This series has been planned to preserve, and to present in a form at once attractive and economical, the permanently valuable portions of those standard productions of the Essayists, which, as well for the perfection of their English style, as for the sterling worth of their matter are deservedly perennial. Vol. 2. SIR ROGER DE COVERLY PAPERS. From _The Spectator._ One volume, 16mo, $1.00. "Mr. Habberton has given us a truly readable and delightful selection from a series of volumes that ought possibly never to go out of fashion, but which by the reason of their length and slightly antiquated form there is danger of our overlooking."--_Liberal Christian._ [Illustration: BROTHER HUMBLETOP WITHDRAWS.] THE SCRIPTURE CLUB OF VALLEY REST OR SKETCHES OF EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBOURS BY THE AUTHOR OF "_The Barton Experiment_," "_Helen's Babies_," _Etc._ NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 182 FIFTH AVENUE. 1877 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Page A LIBERAL MOVEMENT 1 CHAPTER II. SOME SPIRITUAL DIFFERENCES 20 CHAPTER III. FREE SPEECH 42 CHAPTER IV. A SOLEMN HOUR COMPLETELY SPOILED 60 CHAPTER V. FAMILIAR SOUNDS 78 CHAPTER VI. BUILDER STOTT SAVES THE FAITH 92 CHAPTER VII. FREE SPEECH BECOMES ANNOYING 109 CHAPTER VIII. AFTERMATH 126 CHAPTER IX. THE DOCTRINE OF INSURANCE 144 CHAPTER X. A DECISIVE BATTLE 162 CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION 183 SCRIPTURE CLUB. CHAPTER I. A LIBERAL MOVEMENT.