(ii. 8) a striking instance of the partiality of a court, in telling how three sets of people concerned in the preservation of the Scottish Regalia were rewarded in precisely adverse proportion to their merits. With all his love for his countrymen and his appreciation of their better qualities, he is very sensible of the manner in which their caution and reserve tend to create an unfavourable impression on those whose acquaintance with them may be slight.
As in public, so in private, he is always nobly free from the slightest taint of literary jealousy. While his estimate of his own works is thoroughly modest, he is full of the praises of the Lake poets, and very sensible of the excellence of Wordsworth and Southey as men. His judgment upon Jeffrey (i. 128) is admirably fair and discriminating.
Of course the limitations of Scott's powers occasionally appear. To say nothing of the effect of deep political prejudice-the editor calls our attention to one extreme instance in vol. ii. p. 141— there are literary pastures for which he has no taste. When, nearly three years ago, in this Review, we had said that Scott was probably right in eschewing Greek subjects, we were not forgetful of what English poetry owes to Greece (as seen in the pages of Milton, Gray, and Tennyson), but merely meant to intimate our conviction that this style of poetry was not in Scott's line. As regards Latin, it is curious that, though Scottish advocates have usually attained a fair mastery over Latin prose, they seem to have given up, after the days of Buchanan, all attention to Latin verse. Scott, in these letters, some half a dozen times cites a line from Virgil or Juvenal, and five times out of six his mode of quotation thoroughly mars the scanning, of the line. In Italian, though fond of the romantic poets, especially, Ariosto, he cannot read Dante (ii. 356). .
We must not, while recommending our readers to Scott's Letters as an innocent and even elevating source of enjoyment, omit to express our appreciation of the merits of his correspondents. Lady Louisa Stewart's letters are often charming, and those of his friend Mr. Morritt of Rokeby (to whom his biography was destined to be dedicated) display abundant evidence of good feeling and of literary
Among the letters of Lockhart there are some written during an Irish tour, in which he accompanied his father-in-law. He was evidently ill at ease, being anxious to rejoin his wife and children. Consequently the accounts sent home to Mrs. Lockhart may be tinged with a slight degree of prejudice. No doubt in the year 1825 religion was at a low ebb in many quarters, but we were hardly prepared for the standard of Hiberno-Anglicanism at St. Patrick's Cathedral. The music,' says Lockhart, was exquisite, both the boys of the choir and the singers of the anthem; but,' he adds, 'nobody seemed to think of the service-scarcely a Prayer Book open-nor did I hear a single response but from the officials" (ii. 305).
We have scarcely space for an extract. Readers of the volumes may find a great variety suitable to different tastes. With much
diffidence we select two. Here is one referring to an account of one of the many canine inmates of the household. Scott writes to his married daughter, Sophia, touching the behaviour of Lady Scott's favourite, named Ourisque, on the occasion of the death of its mistress :
'It remained in the room without stirring and without tasting food for many hours, when all of a sudden it transferred its regard to Anne, left the fatal room, and now lies on Anne's bed, whom two days since she would not allow to touch her. Its fondness for me seemed quite like a rational creature who had lost a friend and sought consolation from another' (ii. 93 n.).
The critique on Jeffrey, which is too long for our pages, we have already eulogized. For a briefer specimen we will turn to Scott's enjoyment of good acting. He is full of the praises of Mrs. Siddons, and of her equally eminent brother, John Kemble, speaking enthusiastically of his rendering of Cato and Coriolanus. Concerning the retirement of Mrs. Siddons from the stage we have an account given by the editor.
'Mrs. Siddons retired from the London stage on June 30, 1812, at Covent Garden, where she acted Lady Macbeth with so much power that, at the conclusion of the sleep scene, the audience could not bear to look on any of the other actors, though John Kemble was there. He led his sister to the front of the stage, where she delivered with great emotion her parting words, ending with
"And breathes with swelling heart her long, her last farewell." The audience took leave of their favourite with great acclamation, and at once left the house without waiting for the conclusion of the play' (i. 280 n.).
Information respecting the status of Scott's correspondents, not too prolix, but quite full enough to make their position intelligible to the reader, will be found in the notes to these volumes. They are admirably edited, and should certainly be studied in addition to the Journal by all who desire to understand and to appreciate the author of Marmion and Waverley.
POLLINARIUS OF LAO-
ADICEA, 118 sqq.; statement
of what has been hitherto ac-
cepted as to his teaching, 119;
works attributed to him in the
pamphlet Adversus Fraudes
Apollinaristarum, 121; Von
Dräseke's researches and results:
the Correspondence with St.
