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Principles of the Faith in Relation to Sin.

Topics for Thought in Times of Retreat. Eleven Addresses delivered during a Retreat of Three Days to Persons living in the World, with an Introduction on the Neglect of Dogmatic Theology in the Church of England. By ORBY SHIP. LEY, M.A. Demy 8vo., pp. lxxvi.-326,

price 12)-. C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1879. * A series of drticles on the principal Public

The singular circumstances attending the

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sufficient of themselves to render it one of the nent, is being specially prepared for most remarkable theological works that has this Journal. The first of these articles,

appeared for many years. If, even these cirgiving a description of the British

cumstances had not happened, Mr. Shipley's

book would nevertheless have been a highly Museum Library, will appear in an noteworthy production, containing, as it does, early Number.

the latest exposition of the tenets and opinions of the most advanced school of Ritualists. A Retreat, it may be observed, is a volun.

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affairs for a stated period, generally three days, during which the spiritual patient, so to speak, not only holds aloof from all unneces

sary intercourse with his fellow men, but Theology.

devotes the major portion of his time to Samuel Wilberforce. Faith, Service,

prayer, recollection, meditation, self-examinaRecompense : Three Sermons.

tion, sorrow for the past, and good resolutions

By
THOMAS PINCHES, M.A., Curate of

for the future. A Retreat is always conducted Portskewett with St. Pierre. With a

by one or more priests, who from time to time Portrait of Bishop Wilberforce, (after a

deliver addresses such as these before us. The Photograph by CHARLES WATKINS.)

custom has been adopted by the more adPost Svo., pp. X.-228, price 4/6. C.

vanced class of Ritualists, from the practice of Kegan Paul & Co. 1878.

the Roman Catholic Church, amongst whose

more pious members, from the Pope downMr. Pinches shows something of the “wis. wards, it is in great vogue, although not in from of the serpent” in publishing these any way obligatory, at least, upon the laity. three sermons in the form of a neat volume, The addresses are prefaced by an introducinstead of singly, knowing well that, as he tion of some seventy pages, on the neglect of naively informs us in his preface, sermons Dogmatic Theology in the Church of Engissued singly for the most part make igno. land. This neglect Mr. Shipley ascribes to minious descent into the waste paper basket. the fact, “ that the Broad Churchman does These three sermons were preached on the not believe in the principles of Dogmatic TheSunday after Bishop Wilberforce's funeral, ology under any conditions, while the Low and form together a triple panegyric on the Churchman believes in its principles only as life and death of that in every way remarkable far as they commend themselves to the beman. His sudden removal from the midst of liever'sindividual judgment.” Modern works on what is known as the “Clapham Sect” to Christian dogma must therefore be looked for Oxford, just as the reaction in favour of High from members of th :third division of the Church doctrine set in, and its effects on his after English Church. Another reason is that the career, are well sketched. His talents as a High Church clergy of the present day are, preacher soon marked him for promotion, and says Mr. Shipley, as a rule deficient in theohe speedily passed through the usual steps logical calibre, and cannot for a moment be that lead to the mitre. Curate of Checkendon compared in scholarship, culture, thought, in 1828, Rector of Brighton in 1830, Select and refinement with the Newmans, Oakeleys, Oxford Preacher in 1837, Archdeacon of Wards, Kebles, and Puseys of the old Surrey in 1839, Canon of Winchester in 1940, Tractarian school. The addresses begin with Dean of Westminster in 1844, he found him a prefatory discourse on the objects of a Reself robed in the episcopal lawn in 1845, only treat, and the best method of going through seventeen years after his ordination. Mr. | it, to be delivered on the eve of the first of the Pinches's sermons are conceived in very three days. The subject of the three addresses elegant language, full of picturesque metaphor for the first day is “God the Great First and allusion, and the preacher does not neg. Cause in Relation to Sin,” subdivided into lect to despoil the Egyptian by using telling three sections, in which the relations of God quotations from profane authors when it serves to man as his Creator, Redeemer, and his purpose. Mr. Pinches's trilogy reads well, | Sanctifier are considered. The second day and must, we fancy, have preached better. | is devoted to “Man the Image of God in

