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great doctrinal points discussed and enforced. The work would form excel-
lent reading in the family on Sabbath evenings, as its pages would not only
interest young people, but impress on their memories the important truths
taught in the Shorter Catechism,—a work whose influence in spreading
among Scotsmen a thorough knowledge of divine truth can never be over-
estimated.”

 

From the Fifeshire Journal.

‘** The Clergyman’s Daughter’ has given the world a very beautiful book.
The tale, or rather the many tales and conversations, which are made the
commentary on the Shorter Catechism, are related with infinite and uniform
grace and ease, and they are such as must be highly interesting to young
people, for whom the work is intended. The fair author excels, where ex-
cellence is rare, in the art of simple narrative. Her language is a beautiful
specimen of chaste and noble diction, without affectation and without ambi-
tion. Dip into the work where you like, and you unfailingly dip into a
‘ well of English undefiled,’ indicative of the finely regulated mind of the
writer. She will stand a comparison with Swift or Cobbett, but she resem-
bles neither of them. She is more like to Southey, but she has imitated
nobody, and her own style, like all fine styles, is inimitable and indescrib-
able—its Saxon richness being, of course, its chief ornament.”

 

From the Scottish Sabbath School Teachers’ Magazine.

‘*‘ This is an illustrated explanation of the Shorter Catechism on the princi-
ple of Mrs Sherwood’s ‘ Stories on the Church Catechism.’ It is a tale, the
incidents of which are arranged in such a manner as to illustrate in succes-
sion the various doctrines of the Shorter Catechism. This was not an easy
task, and yet the Authoress has been upon the whole very successful. She
has displayed much good taste and ingenuity, and at the same time brought
out in story the various points with much fulness and correctness. The book
is fitted to be very useful to teachers, but more particularly, we should think,
to parents in the instruction of their children. We gladly recommend this
volume to the attention of our readers.”

From the Evangelical Christendom.

‘“* The idea of this volume was taken from Mrs Sherwood’s ‘ Stories on the
Church Catechism,’ and the manner in which the work is accomplished is
highly creditable to the talents of the writer. Ifit be her first attempt, as
from the preface we infer that it is, we use no flattery when we express our
conviction that it ought not to be, and our hope that it will not be, her last.”