Basil, 124; the treatise against
the Arian Eunomius, 125; the
Three Dialogues on the Holy
Trinity, 126; a treatise on the
Holy Trinity, 127; the question
of the theology of Apollinarius,
128; proofs that his followers
early perverted his doctrine, 129;
the charge that he taught that.
Christ's flesh was pre-existent
(προαιώνιον), 130 ; examination of
his peculiar teaching, 131; of
the statement that he was a Tra-
ducian, 133; his defence of the
Nicene Creed against the Arians,
ib.; influence upon St. Cyril,
134; his defence of the truth of
Christ's Divinity, 135; personal
character of Apollinarius, 135 sq.
Apologetics (review of Dr. A. B.
Bruce's Apologetics, or Chris-
tianity defensively statea), 20 sqq.;
changed condition of the methods
of Apologetics, 20; distinction
between apology' and 'apolo-
getic, 21; various definitions,
22; Dr. Bruce's point of view,
23; his statement of Christianity
inadequate as an apologetic, 24;
contrast with the work of Bishop
Harvey Goodwin, 25; recent
opinion on the method of apolo-
getic, 26; Dr. Bruce's method :
how it fails as apologetic, 27;
his treatment of presuppositions
hostile to Christianity, 28; state-
ment of Christian philosophy,
29; the doctrine of sin, 31; the
creation of the world, 32; Pro-
vidence, hope for the future, 33;
the author's treatment of the his-
tory of Israel: the Graf-Well-
hausen theory, 34; effect of re-
cent discoveries in archæology,
37; history in the Pentateuch,
38; Mosaism, 41 ; the Decalogue,
42; Christology, 44; theories of
the Resurrection: Keim's, 45;
Dr. Martineau's, 46; the author's
conclusions, 48
Aristotle and Christian Ethics (re-
view of Mr. Stewart's Notes on
the Nicomachean Ethics), 321
sqq.; popular theory of the Ethics,
322; the environment of Ari-
stotle's ideal man, 324; his na-
ture, 325; the relation between
the State and the man, 326;
why Aristotle's system was
long-lived, 329; St. Thomas
Aquinas's use of Aristotle's
Ethics, 331; their agreement
and differences, 333; the secret
of Aristotle's permanent value,
336
BERNARD of Clairvaux (review
of Dr. Storrs' work), 300 sqq.;
St. Bernard's childhood, 302; his
mother, 303; monastic life, 305;
visions and miracles, 306; at
Clara Vallis (Clairvaux), 308;
manner of life, ib. ; the luxury of
Clugny, 310; schism in the
Papacy, 312; Hildebrand and
the Emperor, 313; Bernard as
arbitrator, 314; controversy with
Abelard, 315; Synod of Sens :
Abelard's surrender, 317; the
Second Crusade, 318; Bernard's
unique influence, 319
Blomfield, Bishop (Colchester),.
The Old Testament and the New
Criticism, 221
Body, Rev. Canon, The Guided
Life, 248; The Life of Love, 249
Book by Book, 227
Boyd Carpenter, Bishop, The Son
of Man among the Sons of Men,
514; Twilight Dreams, 515
CAMBRIDGE Companion to the
Cambridge Sermons preached before
the University, &c., ed. Rev.
C. H. Prior, 509
Christ in Modern Theology, The
Place of (review of Dr. Fair-
bairn's work), 50 sqq.; criticism
of his views on the influence of
the environments of the Faith in
the early centuries of the Church,
50; there was from the first a
deposit of the Faith, 51; gradual
enrichment and modification of
the Church's terminology, 52;
doctrine of the Trinity, 53;
Patristic doctrine on the Holy
Spirit, 54; Dr. Fairbairn's views
on the Atonement, 56; the
Fatherhood of God, 57; argu-
ment, against the author, that
Christianity is a sacerdotal reli-
gion, 58; influence of Lutheran
theologians on his view of the
Incarnation, 61; our Lord's
knowledge, 62; Dr. Fairbairn's
views of Old Testament teaching
about sin, 64; rejection of the
false idea of 'compulsory restora-
tion,' 65; summary statement of
true beliefs as opposed to some
of Dr. Fairbairn's opinions, 66
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 166 sqq.;
Mr. Dykes Campbell's edition of
the poet's Poetical Works: its
characteristics, 167; objections to
the scheme of the work, 167 sq.;
doubt as to the need of a minute
biographical Introduction to a
popular edition, 168; desiderata
in various classes of biography,
169; questions Mr. Campbell has
refrained from answering, 170;
sketch of Coleridge's life, 170sqq.;
the Pantisocracy' scheme, 171;
at Stowey: the Wordsworths,
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Thomas and Josiah Wedgwood,
ib.; visit to Germany, ib.; at
Greta Hall: a slave to opium,
Kubla Khan, Dejection, 172;
work between 1802-1813, 173;
