Reforming medicine and faith in a shifting era
The passage debates medical practice, superstition, and the tension between science and religion. It notes prior errors, calls for a balanced view that neither fully abandons nor blindly trusts nature or disease treatment, and hints at a concluding chapter on the Position of Women without prurience or coarse sentiment.
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Mr. Lecky
The Rector and His Friends Dialogues on Leading Religious Questions
A critical review canvasses the book The Rector and His Friends, noting vivid character voices and a rich parsonage setting in Wiltshire while highlighting Wilford’s Anglo Catholic stance and the dialogic method. It compares the work to Friends in Council, observes occasional one sidedness, and reflects on the author’s preface about character speech representing opinions rather than authorial voice.
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Mary
Hester
Wilford
Courtenay
Preston
Chester
Squire
Calbourne
Wiltshire Downs
Charles
Bell and
Daldy
Natal
Milverton
Browning
Oxford
Scotland
Church of England
England
Wales
Perspective on Church Authority Across the Realm
The speaker argues that asserting a single law and imposing the Church of England across Wales Scotland Ireland and colonies undermines freedom and will fail. He predicts no civil to ecclesiastical shift will weaken the Church and cites growing tolerance and unity as a counterforce.
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Church of England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Five Years in a Protestant Sisterhood and Ten in a Convent
A review of Miss Sellon's Devonport and the Roman system in convent life. The piece contrasts Anglican sisterhoods with Roman Catholic ones, questions the author’s claims, and notes the book’s limited interior-life detail while evaluating the broader ecclesiastical implications. It discusses Dr Pusey, Miss Sellon, and the Devonport system.
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London
Longmans, Green, and Co
England
Continent
Saturday Review
Devonport Sisterhood
Miss Jones
Weston-Mere
Dr. Smithson
Devonport
Dr. Pusey
Rome
University of Oxford
F. H. Doyix
Bart