"Father Hewit's biography of his deceased friend is a most noticeable piece of writing. It is as impartial as could be expected, and has a marked local interest from its allusions to local affairs in religious circles. A great part of it is occupied with an elaborate view of the Oxford, or, as it is familiarly called here, the Puseyite movement, and of its effect on this country. The conversion of Bishop Ives, the remarkable scenes at the ordination of Rev. Arthur Carey, the movement toward a Protestant Oriental bishopric at Constantinople, in which Bishop Southgate was engaged, and various other features in recent church history, all are described, rendering the biography of marked interest to Episcopalians as well as to Catholics; while the history of Father Baker is a curious study of the operation of religious belief on a young, vigorous, and active mind." --_New-York Evening Post_. {310} "The portrait which forms the frontispiece to this volume appears to represent one of the contemplative, saintly, seraphic spirits of the early ages of Christianity, rather than a man whose life was cast amid the bustle and activity and worldly-mindedness of the nineteenth century. The impression is confirmed by the perusal of the memoir. It introduces us to a type of character which is rare in these days, and reminds us of a strain of mediaeval music. ... The sermons are remarkable for the earnestness of their spirit, the simple and vigorous eloquence of their style, and their frequent beauty of conception and illustration. The biography, by his bosom friend and companion, is an athletic piece of composition, controversial and aggressive in its tone, abounding in personal episodes, and presenting a spirited and impressive sketch of the movement in which both the author and the subject have been prominent actors. The volume, of course, possesses a paramount interest for Catholic readers, but it forms too remarkable an illustration of some important features in the religious tendencies of the day not to challenge a wide attention from intelligent observers." --_New-York Tribune_. "This is the very best edition, as regards typographical skill, that has as yet been issued of any Catholic work in this country." --_Boston Pilot_. "His sermons are brief, addressed to the common heart and reason of his hearers, and remarkably free from clerical assumptions of authority. The sermon on The Duty of Growing in Christian Knowledge is liberal and philosophical to a degree not usual in the pulpits of any denomination." --_New-York Nation_. ------ II. The Works Of The Most Rev. John Hughes, D.D., First Archbishop of New-York, containing Biography, Sermons, Letters, Lectures, Speeches, etc. Carefully Compiled from the Best Sources, and Edited by Lawrence Kehoe.