Cattermole, Richard. The Literature of the Church of England indicated in Selections from the Writings of Eminent Divines: with Memoirs of their Lives, and Historical Sketches on the Times in which they Lived (2 volume set). London: John W. Parker, 1844. First Edition. [10468]
Two volumes in black publisher's cloth, a bit edge-worn with a couple of thumbnail digs, 9 x 6 inches. Both with old library bookplates crossed over with black marker. xvi, 492; vii, [1], 501 clean pages. Good. Hardcover.
"Among the most satisfactory proofs that the vitality and self-regenerative power of our nation character survive, is the fact, that for some years past a disposition has been manifested to return to the study of those imperishable works of our early divines, which were largely instrumental in the hands of Providence towards its formation, and still, our great poets not excepted, present the best literary evidence of its seriousness, depth, and vigour. The object proposed in the following pages is, at once to stimulate and to guide this reviving interest in and just appreciation of the writings of the most eminent theologians of the Church of England." - Preface.
Richard Cattermole (c.1795-1858), Anglican priest, secretary to the Royal Society of Literature, 1823-1852. "Cattermole assisted J. S. Spons in compiling his 'Doctrine of the Church of Geneva'...He was one of the editors of the 'Sacred Classics, or Select Library of Divinity' (30 vols. 1834-6), and probably edited 'Gems of Sacred Poetry' (1841)." - DNB. Cattermole also wrote a number of sermons, poetry, a history of the English Civil War, and The Literature of the Church of England.
