The Professor (1857, Smith, Elder & Co.)/Volume 2/Catalogue.
New Works.
I.
THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË,
Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," "Villette," &c.
By Mrs. Gaskell,
Author of "Mary Barton," "Ruth," "North and South."
Second Edition, Two Volumes, Post 8vo, with a Portrait of Miss Brontë and a
View of Haworth Church and Parsonage. Price 24s. cloth.
"We regard the record as a monument of courage and endurance, of suffering and triumph. . . . . All the secrets of the literary workmanship of the authoress of 'Jane Eyre' are unfolded in the course of this extraordinary narrative."—Times.
"By all this book will be read with interest. . . . Mrs. Gaskell has produced one of the best biographies of a woman by a woman which we can recall to mind."—Athenæum.
"Thoroughly well and artistically has the work been accomplished; an informing method presides over the whole; every circumstance has a direct bearing on the main object of painting, vigorously and accurately, a real picture of the woman as she was."—Daily News.
"The profound pathos, the tragic interest of this book, lies in the terrible struggle that life was to a woman endowed with Charlotte Brontë's conscientiousness, affection for her family, and literary ambition, and continually curbed and thrown back by physical wretchedness. Its moral is, the unconquerable strength of genius and goodness."—Spectator.
"Mrs. Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Brontë' has placed her on a level with the best biographers of any country. It is a truthful and beautiful work. . . . . No one can read it without feeling strengthened and purified."—Globe.
"We can be sincere in our praise of this book: we have been often touched by the tone of loving sympathy in which it is written."—Examiner.
"This work cannot fail to be of the deepest interest; and it has a special interest for female readers."—Economist.
"The whole strange and pathetic story of the Brontë family is faithfully told in Mrs. Gaskell's memoir."—Critic.
II.
ANTIQUITIES OF KERTCH,
AND RESEARCHES IN THE CIMMERIAN BOSPHORUS.
By DUNCAN McPHERSON, M.D., of the Madras Army,
F.B.G.S., M.A.L, Inspector-General of Hospitals, Turkish Contingent.
Imperial Quarto, with 14 Plates and numerous Illustrations, including Eight
Coloured Fac-Similes of Relics of Antique Art, Price Two Guineas.
"It is a volume which deserves the careful attention of every student of classical antiquity. No one can tail to be pleased with a volume which has so much to attract the eye and to gratify the love of beauty and elegance in design. * * * * The volume is got up with great care and taste, and forms one of the handsomest works that have recently issued from the English Press."—Saturday Review.
III.
THE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF
SIR JOHN MALCOLM, G.C.B.
Two Volumes, 8vo.With Portrait.Price 36s. cloth.
"The biography is replete with interest and information, deserving to be perused by the student of Indian history, and sure to recommend itself to the general reader."—Athenæum.
"Mr. Kaye has used his materials well, and has written an interesting narrative, copiously illustrated with ⟨valuable⟩ documents."—Examiner.
"One of the most interesting of the recent biographies of our great Indian statesmen."—National Review.
"This book deserves to participate in the popularity which it was the good fortune of Sir John Malcolm to enjoy."—Edinburgh Review.
New Works
iv.
LIFE AND SERMONS OF DR. JOHN
TAULER, of Strasburg (1340).
Translated from the German, with Notices of Tauler's Life and Times, including some Account of the "Friends of God,"
By Miss SUSANNA WINKWORTH.
And a Preface by the Rev. CHARLES KINGSLEY.
Small 4to, Printed on Tinted Paper, and bound in antique style, with red edges, suitable for a Present. Price 15s.
"No difference of opinion can be felt as to the intrinsic value of these sermons, or the general interest attaching to this hook."—Athenæum.
"Miss Winkworth has done a service not only to church history and to literature, but to those who seek simple and true-hearted devotional reading, by producing a deeply-interesting life of Tauler, and giving us his sermons, tastefully and vigorously translated."—Guardian.
"A fragment of the best religion of the fourteenth century, most interesting in itself, and so presented as to lose none of its interest in the eyes of any reader. The Sermons have been selected with a view to their practical use, even in the present day."—Examiner.
"This volume has several claims to notice. It is a biography of an eloquent preacher of the fourteenth century. It gives a history of the 'Friends of God,' with which he was connected. And in the Sermons of Tauler the consideration is forced upon us how far an active pursuit of worldly concerns is compatible with devotion of the heart to God."—Press.
v.
SERMONS. By the late Rev. Fred. W. Robertson,
A.M., Incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton.
First Series—Third Edition, Post 8vo, price 9s. cloth.
Second Series–Third Edition, price 9s. cloth.
Third Series, with Portrait–Post 8vo, price 9s. cloth.
"Mr. Robertson, of Brighton, is a name familiar to most of us, and honoured by all to whom it is familiar. A true servant of Christ, a bold and heart-stirring preacher of the Gospel, his teaching was beautified and intensified by genius. New truth, new light, streamed from each well-worn text when he handled it. The present volume is rich in evidence of his pious, manly, and soaring faith, and of his power not only to point to heaven, but to lead the way."—Globe.
"These sermons are full of thought and beauty. There is not a sermon in the series that does not furnish evidence of originality without extravagance, of discrimination without tediousness, and of piety without cant or conventionalism."—British Quarterly.
"Very beautiful in feeling and occasionally striking and forcible in conception to a remarkable degree."—Guardian.
"We should be glad if all preachers more united with ourselves preached such sermons as these."—Christian Remembrancer.
vi.
A VISIT TO SALT LAKE;
Being a Journey across the Plains to the Mormon Settlements at Utah.
By WILLIAM CHANDLESS.
Post 8vo, with a Map. Price 9s. cloth.
"At length we have an English writer who has been to Salt Lake, and tells us all about it: he pledges his word to the accuracy of every conversation and every incident in his book. It has impressed us with the conviction that this strange heresy and schism of the nineteenth century has a stronger vitality than we had previously dreamt."—Athenæum. Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/280 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/281 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/282 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/283 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/284 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/285 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/286 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/287 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/288 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/289 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/290 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/291 Page:The Professor (1857 Volume 2).djvu/292