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BY FENNINGS TAYLOR, Deputy Clirk, and Clexk Assistant or thi Senate or Canada, Author of " Sketches of British Americans," "The Life and Death of the Hon. T. D'Arcy McGee," &c., &c. T/te Right Rev. Francis Ftilford, D.D. The Right Rev. George Jehosaphat Mountain, D.D., DC.L. The Hon and Right Rev. John Strachofi, D.D., LL.D. NOTICES, OPiNIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS ; Canadian BiooBAPm-.— The Last Three Bishopa I iippointed' by the Crown for the Anglican Cliurch of Canada. By Fenuings Taylor. Montreal : John Lovell. We have been favored by the publisher of this work with an early cojjy, which, besides its other excellencies, is, we may say, quite a volume de luxe, so elegant is the typography and the whole of the meclianical work employed in its publica- tion. Mr. Taylor has, however, we need not say, given us a work of great literary merit, whose excellence is only indicated by its outside endow- ments. He has supplied, moreover, the com- mencement of a series of biographies which, as years go by, we may e.xpect to he IndeMniteij' enlarged, especially as tlie number of our Angli- can Dioceses increase, for tiie instruction of the children of the Church who shall succeed the jiresent generation, and who will no doubt be governed in their turn by a succession of chief jiastori?, not less worthy than those whose ser- vices .Mr. Taylor has set himself to commemorate. To the three men whose biographies are here written, however, will attach the interest which belong to founders. Each of them did some- thing to create the complete institution of the Church of England in Canada as we now see it, and. of the three, though the last in time, pro- bably he whose life stands at the head of the volume, our late lamented Metropolitan, occupies also the front rank, for it was durin weak to ]ierm!t of a fair exhibition of his failings. Thus we see that Mr. Taylor, discreetly and respectfully, though still plainly, points out the error of the late Metropolitan's controversy with Dr. Hellmtith, an affair which no well judg- ing friend of the Bishop could fail to regret; but which certainly detracted in the minds of no imjiartial man from his general reputation for charity. We do not know that in this very brief notice we have exactly, even so far as might have been jiossible in tlie space at our disposal, given Mr. Taylor's appreciation of the characters of the three Uishoi)S whose lives and services he de- scribes, but for the facts, and the author's judg- ment upon them we refer to the book itself. It may be jiroper, however, to add that the more matter of fact part of the historj- is relieved by various anecdotes characteristic of the times or the men. Thns of Bishop Fulford, we are told that when a clergyman who had left the Presby- terian Church only to find that he had not got entirely clear from Calvinism in the Church of England came into the vestry after an "evange- lical" sermon from another divine, and assured the Bishop that it had made his hair stand on end. The Scotchman had probably not been very Avell brushed, and the Bisho]) pleasantly put a stop to an unpleasant remonstrance by saying, " I think, brother, it has not come down since." So in the life of Bishop Mountain it is recorded that when the elder Mountain arrived at Quebec, he was met by the Catholic Bishop with a kiss on l)Oth cheeks, and an assurance of his satisfaction at seeing him, because, said the Romish Prelate with a touch of not disagreeable satire, your )ieople want you very l)adly. And nfirain of Bishop Strachan, it is related that before uis jiro- motion to the Bench, and during the war with the United States while on a voyage to Uimer Canada, when the master of the vessel, thinkmg himself chased bv an enemy, proposed to abandon the defence. Mr. Strachan^ with the courage which was always part of his character, under- took to take charee and to fight the ship to the ' las'. Happily, this somewhat unclerical duty was sjiareu him by the discovery that the sup- po.sed enemy was a friend, and his life, which might otlicrwi.se have been sacrificed then, was reserved for other conflicts which, unless they wore justified fiy peculiar circumstances, such as those in which he found him.