Relation to Sin,” which is also divided abandon. Two reasons from without also had into three sections, «Man Created by God,” a great influence upon him, the passing of the “ Man Purchased by God," and “Man In Regulation of Public Worship Act, by which spired by God." The third day is taken up the Bench of Bishops, according to Mr. with the “Union of God and Man in Rela Shipley, had committed the English Episcotion to Sin," divided into the Incarnation of pate to accept and put in force all the God, the Sacrifice of the Cross, and the Sac decisions of the Judicial Committee of the raments of the Church; the concluding address Privy Council in spiritual cases, as well as the being on the results which a retreat ought rendering themselves responsible for the to have upon the future spiritual life of decisions of the Judge of the Court of Arches. those who have followed it. With regard Mr. Shipley had hoped, through four long, to the tone of these addresses they might painful years, that the Anglican clergy would have been written by the staunchestfol have separated themselves from Bishops, who lower of Leo XIII. were it not for the use in his opinion had committed heresy, but he of the word “Catholic” as applied to the found the clergy content to abide with these advanced portion of the Anglican Church. ecclesiastical superiors. The second great As far as doctrine and dogma go, Cardinal event which seems to have turned the scale is Manning himself could not be more orthodox, the unanimity with which the entire Englishthe teachings of Mr. Shipley being those of speaking episcopate of the Anglican Church the Council of Trent; in fact, the only differ had signed a document which pronounces ence that can be discovered between these against the practice of Confession. Such a addresses and a similar series issued by a document should have met with either loyal Roman Catholic divine, permissu superiorum, and obedient acceptance, or bold and categori: is that no mention is made of the Immacu cal repudiation as Anti-Catholic and untrue. late Conception, or Papal Infallibility, Although frequent individual efforts were although the former dogma is more than made to procure the repudiation of this once gently hinted at. As showing the Episcopal manifesto at the hands of certain extent to which Mr. Shipley had gone, the typical High Church clergymen, no good book is eminently valuable, and his opinion came of the movement, and the matter fell to is, that his quondam followers will shortly the ground. For these inward and outward have only two courses open to them, sever reasons, Mr. Shipley submitted himself to the ance from the Established Church and the authority of the Roman Catholic Church. It Hierachy whose orders they refuse to obey, may be mentioned that the addresses have or submission to Rome in a body. The been the work of many years, and that the peculiar circumstances under which the substance of these has been delivered at a book was published render it a theological Retreat in an Anglican Convent, at a London curiosity. The introduction, which we pre Mission, and in the pulpit. Mr. Shipley in sume was written after the body of the his postscript promises, at no distant date, to work had been completed, is more advanced proceed with another important work, which in tone even than the addresses, and bears has long absorbed his thoughts, which he the date of the 17th of October, 1878, intended to call “An Apology for Doubt in the but barely a fortnight after, Mr. Shipley sece Present Position of the Church of England," ded to the Roman Catholic Church, evidently which will now receive another title, and will before the title page was printed. He con undergo various modifications. Mr. Shipley's sequently had to insert between the preface other works are so well known that it is and the addresses a species of apology in hardly necessary to add that these addresses the form of a postscript, in which he gives | are written in the very highest style of pulpit his reasons for his submission. The body eloquence, without, however, ever trenching on of the book and the introduction were, con the mystical or unintelligible. sequently, written when the author was a " loyal subject of the Church of England,"

Notes. the postscript when he was a loyal layman of the Church of Rome, he appears therefore The company appointed for the revision of in the title-page as plain "Orby Shipley, M.A.” the authorised version of the Old Testament In his postscript Mr. Shipley tells us that three concluded their 54th session on Friday, the main causes led him to take this momentous 29th inst., in the Jerusalem Chamber, Weststep. The first was that he had for several minster, after sitting for ten days. The years held every Catholic doctrine, not dis following members were present:- The Bishop tinctly denied by the English Church ; the of Bath and Wells, the Deans of Canterbury second was his powerlessness to realize the and Peterborough, Mr. Bensly, Dr. Chance, authority by which the Anglican Church Mr. Chenery, Mr. Elliott, Dr. Ginsburg, presumably taught Catholic truth; and lastly, | Dr. Gotch, Archdeacon Harrison, Dr. Kay, his belief in the One, Holy, Catholic and Dr. Leathes, Mr. Lumby, Prof. Wright, and Apostolic Church of the Nicene Creed; he Mr. Aldis Wright, Secretary. The company had always striven to accommodate the self- completed the first revision of the Book of evident facts of corporate disunion by several Esther, and carried the revision of Daniel as theories which he at last was obliged to ( far as xi. 38.

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ters which are within the province of the A Digest of the Principles of the Law of

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is an abundant supply of foot-notes, giving In this work the author has collated and reference to cases, &c., and instructions as to expressed in as concise a form as possible the procedure. The book is carefully prepared, leading decisions bearing on this branch of and in its new form will be found to maintain the law, trusting to a very full index of 147 the prestige which has hitherto belonged to it. pages for making the book easy of reference. The work treats of the parties to proceedings, He treats first on the vesting of the trust proceedings before pleadings, the different pleaestate, and the duties of trustees, (including a dings and evidence, trial and judgment, prochapter on disclaimer and acceptance of the ceedings in chambers, execution, appeals to the trusts); then proceeds to consider trusts of House of Lords, special proceedings and interdifferent natures, e.g., precatory, resulting, locutory applications, receivers and their acconstructive, secret and illegal trusts. Next counts, discovery, staying proceedings, transfer we have ten chapters on dealings with the and removal of causes, reference to arbitration, trust property, eight on relation of the trustee I proceedings in the Pay Office, proceedings to the trust fund and the cestui que trust, | affecting solicitors, and the various cases in then chapters on the rights of the Crown, trust which statutory jurisdiction is given to the for separate use of feme covert, dower and Chancery division. curtesy in equitable estates, receivers, and five chapters treating of torts by trustees and

