
H. Lindsay
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