-ielf on board ship, would seem to have l)een more becoming to the tenijier than the office of the Divine. We can only find space to add here that the book is or- namented by three handsome engravings, repre- senting the last Bishops appointed by the Crown in ('anada, and that, we lielieve. it will be found to he an acceptable offering by Canadian church- men. — Montreal Herald. This book has just issued from the press and it belongs to that class of book-making which may be called de lu/e. It is printed on tinted and very fine paper, in two colours, red and black, and contains a steel engraved frontispiece (by .Messrs. Burland, Lafricain and Co.) giving admirable portraits of the three Bishops, the story of whose lives is told in the text. The author states that his book is late in apiiearing,— that is, later tliaa he in- tended ; but the history ofthe lives of these three Bishops will not soou grow old among members of the Church of England in ("anada. Itappears opportunely just bcSire the holidays, as it is a work that will ir many ways admirably serve for a holiday presAt, and a present, moreover, which members ofthe Churcli of England, both in Quebec and Ontario, will like to keep in mem- ory of these eminent men, of diverse talents," wiio spent their lives and energies, in promoting the highest welfare of their fellows. We can honestly compliment Mr. Taylor on the ability he has displayed in this volume, and we will endeav- our to take early oiiportunity to notice its con- tents at greater length. But at [iresent we shall close this general notice by saying the volume is handsomelj- bound in cloth, contains 281 pages, and is published at the exceedingly moderate i)rice of one dollar and a \\a.\i.— Montreal Gazette, first Notice. Some time since, in acknowledging the receipt of this beautiful volume of " Canadian Biogra- phy," we promised to again revert to it, and pre- sent our readers with some extracts by which they might be enabled to judge how valuable is this contribution of Mr. Taylor's to the literature of the Dominion, and especially to the mem'oers of the Anglican Church. Speaking of the state of that Church in Canada at tlie time of the ap- pointment of our late revered and much lamented Metropolitan, Mr. Taylor says :— " The season was one of great religions excite- ment in Canada • • * The great reli- gious questions of the day were, and perhaps are, as warmly, if n^" . as argumentativeh-, discussed in Canada as ii England, for the inhabitants of the Colonies claim their inheritance in the thought as well as in the blood of the mother country. • • • The presence of a Bishop resident at Montreal was especially desirable, for the notes of controversy, the cry of alarm, which then dis- heartened the Church in England, had been iiorne across the Atlantic to the discomfort ofthe Church in Canada. Good people with more feel- ing than reason, and whose knowledge was score- NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OP THE PRESS. 8 Iiiiidcred by questions which neoiiie iisieaee of the Church iiere could best U- promoted liy an effort to naturalize the cries that were dis- turbing the Church ut home, and thus it happened that the Protestants of Montreal found themselves whirled about in a flurry of idirases, whose meanings were generally the reflections of the coteries that use them, rather than of the facts they were sup'.)oaed to interpret. * * A eood deal of clerical passion, and a good deal of biy prejudice were abroad, the former finding its c'Hcnpe in the pulpit, and the latter in the press ; one party denounced and tlie other threatened. • * • Theniissionnry work of the .Mission- ary Church of Canada was disturbed and sked with men's minds were misty as well as heated. Disputants affirmed with less labor than they investigated, and as it was more convenient to say sharp things than wise ones, some found a solace in escaping from the inconvenience of the latter that they might practice the irresp(insil)ility of the former. Others again discovered that it was more easy to determine a color than to unravel a controversy, and therefore ecclesiastical vestments became so to speak the badges of the opposing parties; and such niysterious subjects as tlie manner of a sin- ner's justification, of sacramental grace, of Divine decrees and of liuman accountability, seemed, in pome indistinct way, to lie associated with, if not cxiilaiued by, the accident of a clergyman preaching in a surplice or a gown. "The lovers of peace had especial reason to Im? thankful when a chief ruler of the new diocese WHS appointed, who, to 'the fear of the Lord which is the l)egiimiug of wisdom,' might be e.\pecled to ' exercise a riglit judgment in all tilings.' They were comforted by knowing that the Koyal choice had fallen on a clergyman who had been educated in the most ancient .seat of theological learning; who had gathered know- ledge in the wide Knglish field of parochial ob.