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Posted(#64741, Cowan)
by David Price 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

The Ritual Movement, by James Galloway Cowan 64741 [Subtitle: Three plain sermons preached at St. John the Evangelist's, Hammersmith] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/4/64741 ] [Files: 64741-0.txt; 64741-h.htm] For those wishing to know: in the early 1800's Church of England services were very plain, with no special robes, choirs, ceremony etc. That was challanged by the Tractarian movement which amongst other things wanted to see a lot of older ritual restored. When Rev. Cowan (1828-1875) decided to tackle the subject in these 1866 sermons, there were heated debates in the local newspapers, special interest groups at each other's throats etc. Cowan rejected blanket ritual practises but in a surprise move (given he wasn't known as a ritualist) he defended quite a bit of the Ritualist Movement on the basis of the Bible and the established Church of England written practise. In particular he thought the church could do with better decoration and more money being spent on it. Unlike some of his other topical sermons, this is three sermons togethers, each following on from the previous one. All the best, David, Sunny England (now night so cannot see)

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Posted (#64740, Burroughs) !
by Joe Loewenstein 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Marsin jumalat, by Edgar Rice Burroughs 64740 [Subtitle: Seikkailuromaani] [Tr.: Alpo Kupiainen] [Language: Finnish] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/4/64740 ] [Files: 64740-0.txt; ] [Clearance: OK 20210104005731burroughs Marsin jumalat Edgar Rice Burroughs 1944:r 1923:p] E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen Thanks, Joe Loewenstein

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Posted (#64739, Sue) !
by Chuck Greif 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Paula Monti, by Eugène Sue 64739 [Subtitle: or, The Hôtel Lambert] [Translator: Charles H. Town] [Illustrator: Jules David] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64739 ] [Files: 64739-0.txt; 64739-h.htm] Thanks to Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.)

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Posted (#64738, May) !
by Chuck Greif 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Phil May; Sketches from "Punch.", by Phil May 64738 [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64738 ] [Files: 64738-0.txt; 64738-h.htm] Thanks to Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

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Posted (#64737, Gourmont) !
by Chuck Greif 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Les femmes et le langage, by Rémy de Gourmont 64737 [Language: French] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64737 ] [Files: 64737-0.txt; 64737-h.htm] Thanks to the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)

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Posted (#64736, Serao) !
by Chuck Greif 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Saper vivere, by Matilde Serao 64736 [Subtitle: Norme di buona creanza] [Language: Italian] [Link: https://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64736 ] [Files: 64736-0.txt; 64736-h.htm] Thanks to Barbara Magni and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library)

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Posted(#64735, Cowan)
by David Price 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

"Bear ye one another's burdens", by James Galloway Cowan 64735 [Subtitle: A Plain Sermon on the Lancashire Distress] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64735 ] [Files: 64735-0.txt; 64735-h.htm] For those wishing to know: another short sermon on a current (1862) topic by Rev. Cowan (1828-1875). The American Civil War had interrupted cotton supplies to the cotton making districts in Lancashire and coupled with over-production, a great depression occured, with tens of thousands thrown out of work, and starving to death. Cowan tells his congregation that they have to give to help (of course), and pray (expected in a sermon), because then when the Lancashire folk die of stravation they will be waiting to thank his congregation when they reach heaven. The next parish of Kensington raised very large amounts of money to help, don't remember what Hammersmith provided. All the best, David Sunny England

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Posted(#64734, Cowan)
by David Price 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

The Cause and Cure of the Cattle Plague, by James Galloway Cowan 64734 [Subtitle: A Plain Sermon] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64734 ] [Files: 64734-0.txt; 64734-h.htm] For those wishing to know: Rev. Cowan (1828-1875) was a very popular preacher in Hammersmith, west London, and often took an unusual approach (and hard) approach in his sermons. In this one, he says that the cattle plague which was then (1866) raging in London, was a judgement from God, and people had to turn to religion. It's a bit short (as some of his individual sermons are), but he wanted to publish his views to Hammersmith and this was an excellent way to do it. It also shows what was "going on" behind the newspaper reports etc. All the best, David, Bright but still overcast England

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Posted(#64733, Cowan)
by David Price 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Christian Marriage Indissoluble, by James Galloway Cowan 64733 [Subtitle: A Plain Sermon] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64733 ] [Files: 64733-0.txt; 64733-h.htm] For those wishing to know: Rev. James Galloway Cowan (1828-1875) was a Church of England minister who had a reputation for excellent preaching. He became the minister at Hammersmith, west London, in the 1860's and this links him to my research interest. Although he published some collections of sermons, when a topic was "hot" he'd publish an individual sermon so that his views could be known in Hammersmith. This sermon, in response to the 1857 Divorce Act says that the Church didn't recognise any divorce - a bit rich considering the Church of England came out of Henry's need for a divorce! He's very readable and doesn't take the usual oft-repeated arguments. All the best, David, Overcast England PS. Cowan had a lot of children and his first wife died: he remarried but died within a year aged 48. This second wife ended up as step-mother to a whole house of grown-up children decades later.

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Posted(#64732, Miller)
by David Price 07 Mar '21

07 Mar '21

Bible-Burning, by John C. Miller 64732 [Subtitle: the substance of a sermon preached in St. Martin's Church, Birmingham, on Sunday evening, Dec. 10, 1848] [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/6/4/7/3/64732 ] [Files: 64732-0.txt; 64732-h.htm] For those wishing to know: this is another local incident, in Birmingham, England, where Protestants and Catholic clergy were interfering with each others' people, and it resulted in a Bible being burn. There's quite a lot of insight in this sermon as to what was going on, the background, people involved etc. It's written from the Protestant side of course, but does contain a statement from the Catholic side too. All the best, David, Overcast but bright England

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