Notes. their relations with third persons. In addition

The next books selected for intermediate to the index there is an ample table of cases. examination for Solicitors for 1879 are:

Smith on Contracts, 6th edition, 1874; Prideaux's Precedents in Conveyancing, with Williams on the Law of Real Property, Iith

Dissertations on its Law and Practice. or 12th edition; Williams on the Law of 9th Edition. By FREDERICK PRIDEAUX, Personal Property, oth edition ; Haynes's late Professor of the Law of Real and Outlines of Equity, 3rd or 4th edition. Personal Property to the Inns of Court,

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before Justices of the Peace. V. The Law

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Divisions of the High Court. Subjects num. Chancery Division of the High Court of

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Natural History. Chancery Division of the High Court, and of the Court of Appeal. By 1 Bibliothèque Utile. XLV. Le Darwinisme WILLIAM HENRY UPJOHN, ESQ., Stu Par EMILE FERRIERE. I6mo., pp. 1879 dent and Holt Scholar of Gray's Inn. price 1/-, bound, 9d. sewed. Paris, Demy 8vo., pp. 1264, price £2 25. Germer Baillière, 1878; [London, HaStevens & Sons.

chette & Co.] Though nominally a third edition of A clearly written introduction to the Daniell's Forms, this is really a new work principles of Darwinism, by a French naturalwith the exception of the chapter of forms in ist, who has been one of the principal propaproceedings at chambers, special case, parts gators of Mr. Darwin's doctrines amongst our of that on injunctions and restraining orders, brethren across the Channel. The first part receivers, and some part of the one on the consists of an exposition of the modern theory statutory jurisdiction of the Chancery Division. of evolution and of the laws upon which it The work includes the procedure in all mat- rests; the struggle for life amongst animals, or vital competition, as M. Ferrière terms it ;

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KARMANSKI, et LÉVEILLÉ, de 25 gravures, treats of the theory of evolution from a

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ceeded by respiration, animal heat and how it

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DELON, 4to., pp. xiv.–204. Profusely method by which the various voluntary and illustrated, price 9/- bound, 6/- sewed. involuntary movements of the body are Hachette & Co. 1879.

executed, the action of the vocal organs, A series of one hundred clearly written

while the 11th and 12th chapters discuss the articles on different subjects connected with

end of all things, “ Death and his brother zoology, beginning with the gorilla and ending

Sleep.” The place of an index is supplied by with the bell-animalcule. Forty articles are

very copious headings to each chapter. devoted to mammals, twenty-eight to birds, eight to reptiles and batrachians, seven to fishes, ten to insects, and the rest to spiders,

Fine Arts. molluscs and animalcules. Each article con

A Series of Twenty-four Chromo-Lithographs, sists of a page of matter illustrated by a

representing the Landscape, Myths, His. number of small woodcuts and a full page

tory, and Monuments of the Rhine plate. The cuts are not numbered, but there

Province, from the original paintings must be at least one thousand beautifully

by PROFESSOR CASPAR SCHEUREN of executed figures scattered through the book.

Dusseldorf.
Notes.

These chromo-lithographs are twenty-four

in number, or (counting the ornamental title At a meeting of the Royal Botanic Society page, frontispiece, and dedication) twentyon Saturday last, Prof. St. George Mivart in seven; the drawings in size about twenty the chair, the donations received since the inches by sixteen, and printed on sheets of last meeting included seeds from Bengal of a somewhat larger dimensions. The sheets are variety of the tea shrub, indigenous to the | not bound but are enclosed in a casket. They district of Cachar, in the province of Assam, are certainly beautiful specimens of this where it is found growing wild in the forests, branch of art, and form a suggestive répertoire and forming trees of 3oft. to 40ft. in height. of objects and incidents of artistic and historic Specimens of several varieties of the tea shrub interest. The plan of the drawings is as grown in the society's greenhouses were on the follows : each sheet has for its leading idea table. An interesting discussion ensued, the portrayal of some city or district in the supported by Prof. Bentley, Mr. S. W. Silver, Province, and consists primarily of a design and Mr. G. J. Symons, as to the extreme (different in each sheet) which may be desimportance of increased attention being given cribed, in regard to its construction, as a to climatological botany and to the utilization geometrical pattern or structural tracing, and of the very great variety of climatic conditions which divides the sheet into a number of which exist in different parts of India. The compartments, large and small. Each of the general opinion of the speakers was that larger compartments is filled with some notable England, by the aid of its Indian possessions building, or famous ruin, some landscape or and colonies, will before long become indepen work of art, some incident of poetry of dent of other nations for its supply not only of romance attaching to the town or neighbour

w, coffee, sugar, cotton, and quinine, but for hood selected as the subject of that sheet. ea medicinal and economic vegetable products. / Much grace and lightness is shown in the