-jcrvation ; who might be expected to impart counsel as one haying experience, and to give i'lidgment as one having authority ; who could :now nothing of our littleness andwas a stranger to our strifes ; who had no local enmities to apjiease, ami no local friendshijis to reward, and who would be recognized as a fair representative of the piety and charity as well as of the genius and character of the Anglican Church. In tlie ftdministration of her affairs such a one might be exiwcted to blend gentleness and dignity with generosity of sentiment and liberality of thought ; to settle our controversies with wisdom and not with temper, and to shame our enmities with courtesy and not with scorn.'' Of the character of the Metropolitan himself, Mr. Taylor sjieaks with just discrimination : — " The Mishoi) won respect from all, — from Homan Catholics, as well as from Protestants. All denominations of Protestants with a "nanimi- ty amounting almost to enthusiasm, accorded to him the chief place in the wligious and social community of Montreal. " His moderation was known to and acknow- ledged by all. No character was more offensive and obnoxious to him than the theological partisan. "The Arab proverb; 'Speech is silver, but silence is gold,' was as well known to, as it was wisely jiracticed by him, for his jmssages of silence were cjuitc as useful, and sometimes more intelli- gible, than the maze of words through which mere chatterers commonly drag their ideas. "There is a time for silence,'' wrote the wise man. and few persons better than the Uisbop under- stood when to determine that time. No doubt the Metropolitan had clearly defined opinions on the qucstiohs of the day, for on fitting occasions he took no pains to conceal them ; but he was too conscientious a ruler to substitute his individual opinion for the law of the church, and too acute a jurist not to lie aware that even a law may admit of a lilwral and comprehensive, as well as of an exact and technical interpretation. Civil and religious freedom were no mere phrases with him, and therefore he was capable of show- ing bj' his practice that such phrases meant the liberty to think in civil matters only as he thought, or act in religious matters only as he actecr By churchmen of this Diocese, the late Bishoit of Quebec, the first Bishop of Montreal, was held in as much veneration and affection as his imme- diate successor. Of him, Mr. Taylor truly says : — " The worth and service of one who Tails' as it were in harness, are never less accurately known than at or within a comparatively short time after his death." The end of a life, " notwithstanding our vene- ration for a character that seemed so stainless and was so pure, the impression forces itself on our minds that posterity would appreciate more accurately than his contemporaries have done, the patient and heroic virtues of his saintly life." His life shows how nearly, even in this world, a good man may approach' the kingdom of Uod. It illustrutej the way in which heavenly excel- lence may control human exertion; and by what discipline the heart of the creature may be fitted and prepared for the abode of the Creator. Hut when we look to the great purpose for which he lived and worked ; when we think of the fruits which such labours may be expected to yield, wlien we look beyond the jiresent to the genera- tions to come, then the opinion we haveexpresseil comes liome to us with irresistibl • force. Poster- ity will appreciate the liishoji's work more truly, and offer to his memory the incense of a deeper veneration than any which has been (laid by those who knew him b'cst. Our admiration for the labours of the saintly missionary will be as noth- ing comiiared with their gratitude who, in times future, shall enter upon the fruit of those labours. We eulogize the herald who went, while they will e.xtol the messenger who came with " glail tidings of great joy." Then, perchance, new bio- graphers will arise, who, unembarrassed by the restraints of affection, or the consideration of' filial reserve, shall narrate, in the passionate language of devout gratitude, what the subject of this memoir ilid and endured for the geiieratiou of their fathers ; what be did, before science bad made crooked places straight and rough places smooth — before commerce had civilized, or niuii had settled in the remote portions of his See ; what he did for the Indians of Red River, for the fishermen of Labrador, and for the friendless immigrants which Europe annually cast on the shores of America. Ill writing