was familiar with many of the chief actors in the movement. And I do not like that the remembrance of friends and associates, men of singular purity of life and purpose, who raised the tone of living round them, and by their example, if not by their ideas, recalled both Oxford and the Church to a truer sense of their responsibilities, should, because no one would take the trouble to put things on record, "pass away like a dream." The following pages were, for the most part, written, and put into printed shape, in 1884 and 1885. Since they were written, books have appeared, some of them important ones, going over most of the same ground; while yet more volumes may be expected. We have had ingenious theories of the genesis of the movement, and the filiation of its ideas. Attempts have been made to alter the proportions of the scene and of the several parts played upon it, and to reduce the common estimate of the weight and influence of some of the most prominent personages. The point of view of those who have thus written is not mine, and they tell their story (with a full right so to do) as I tell mine. But I do not purpose to compare and adjust our respective accounts--to attack theirs, or to defend my own. I have not gone through their books to find statements to except to, or to qualify. The task would be a tiresome and unprofitable one. I understand their point of view, though I do not accept it. I do not doubt their good faith, and I hope that they will allow mine. FOOTNOTES: [1] It is hardly necessary to say that these and the following words were written before Dr. Newman's death, and the publication of his letters. CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE CHURCH IN THE REFORM DAYS CHAPTER II THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVEMENT--JOHN KEBLE CHAPTER III RICHARD HURRELL FROUDE CHAPTER IV MR. NEWMAN'S EARLY FRIENDS--ISAAC WILLIAMS CHAPTER V CHARLES MARRIOTT CHAPTER VI THE OXFORD TRACTS CHAPTER VII THE TRACTARIANS CHAPTER VIII SUBSCRIPTION AT MATRICULATION AND ADMISSION OF DISSENTERS CHAPTER IX DR. HAMPDEN CHAPTER X GROWTH OF THE MOVEMENT, 1835-1840 CHAPTER XI THE ROMAN QUESTION CHAPTER XII CHANGES CHAPTER XIII THE AUTHORITIES AND THE MOVEMENT CHAPTER XIV NO. 90 CHAPTER XV AFTER NO. 90 CHAPTER XVI THE THREE DEFEATS: ISAAC WILLIAMS, MACMULLEN, PUSEY CHAPTER XVII W.G. WARD CHAPTER XVIII THE IDEAL OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH CHAPTER XIX THE CATASTROPHE THE OXFORD MOVEMENT CHAPTER I THE CHURCH IN THE REFORM DAYS