‘It was an apparent accident which introduced me to [the Roman Breviary], that most wonderful and most attractive monument of the devotion of Saints. On Hurrell Froude’s death, in 1836, I was asked to select one of his books as a keepsake. I selected Butler’s _Analogy_; finding that it had been already chosen, I looked with some perplexity along the shelves, as they stood before me, when an intimate friend at my elbow said: “Take that.” It was the Breviary which Hurrell had had with him at Barbados. Accordingly, I took it, studied it, wrote my Tract from it, and have it on my table in constant use till this day.[309] That dear and familiar companion,[310] who thus put the Breviary into my hands, is still in the Anglican Church. So, too, is that early-venerated long-loved friend,[311] together with whom I edited a work which, more perhaps than any other, caused disturbance and annoyance in the Anglican world, Froude’s _Remains_; yet, however judgments might run as to the prudence of publishing it, I never heard any one impute to Mr. Keble the very shadow of dishonesty or treachery towards his Church in so acting.’ From ‘THE CHERWELL WATER-LILY AND OTHER POEMS,’ BY THE REV. FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER, M.A., Fellow of University College, Oxford. London: Rivingtons; and Oxford, Parker, 1840. [By the kind permission of the Rev. Charles Bowden of the London Oratory.] Verses sent to a Friend with a copy of Froude’s _Remains_.[312] ‘The languid heart that hath been ever nursed By strains of drowsy sweetness, ill can brook The rude rough music that at times doth burst From him whose thoughts are treasured in this book. It was his lot to live in days uncouth That shrink from aught so hard and stern as Truth. I know my generous friend too well to fear This holy gift will be unsafe with thee: Thou never yet hast had the heart to sneer At the eccentric feats of chivalry; And well I know there are cold men who deem This saintly Cause a weak knight-errant’s dream. When thou hast marked him well, thine eye will trace Lines deep and steadfast; features grave and bold; Beauty austere and masculine; a face And stalwart form wrought in the antique mould; And if some shades too broad and coarse are thrown, ’Tis where the Age hath marred the block of stone.’ From ‘THE EVANGELICAL SUCCESSION,’ IN ‘ESSAYS IN ECCLESIASTICAL BIOGRAPHY,’ by the Right Honourable Sir JAMES STEPHEN, K.C.B. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1849.[313] [By the kind permission of Herbert Stephen, Esq., and of Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co.]