“_This is very much the best book of its kind we have seen. The only
fault is its shortness, which prevents its going into the details which
would support and illustrate its statements, and which in the process
of illustrating them would fix them upon the minds and memories of its
readers. It is, however, a great improvement upon any book of its kind
we know. It bears all the marks of being the condensed work of a real
scholar, and of a divine too. The bulk of the book is taken up with a
‘Life of Christ’ compiled from the Four Gospels so as to exhibit its
steps and stages and salient points. The rest of the book consists of
independent chapters on special points._”――LITERARY CHURCHMAN.
“_This book is no ordinary compendium, no mere ‘cram-book’; still less
is it an ordinary reading book for schools; but the schoolmaster, the
Sunday-school teacher and the seeker after a comprehensive knowledge
of Divine truth will find it worthy of its name. Canon Norris writes
simply, reverently, without great display of learning, giving the
result of much careful study in a short compass, and adorning the
subject by the tenderness and honesty with which he treats it.... We
hope that this little book will have a very wide circulation and that
it will be studied; and we can promise that those who take it up will
not readily put it down again._”――RECORD.
“_This is a golden little volume. Having often to criticise unsparingly
volumes published by Messrs. Rivington, and bearing the deep High
Church brand, it is the greater satisfaction to be able to commend this
book so emphatically. Its design is exceedingly modest. Canon Norris
writes primarily to help ‘younger students’ in studying the Gospels.
But this unpretending volume is one which all students may study with
advantage. It is an admirable manual for those who take Bible Classes
through the Gospels. Closely sifted in style, so that all is clear and
weighty; full of unostentatious learning, and pregnant with suggestion;
deeply reverent in spirit, and altogether Evangelical in spirit; Canon
Norris’ book supplies a real want, and ought to be welcomed by all
earnest and devout students of the Holy Gospels._”――LONDON QUARTERLY
REVIEW.
=A KEY TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.= By JOHN PILKINGTON NORRIS,
M.A. Small 8vo. 2s. 6d.
“_It is a remarkably well-written and interesting account of its
subject, ‘The Book of the Acts,’ giving us the narrative of St.
Luke with exactly what we want in the way of connecting links and
illustrations. One most notable and praiseworthy characteristic of
the book is its candour.... The book is one which we can heartily
recommend._”――SPECTATOR.
“_Of Canon Norris’s ‘Key to the Narrative of the Four Gospels,’ we
wrote in high approval not many months ago. The present is not less
carefully prepared, and is full of the unostentatious results of sound
learning and patient thought._”――LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW.
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