of liishop Mountain Mr. Taylor l)ays also a beautiful tribute to the memory of his friend and predecessor : — "It was in the course of his earliest Archdeaconal visitation that Dr. .Mountain met with the Honor- able and Rev. Dr. Stewart, a man of noble birth, gentle manners and simple piety, who is elsewhere spoken of by the former as ' the boast and bles- sing' of the Canadian ("hurch. Without ostenta- tion or dLsitlay, in the (piietest manneraud for the purest ends, that estimable clergyman had left scenes and associations which are commonly regarded as among the prime charms of life, for the jiurpose of converting the Indians of Canada from the errors of a pagan creed, and of instructing the more savage wliites of the wild woods, the NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OP THE PRESS. trapjicrs and hunters of the new world, in the j)rinciples of the ('liristiiw fiiith. Ifctween men of such Identic tiulled from the hearts and minds of those saintly men; eucli seemed to desire the other's elevation and his own abasement, for both were content to serve us neither of them wished to rule. If any rivalry existed it was the rivalry of humiliation, forcach seemed to be only anxious that the other should be preferred to the Kishopric. Thus, when the plan of .separating the Diocese fell tlirough, and when Dr. Stewart succeeded to the undivided See, lie was unremitting in his etlorts to obtain as his sutfragan his loved and cherished frienil. " The Bishop's great humility of character, com- bined with his repeatedly expressed preference for the private station, gave rise to an opinion, more es]H'cially among his clergy, which, we think, was more general than accurate, that ' he was but an inditFerent ailministrator.' The nar- rative of his life does not sustain this opinion, for, though sorely tried and adroitly assailed, there is no evidence with which we are'actpiainted of his liaving spoken unadvisedly or acted indiscreetly. Neither can we discover wherein his adversaries triumphed over him. On the contrary, the seal of success appears to have lieeii most legibly stamjH'd on his labours. The wisdom of his rule was pe.-haps more real than apparent, for it was felt rather than seen. At all evem,' lie did not govern too much, or interfere capriciously with either clergy or laity. He was too high bred to use any other language than the language of gentleness, and too well instructed to overlook or to undervalue the apostolic injunction to ' be courteous.' The Huguenot heritage of religious liberty was not repudiated by tlie heir of a Huguenot. There was breadth "as well as depth in his character. His thoughts harmonized with his actions, and both were generous as well as ])ure. His heart warmed towards goodness; and It was especially symjiatlietic toward sincerity. Devout men were gladly welcomed and encour- aged to work in his diocese, even though their views on all matters were by no means identical with his. Then, to his honour be it spoken, lie appreciated the freedom of the Anglican Church. He was neither a sectarian nor a jiolitical Hishop, and hence a man's relation to the church was never rejiresented by him as in any way deiiendent on his belougingto a particular school of church- men, or to a particular coterie of ])oliticians. As Dean (loodwin wrote of liishop .Mackenzie, few asked if the Hishop of Quebec were ' High Church', or ' Low Church.' His work was Cathoiy and meant for mankind and not for a party. It consisted of such work as the IJaptist performed when he preaclied re))eiitance, and of .such work as (,'hillingworth referred to when la- said that a clergyman should have no enemies but ' the devil and sin.' One text, his son informs us, found frequent i>lace in his scrnions, and it was almost always printed in capitals : ' There is joy ill the iiresence of the angels of flod over one sinner tliat repenteth.' His ceaseless aim was to foil the great Tempter of mankind. Hi? means werefaitli and olxidience, and his medicine selfdeniul and prayer." With all our admiration for the manner in which Mr. Taylor has sketched the lives and characters of Hishops Fulford and Mountain, that of liishop Strachan is the best of the three. Is it that more of affectionate memories cling to the memory of " John Toronto" with his biographer, or that .Mr. Taylor's own sympathies are more in accord with that dauntless champion of the church militant than with cither the wise and good Metropolitan or the holy and gentle Hishop of Ijuebec. However this may lie, the defence of the character and motives of the well abu.sed Hishop of