Review of McCoan and Hume on Eastern life and reform
The article analyzes Mr. McCoan’s work on Armenia Asia Minor and Crete describing population mix and slave trade with critique of his reformist tone. It also discusses Huxley and Hume on theism immortality and religious faith concluding science does not justify church beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Palestine
Caucasus
Armenia
Asia Minor
Bulgaria
Thrace
Porte
Henry Bulwer
Stamboul
Cairo
Roumelia
McCoan
McCean
McQuan
Mr. McCoan
Volney
Hume
Mr. Huxley
Huxley
Archbishop Whately
Dr. Whately
Professor Huxley
Reviews for April discuss South Africa and war policy
The piece analyzes the war in South Africa, contrasting Opposition views that the war is unwise and unnecessary with Government defenses of pursuing conflict under Sir Bartle Frere. It questions peace prospects and whether the government can replace him, ending by asking if a broader society would publish such analysis nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Bartle Frere
Zululand
London Quarterly and the Harrow sketches in review
A survey of Harrow headmasters remarks and a broad set of reviews in the London Quarterly or related journals. It highlights Mr Hardy’s Distracted Young Preacher, the Thousand and One Nights, Charities maladministration, and new verse translations, alongside essays on Servetus, the Reformation, and Old Testament exegesis. The piece commends new material and notes the periodical’s strong coverage of religious and literary topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrow
Hardy
French Academy
Oxford Catholic
Mr. Burbidge
London
Shanghai
Ireland
Free Church of England
Episcopal Bench
Michael Bruce
John Logan
Gladstone to distribute Mill Hill prizes in June
Prize distribution at Mill Hill School slated for June following Mr Gladstone's consent. Advertisement notes endorsements by Miss Braddon and Mrs Henry Wood as prominent novelists and cites Dr de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil as a valued treatment for infantile wasting with testimonials from Dr Thomas Hunt and Dr R C Croft. Available in capsuled form from Ansar Harford and Co. at 77 Strand, London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Mill Hill School
Braddon
Henry Wood
E. D. N. Southworth
DE Jongh
Thomas Hunt
St. Giles’s
Bloomsbury
Sole Consignees
Ansar, Harford, and Co
Strand
London
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