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THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

By C. J. ABBEY and J. H. OVERTON.
Two vols. 8vo. 1,172 pages. Price 36s.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

'No other period of the history of our Church has been so well and so fully illustrated as the e'ghteenth century is in this book. The Authors have rendered a great service to students by making accessible to all that knowledge of the eighteenth century without which any adequate understanding of the nineteenth is impossible.' CONTEMPORARY REVIEW.

A critic cannot but be conscious of a certain presumption in attempting, in such brief space and time as are at his command, to estimate the result of labours that have evidently been a constant occupation through many years. . . . The work contains, among other things, what we are inclined to consider the best account of John Wesley that has yet been given to the world. . . . We take leave of these volumes, which are as agreeable as they are learned, with a hearty commendation of them to our readers.'

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SPECTATOR.

'A work which is manifestly an important and much-needed contribution to English Church History; . . . which bears evidence of many years of reading and thought before the task of writing began. . . . If we may hazard the conjecture, we should trace the origin of this valuable book to the abiding memories which associate the foundation of Bishop Fleming with John Wesley, of whose life, character, and work, an admirable sketch has been drawn by Mr. OVERTON. . . . We commend these instructive volumes to the attention of theological students.' SATURDAY REVIEW.

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We have in these volumes a contribution of substantial and permanent value to our ecclesiastical history. The subject has been dealt with of late by Mr. Hunt and Mr. Leslie Stephen. But there is certainly room for a treatment of it from the point of view of those who write "as Churchmen, taking, however, no narrower basis than that of the National Church itself." That position is most worthily filled by these volumes. They show very considerable thought and reading, a spirit of thorough fairness and historical insight, a tone of gravity and earnestness, and a style, scholarly, clear, and readable. We shall be greatly surprised if they do not take permanent rank as one of the books necessary for every student who desires to understand the history of our English Church. . . . We trust we have said enough to commend these volumes heartily to the attention of our readers. They cover much ground, and cover it well.' GUARDIAN.

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The English Church in the Eighteenth Century.

'We desire to express our own satisfaction in the reading of these volumes, and our gratitude to the writers for this noble contribution to our historical knowledge of the Church of England. It may be supplemented, but is not likely to be superseded by the labours of any future historian.'

JOHN BULL. 'A work which is not likely for many years to be superseded as a text-book or as a work of reference.' ATHENÆUM.

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• They are evidently well acquainted with the past history of the Church; they have obviously studied the lives of its chief divines with care, and traced with acuteness the varying principles which influenced its rulers.'

ACADEMY.

'We are grateful to Messrs. ABBEY and OVERTON for their valuable contribution to ecclesiastical history.' CHURCH TIMES.

'The Authors have given us an invaluable book, which must have absorbed the study of many years. Hardly a page of it is dull, and its anecdotal richness will make it a mine of suggestion and illustration to its possessor.' ENGLISH CHURCHMAN.

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'No similar work of at all equal mark has of late years appeared. work deserves very high praise.' LITERARY CHURCHMAN.

They are full of interest, and we can cordially recommend them as exhibiting much research, and a strong desire to perform the duties of candid and impartial historians. . . . There are many points on which we should differ in opinion.' RECORD.

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'We have here a perfect thesaurus of the ecclesiastical, theological, and religious history of the last century; and, high-sounding as the pretensions of such a work undoubtedly are, they will be found fully sustained and vindicated by the manner in which the Authors have executed their task.'

WATCHMAN.

'They are only heavy in the sense of being big books; while the skilful blending of lighter touches with the deeper views of religious thought which they contain results in a graceful and fascinating story. . . . One of the most noteworthy books of the season; a book to be read with pleasure, and consulted over and over again.' THE WEEK.

'The book has the merit of real ability, the attraction of novelty, the value which must always attach to the honest investigation of important questions by men who are desirous of setting forth the truth.'

ENGLISH INdependent,

If the narrative before us should not interest the reader it must be the reader's own fault.' NONCONFORMIST.

'A picture replete with life-like portraiture of the English Church in the eighteenth century.' MORNING POST.

'It was a great undertaking, and it has been ably carried out.'

LEEDS MERCURY.

'A monument of very great industry and care.'

LITERARY WORLD.

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