Toronto is evidently with Mr. Taylor a labour of love, and we are glad to .see the' work so well done, and the Canadian world which has been so much accustomed to think of Hishop Strachan as a |)olitical parti/.an, rather than an overseer of the church, told, " with what inge- nuousness and singleness of purpose he laboiireil for what he believed to l)e right,'' that" whaU-ver the iiecnliarities of his education, the infirmities of his judgment, or the errors of his opinion, he was a fair and courageous as well as a high minded and inflexible opponent. Men knew where to look for and where to find him." In .siH'aking of Dr. Strachan's jwlitical life, .Mr. Taylor savs ; '• There is no evidence whatever to show tliat he aspired to the iiolitical promi- nence which he afterwards obtained." " Dr. Strachan's connection with public affairs was not of his seeking. It arose out of the exigencies of the times, and especially from the menaced and imjieriled state of the 'Province." "A plan of life appeared to be appointed for him by hands other than his own, for a singular comfiinatiou of fortuitous accidentSjIike swat fling bunds divine- ly wrought, scnied to enclose him as with a girdle. He may huve drawn a long and anxious breath as he winghed his duties and responsibili- ties, for in conforming to the obligations they en- tailed, he sacrificed eiusc and peace to irksome toil, and, as the result proved, to untiring opposi- tion." In ordinary affairs he was inclined to sacrifice very little to sentiment, yet, on the sub- jects of morals and government, his enthusiasm bordered on the fanatical. Like his persistent antagonist, the late Honorable William .Morris, the Ciinadian leader of the anti-clergy reserves jiarty, Dr. Strachan was endowed, toa remarkable extent, with the Scottish qualities of tenacity and fortitude, with industry and per,severance, for he " never gave U])." He was unswerving in endea- vour, fertile in exiiedient, bold, self-reliant, and courageous. \o perils deterrtHl him, and no disappointments overcame him. His views on the subjects of enterprise and local improvement were large and statesmanlike. He knew lietter how to resist than how to conciliate, how to force his opponent than how to take him in flank. Matters of principle did not, in the Hishop's ojiiiiion, admit of conditions, and hence lie was always ready to contend for what he believed to be '• jinre,' being comimratively indiflt'rent whether the strife was peaceful or the reverse. He fondled a iirejudice with as much affection as he cherished a right, and sometimes claimed for a traditional conceit as iiiucli respect as for the lc.-;sons of experience. There was little modera- tion in his character, and, on matters theological, h'ss generosity. It WHS, as the liishop believed, " for the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the trutii. ' that he struggled fVoni first to last, and we have little doubt that he would have died rather than abate NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OP THE PRESS. unkind. Iiii> his inedii'ine ! manner in ic livi-d iiiul oiiiitain, tliiit > tlirue. Ih it 3ling to the i biDgnijiliiT, i am more iit iiion of the :he wise and gentle Bishup iiu dt'ft'ni'c of well nbii.siMl Mr. Taylor a see the worit Id wiiich ha8 k of Uiahoi> :her tlian an what inge- ' he hiboured It " wliatever le intirniities s opinion, lie I as a high Men knew d iiini.' In cal life, Mr. ice whatever itical proini- ined." " Dr. fairs was not exigencies of iieaaced and " A plan of im by hands combination muds divine- as with a and anxious responsibili- ons they en- to irksome ring opposi- nclined to on the siih- nthiisiasnt perai.stt'ut m Morris, y reserves •niarkablo iiieity and ticc, for he g in endea- liant, and , and no view.s on iroveinent fin how to than how ic Hishop's ice he was l)elieved to indirt'erent 'Verse. He "lion as he nied for a a.s for the modera- leological, the irnth, nitli.' that liiivc little han abate one jot, or surrender one tittle, of what he be- lieved to be true. We cannot resist the temptation of putting liefore our readers a part of the jiassage in which Mr. Taylor records the stout-hearted bishop's last great work : — •Disappointment did not result in despair. There was dignilv as well as grace in the way in which he accented defeat. Indeed his character never shone to greater advantage than when he snatched a trium|)h from an overthrow. His resources were as manifold I's they, were inexhau.s- tiblc. At the age of sevi -two he ceased from stritc, ami bowing obediently to a painful law, he lo'gaii with renewed industry to build afresh what we regard as the fairest, and what we believe will prove to be the most enduring nionuuK'nt to his fame. tSweet^ to him had Ix-en the uses of adver.