Characteristics from the Writings of John Henry Newman

of “Institutions" of the law. 1 “ Principally," he says, "it ought to have two properties, the one a perspicuous and clear order or method, and the other an universal latitude or comprehension, that the student may have a little prenotion of everything."

And now, perhaps, I have said enough or more than enough in explanation of the manner in which I have discharged my very subordinate part in this work. But I must not omit to record my thanks to my revered friend, Dr. Newman, for the readiness with which he assented to my undertaking it, and for the unwearied patience with which he has allowed me to encroach upon his time by the questions which I have occasionally found it necessary to put to him ; nay, more than that, for the thoughtful kindness with which he has himself, in many cases, anticipated difficulties and favoured me with suggestions. I should, however, remark that, in claiming for my compilation his approval, I refer only to the sanction he has given for the statement, that it correctly represents his present opinions on the subjects of which it treats. For the actual selection of the passages, and the order in which they are placed, as well as for the headings prefixed to them, I am solely responsible.

It only remains for me to express my acknowledgments to the various firms which have published for Dr. Newman for the permission readily accorded me by them to make extracts from the works in which they are respectively interested, and to Mr. R. W. Thrupp, Photographer to the Queen, Birmingham, for allowing the portrait which faces

Proposal for amending the Laws of England. Works. Bohn's edition, Vol. I. p. 669.

the title-page to be engraved from a photograph executed by him. I subjoin a catalogue of the editions of Dr. Newman's works which I have had before me. They are, I believe, in all cases the latest.

W. S. L. London: June 11th, 1874.

* 1–8. PAROCHIAL AND PLAIN SERMONS. (Rivingtons.) Ed. of

1873. 9. SERMONS ON SUBJECTS OF THE DAY. (Rivingtons.) Ed. of

1871. 10. UNIVERSITY SERMONS. (Rivingtons.)

3rd Ed. 11. SERMONS TO MIXED CONGREGATIONS. (Burns and Oates.)

4th Ed. 12. OCCASIONAL SERMONS. (Burns and Oates.) 3rd Ed. 13. LECTURES ON THE PROPHETICAL OFFICE OF THE CHURCH.

(Rivingtons). (Out of print.) 14. LECTURES ON JUSTIFICATION. (Rivingtons.) 3rd Ed. 15. LECTURES ON THE DIFFICULTIES OF ANGLICANS, with Letter

to Dr. Pusey. (Burns and Oates.) 4th Ed. * 16. LECTURES ON THE PRESENT POSITION OF CATHOLICS. (Burns and Oates.)

4th Ed. 17. ESSAY IN AID OF A GRAMMAR OF ASSENT. (Burns and Oates.)

4th Ed. * 18. Two ESSAYS ON MIRACLES. (Pickering.)

3rd Ed.
19, 20. ESSAYS CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL, WITH NOTES.

Poetry. 2. Rationalism. 3. De la Mennais. Palmer on
Faith and Unity. 5. St. Ignatius. 6. Prospects of the Anglican
Church. 7. The Anglo-American Church. 8. Countess of
Huntingdon. 9. Catholicity of the Anglican Church.
The Antichrist of Protestants. 11. Milman's Christianity.
12. Reformation of the Eleventh Century. 13. Private Judg-
ment. 14. Davison. 15. Keble. (Pickering.)

IO.

* 21. DISCUSSIONS AND ARGUMENTS. 1. How to accomplish it.

2. Antichrist of the Fathers. 3. Scripture and the Creed.
4. Tamworth Reading Room. 5. Who's to Blame? 6. An

Argument for Christianity. (Pickering.)
22. PAMPHLETS. 1. Suffragan Bishops. 2. Letter to a Magazine.

3. Letter to Faussett. 4. Letter to Jelf. 5. Letter to the

Bishop of Oxford. (Out of print.) 23. IDEA OF A UNIVERSITY. 1. Nine Discourses. 2. Occasional

Lectures and Essays. (Pickering.) 3rd Ed. 24. ESSAY

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE.
(Toovey.) 2nd Ed.
25. ANNOTATED TRANSLATION OF ATHANASIUS. (Parker.)
* 26. THEOLOGICAL TRACTS. 1. Dissertatiunculae. 2. Doctrinal

Causes of Arianism. 3. Apollinarianism. 4. St. Cyril's
Formula. 5. Ordo de Tempore. 6. Douay Version of

Scripture. (Pickering.)
27. THE ARIANS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY. (Lumley.) 3rd Ed.
* 28–30. HISTORICAL SKETCHES. I. The Turks.

2. Cicero. 3. Apollonius. 4. Primitive Christianity. 5. Church of the Fathers. 6. St. Chrysostom. 7. Theodoret. 8. St. Benedict. 9. Benedictine Schools. 10. Universities. II. Northmen and Normans. 12. Medieval Oxford. 13. Convocation of

Canterbury. (Pickering:) 31. LOSS AND GAIN. (Burns and Oates.) 6th Ed. 32. CALLISTA. (Pickering.) 2nd Ed. 33. VERSES ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. (Burns and Oates.) 4th Ed. 34. APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA. (Longmans.) 3rd Ed.