East Dulwich and Other Works in Review
A review of Strahan and Co’s East Dulwich with Fifty Illustrations, praising Jacob and Joshua sketches while noting occasional sensational touches. Also covers The Light of the World by David Maclaren, commending its unifying Christian message and brotherly love. Notes on Fish and Fishing by J M Manley lauded for detailed, affectionate fishing lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Dulwich
Strahan and Co
Geikie
D.D
Jacob
Pharaoh
Joshua
Jehu
Samson
Delilah
David Maclaren
Homble
David Douglas
Maclaren
Jesus
Kingdom of Heaven
Household of God
Brethren
J. J. Manuey
Sampson Low and Co
Manley
Juvenal
Izaak Walton
Josh Billings' Wealth Highlighted by Humour Profits
The piece notes Henry W. Shaw alias Josh Billings earning 4000 dollars weekly from a final humor column plus 5000 to 6000 dollars from lectures and 8000 to 9000 dollars from an almanac, totaling 10 000 to 20 000 dollars yearly, surpassing Emerson Hawthorne Lowell and Holmes. It mentions A M Sullivan MP writing on New Ireland about landlord tenant and Leitrim murder in Mayfair and Merthyr undertaker feeding 5 000 children during distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Billings
Henry W. Shaw
Emerson
Hawthorne
Lowell
Molmes
New York
Merthyr
Incomes of Religious Societies Listed for Past Year
The Rock compiles incomes of numerous religious societies from official sources. Figures include Church Missionary Society 207053 pounds, British and Foreign Bible Society 212303, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 99565, and many others with year over year comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Rock
Agares
Church Missionary Society
British and Foreign Bible Society
Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
Religious Tract Society
Colonial and Continental Church Society
Church of England Scripture Readers’ Association
Church Defence Institution
Monthly Tract Society
Young Men’s Christian Association
Christian Book Society
Prayer Book and Homily Society
South American Missionary Society
Church Pastoral Aid Society
London Diocesan Home Mission
Church of England Sunday School Institute
Bishop of London’s Fund
Church of England Temperance Society
Clergy Orphan Corporation
Thames Church Mission
Lord’s Day Observance Society
Working Men’s Lord’s Day Rest Association
Royal Naval Scripture Readers’ Society
Home and Colonial School Society
Anglo-Continental Society
Church Association
London City Mission
Evangelical Alliance
Protestant Educational Institute
Ecclesiastical miscellany and church affairs summary
The item covers Church of England matters including the University Tests Act reforms, Lord Penzance as Dean of Arches, and rumours about preaching at St Pauls. It notes the Oxford bishop's critique of burial rites for Nonconformists, Irish Catholic education agitation, Bermondsey vestry election results, Fatck's resignation in Berlin, and Anglican retreats across dioceses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hertforp CoLiece
House of Lords
Archbishop of Canterbury
Lord
Ireland
London
Great Britain
St. Alban’s
HoLpern
Lord Rosebery
Mr. Gladstone
National Debt Commissioners
Bermondsey
Stansfeld
House of Commons
Church Party
anti-Church
Fatck
Berlin
Falck
Post
National Gazette
Evangelical National Church
Times
Standard
Hermes
Hermann
Supreme Ecclesiastical Court
Dr. Falck
Prince Bismarck
Worcester
Stephen Gladstone
Ather” Benson
Congreve
John Wylde
C. Bodington
George Body
R. M. Grier
S.8. Coles
Manchester Guardian
Russia
Western Duty Press
Criminal Department
Odessa
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