Asiatic Quarterly Review (Full Title: The Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review, and Oriental and Colonial Record): Volume XIII, No. 26 [‎539v] (203/238)

Reviews and Notices.
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It is really difficult to know where to begin the criticism of such effusions
as these, of which the book contains i7 2 > almost equally vapid, full of
tawdry sentiment, imperfect metre, and occasional bad grammar. Some
of the incidents related appear to describe personal adventures in varied
regions of the East, ranging from Burma to Cashmere, and would be
worthy of treatment by an abler Muse; while others, such as that of “ His
Rubies, told by Valgovind,” and the story of “ Udaipore, told by
Lalla-ji, the Priest,” are so outrb as to be unworthy of publication.
Charles H. Kelly ; 2 , Castle Street, City Road, and 26 ,
Paternoster Row, London, E.C.
7. Scenes and Studies in the Ministry of our Lord, with Thoughts on
Preaching, by the Rev. James H. Rigg, d.d., Principal of Westminster
Training College, twice President of the Wesleyan Conference. This
admirable and useful volume, by a veteran educationist and preacher
in connection with the Wesleyan denomination, will be read with much
interest and no little profit. The “ Scenes and Studies ” are not sermons,
but relate to passages of Scripture of special interest and importance in the
history of Christ, such as His Baptism, His First Disciples, the Woman of
Samaria at Jacob’s Well, the Calling of the Apostles, the Sisters of
Bethany, and many other incidents in the history of Christ, which have
been favourite subjects of study during Dr. Rigg’s long ministry and educa
tional work as the head of the eminent training college in Westminster.
Perhaps his History of Preaching in the Christian Church, Ancient and
Modern, and his Thoughts on Extemporaneous Preaching, will be
perused with special interest and usefulness by the sincere and faithful
preachers of the Gospel of all Christian denominations. There is in the
Appendix an interesting note on the eloquence and power of Dr. Newton’s
preaching. He was “charming as a half-colloquial orator; he was
pathetic in his strokes of tenderness and pictures of distress ; he was
thrilling and powerful in his appeals; but he also deserves a reputation
which has not always been accorded to him—that of a clear, able, consecu
tive expositor of Scripture, both textual and doctrinal.”
Longmans, Green and Co.; London, New York, and Bombay, 1901.
8. The Oriental Club and Hanover Square, by A. F. Baillie, f.r.G.s.
The sumptuous volume before us is worthy of the spacious and eminently
select club which occupies one corner of Hanover Square. The Oriental is
an elderly, but not an ancient club ; it dates from 1824, and was formed by
a distinguished society of Oriental officers, chiefly Anglo-Indians, with the
Duke of Wellington for President and Sir John Malcolm for its first chair
man. The clubs of the eighteenth century were either dining societies or
were devoted to play or politics. They were succeeded by various clubs
of the modern fashion when George IV. was King ; and among these the
Oriental was one of the earliest. The age of the Nabobs had passed; men
no longer amassed colossal fortunes, or combined the functions of soldier,