This Week's Acquisitions
- Blanche Moggridge, The Old Manuscript; Or, Anaise Robineau's History. A Tale of the Huguenots in La Vendee (RTS, [1886]). Young girls learn about the persecution of the Huguenots from a family MS. (Grace Stebbing uses the same device in her novel about the Lollards, In a Safe Hiding Place [a.k.a. Denham Hall].)
- Kevin McLaughlin, Paperwork: Fiction & Mass Mediacy in the Paper Age (Penn, 2005). Examines the function of paper (especially paper money) in a series of Anglo-American texts. I'm reviewing it for Choice.
- Jennifer Keith, Poetry and the Feminine from Behn to Cowper (Delaware, 2005). Focuses on the poetic functions of "Feminine Nature." In a case of cup, overflowing of, I'm also reviewing this one for Choice.
- George Trevor, The Papal Aggression. A Sermon, Preached in York Minster, On Sunday, 17th November, 1850 (R. Sunter and J. Sampson, 1850). Anti-Catholic response to the restoration of the Church hierarchy in England; author's presentation copy. (See the article by J. B. Conacher.) Trevor was Canon of York. (Bound with the next sermon.)
- Richard Chenevix Trench, Friend of the Clergy Corporation. Anniversary Sermon Preached at All Souls' Church, Langham Place, Wednesday, March 23rd, 1859 (Savill & Edwards, 1859). The sermon deals with the financial troubles facing clergymen and their families. For Trench, see the Cyberhymnal.
- Doreen Rosman, The Evolution of the English Churches, 1500-2000 (Cambridge, 2003). A general survey.
- Sue Morgan, Women, Feminism, and Religion in England, 1750-1900 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). Collection of essays on activism, women in the church, etc.