This Week's Acquisitions
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Agnes of Sorrento (Ticknor & Fields, 1862). 3rd ed. of Stowe's (mostly forgotten) historical novel set in Italy at the time of Savonarola; in the UK, published in the Cornhill right before Eliot's Romola. (eBay)
- [Sarah Towne Martyn], Ilverton Rectory; Or, the Non-Conformists in the 17th Century. Founded on Fact (American Tract Society, 1864). Historical novel about the fate of a clergyman and his family after the Act of Uniformity of 1662 (which resulted in the Great Ejection). Towne Martyn (nee Smith) (1805-79) was an American novelist and editor who frequently wrote religious fiction about Protestants in the UK and on the Continent. (eBay)
- A. H. Edgar, John Bull and the Papists; Or, Passages in the Life of an Anglican Rector (Garland, 1976). "Novels of Faith and Doubt" reprint of a novel first published in 1846. Despite the title, this is actually a pro-Catholic controversial novel. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Linda Ferri, Cecilia, trans. Ann Goldstein (Europa, 2010). Historical novel about St. Cecilia, originally published in Italian. (Lift Bridge)
- Deborah A. Logan, ed., Harriet Martineau and the Irish Question (Lehigh, 2012). Collects Martineau's journalism on Irish topics. I'm reviewing this for Choice. (Review copy)
- Brad S. Gregory, The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society (Belknap, 2012). Traces the "hyperpluralism" of modern culture back to the side-effects of Protestant upheaval. (Amazon)
- Donald M. Lewis, The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury and Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland (Cambridge, 2009). Studies Shaftesbury's role in the nascent Christian Zionist movement. (Amazon [secondhand])
- Nicholas Penny, ed., Sir Joshua Reynolds (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986). Exhibition catalog from the Royal Academy of Sir Joshua Reynolds' work. (The Bookery)
- Katherine A. Lochnan, ed., The Earthly Paradise: Arts and Crafts by William Morris and His Circle from Canadian Collections (Key Porter, 1996). Textiles, wallpapers, printing, stained glass, etc. (The Bookery)
- Peter Tomory, The Life and Times of Henry Fuseli (Thames & Hudson, 1972). Biographical and critical study of the Swiss painter, best known for The Nightmare. (The Bookery)