Humility and Charity Advice on Translation Critique
Passage urges humility and charity toward translations endorsed by eminent scholars. It warns that denouncing an adopted or sanctioned translation as base imposture reflects poorly on principle unless justified by evidence.
Hawkins on Modern Doctrine and Ancient Greek Trial
A critical review of Mr. Hawkins and his book argues the author misstates ancient practices and Christian origins. It mocks his historical inaccuracies and calls his arguments incoherent and lacking point, doubting his competence as a public teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amphictyonic Council
Hawkins
Rome
Greece
Palestine
Alexandria
Christ
Zoroaster
Tyro
Vatican
Virgil and other gift books praised for youth readers
The review lauds Rev. A. J. Church and his Virgil edition for clear, simple rendering of the epic while noting minor printing flaws. It also highlights Miss Louisa M. Alcott’s Under the Lilacs and other children’s titles by Mrs Paull, Kingston, Emma Marshall, and John Everest in the 1878 Quiver volume, praising artistry, pedagogy, and moral tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Church
King Edward's School
Retford
Church
Virgil
Dido
Flaxman
Laocéon
Vulcan
Louisa M. Alcott
England
America
Ben
Celia
Thorny
Bluebeard
Alfred Tennyson Barlow
Sancho
Betty
Job Singleton
Emma Marshall
Australia
Duff
Dolly
Champ
Regy
Grannie
Marget
Philip Vaughan
John Everest
Expositor Notices and New Books Reviewed
The Expositor for November reviews Professor Simon on analogical induction, Leviticus x. by Mr. Cox, and Professor Gibbs on I am the door. It also critiques The Ameer, Jersey Boys, There’s Time Enough, and The Peacock Butterfly. Bible Teachings for the Young is highlighted as a diary style text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Expositor
Hodder and Stoughton
Simon
Cox
Moses
Professor Gibbs
Christ
Pail Rosinson
Sampson Low and Co
Lord Lawrence
Jersey Boys
Darury Doe
Charlie Scott
Religious Tract Society
T. S. Henderson
Hamilton, Adams, and Co