his life at Highgate his table
talk, ib.; death, 174; paucity of
his great works, ib.; charac-
teristics of his poetry, 174; its
mystery, and mastery of lan-
guage and rhythm, 175; supreme
inerit of his best work, 176;
Coleridge as he was known by
his friends, 177; Lamb's testi-
mony, 178
DENOMINATIONAL Schools
and the Rates, 1 sqq.; ex-
pected alterations in the Educa-
tion Act of 1870: what the
secularist party desire, I; com-
plaints and proposals of Church-
men, 2; working of the Cowper-
Temple clause, 3; Nonconform-
ists and the conscience clause, 4;
'religious liberty' now construed
to mean liberty to believe nothing,
5; the Education Department
desires to suppress voluntary
denominational schools,
examples of its methods, 7; de-
tails of the heavy demand on
friends of voluntary schools, &
sq.; effect of the strain on luke-
warm friends, 9; evil intensified
by writings of advocates of the
Higher Criticism,' ib. ; financial
difficulty considered, 10; com-
parative cost of education in
board schools and voluntary
schools, II; consideration of
means of easing the present
strain, 13; grounds and provisoes
of a concordat : freedom to teach
religion, 14; a voice in the selec-
tion of teachers, 15; objections
considered of some Manchester
Churchmen, 16; of some others,
17; the District Councils sug-
gested as the rating authority to
carry out any scheme adopted,
19
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English Saints of the English Ca-
lendar (Anon.), 256
Errington, Mr. F. H. L., The
Clergy Discipline Act, 1892, and
Rules, &c., 244
FOREGLEAMS of Christianity,
The (Mr. C. N. Scott's work),
179 sqq.; the meaning of the ap-
peal of early Christian apologists
to the consciences of the heathen,
179; causes of a less sympathetic
view of the heathen, 180; the
true Christian method of study-
ing the Science of Religion, 181;
examination of Mr. Scott's seven
stages in the evolution of the
external revelation of God;
Fetishism, 182; Pantheism, ib. ;
Polytheism, 183; anthropomor-
phic Polytheism, 184; Dualism,
186; Monotheism, Henotheism,
Satan, Spiritualism, 187; Theism,
188; divinatory revelation,' 189;
Mr. Scott's treatment of religious
progress and corruption, 190; |
his three conclusions from his
investigations, 191
HELPS to the Study of the
Herbert, George, The Temple, 519
Homer and the Epic (Mr Andrew
Lang's book reviewed), 472 sqq.;
the question as to divided author-
ship of the Homeric poems:
Wolf's Prolegomena, 473; the
supposition that writing was un-
known in Homeric period, 474; i
the theory that the poems were
originally short lays, 475; and
that Pisistratus edited them,
476; the modern theory: an
Achilleid by Homer, with addi-
tions by other poets, 477; aber-
rations of criticism, 478; the
argument from differences in
vocabulary, 480; some well
grounded arguments, 481; the
embassy to Achilles (bk. ix.),
483; the tenth book, 485; books
xii. to xv., 486; the Shield of
Achilles and the Theomachy,
487; books xxiii. and xxiv., 489;
objections to the theory of inter-
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polators, 490; the work is sub-
stantially that of a single poet,
491; consideration of the pro-
blems of the Odyssey, 494
Huntingdon, Rev. G., Random Re-
collections of some Noted Bishops,
&c., of the Old Church of
Manchester, 512
JONES, Miss C. A., Stories about
the Wonderful Kingdom, &c.;
Under the King's Banner; Saints
of the Prayer Book, 251
Judaism in Fiction, 364 sqq.; va-
ried presentation of Jews, 364;
Mr. Zangwill's The Children of
the Ghetto: a strange jargon,
365; a sharp boy,' 366; Jewish
Sabbatarianism, ib.; domestic
life, 368; Mr. Zangwill's heroine,
369; Jewish desires for a spiri-
tualized Judaism, 370; neither
Protestantism nor Rationalism
can satisfy their desires, 372;
nor the Broad Church,' 373;
why Judaism has been preserved,
374
AW, WILLIAM, 193 sqq. ;
causes of his remaining so
little known for so long, 193;
the Three Letters to the Bishop
of Bangor, 195; his high sacra-
mental views, 196; his mysti-
cism, 198; his career, ib.; forms
a religious community at King's
Cliffe, ib.; influence of his writ-
ings, 200; their literary value,
201; views of the Atonement,
202; his eschatology, ib.; atti-
tude towards the Church of
Rome, 203
Lindsay, Rev. J., The Progres-
siveness of Modern Christian
Thought, 243
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