-ity, for though his contest with the civil jiower had been obsti- nate ami exhausting, and tliougli he had been worsted in that contest, ru'vertheless, his ascent from the • valley ot humiliation' was luminous, if not witli victory, at least with hope. In the strength of ac(piired wisdum and inherent faith he appealed to new agencies, and called in- to use new instruments of work. He took a lu'w survey of the moral landscape, ami examined afresh" the most approved modes of christian war- fare, anil he soon learned how to move and com- bine forces with which, until then, he was jtresum- ed to be unfamiliar, and in which lu' had placed but little trust. Tlius it was that by means of what we may truly call • the weak things of the world he confounded the things that were mighty.' Turning from princes, in whom he ceased to iilace his trust, and from laws, which, like reeds. iiac.lliy, and to individual sacrifice. In tlie siun'd name's of truth and justice, he in- voked liie aid of tliat voliuitary princiiile wlii<'h he had formerly discredited, and sought in the free-will oll'erings of the many, what he had ho|i- ed to tiiul in the muniticence of one. He api)eal- td to honour anil self interest, to the recollection of wrongs, and the conviction of right, and his 4-tirring words called into life the latent enthusi- asm of gifted souls. His heart was inflamed with the fire he had kiiuiled. He would scarcely give sleep to his eyes, or slumber to hi:, eyelids, until he had erected a college wherein the divine law ehoiild (ill the chief (dace in the circle of the sciences. Thus he turned from the creature to the Creator, from human policy to the divine government, from nuiu to (lod. He shut the statutes that the sunlight might shine upon the gospel. He endeavoured ' to forget the things that were V)ehind,' that he might, with an un- trammelled mind 'reach forward to those that were before.' and being impelled by memory and allured by hope, he moderated his appeal to the intellect that he might intensify his address to the heart. It was a brave sight to behold the heroic Hisho]) playing the roll of a voluntary. It was a brave sight to see one who had passed the period of life allotted by the Psalmist, stooping afresh to take uj) its burden, and submitting once more to the toils and sacrifices, the trials and disappointments which he had some right to lay aside. It was a brave sight to see one who coulil be indifferent to personal ease and conventional prudence, to the suggestions of comfort and the seductions of policy, setting himself to the duty of building in Canada a monument such as William of Wykeham erected at ( )xford, not only where the work of education might be begun in the faith of Christ, but where, in the strength of the adorable Trinity, it might be continued and ended to the glory of (iod. Through good report and through evil re]iort, at all times and under all circumstances, i:i prosjierity and in adversity the first Uishop of Toriuito was the steadfast and unwearying ad- vocate of the union of religions with" secular education. Trinity (Jollege is the witness to the earnestness of his vows as well as to the strength of his will. Hetter than 'sculptured urn' or 'monumental bust,' it represents the crown of Ills policy and the clinui.x of his faith. We read the confession of the indomitable Hishon as plain ly in those walls as if it had been chiselled in the stones whereof they are built; •! believe thai God in all things should be glorified.' We had marked other jiassages, fiut we have already too much encroached upon .Mr. Taylor's book and our limited space. We hojie the speci- men bricks we have shown will induce manv to give themselves the pleasure of reading the wliulu book. — Montreal Uazetk. tiecond Notice, and, phies We have perused with iieculiar pleasure, we can truly say. with [iroht also, the biogra,.. ,...., of these dignitaries of the branch of the (/hiircli of Kngland in Canada, from the able pen (d'Ken- nings Taylor. The reading of a few [lages was suflicient to show that ihe work was done, not by an inexperienced writer in this particular jiart of literary labor, " trying his 'prentice hand,'' but by (Mie' who was well qualifiei! for the task he had undertaken, and the perforniancx' of which lie has so successfully accomplished. We use the word task advisedly, for we believe biographical writing, like all historical composition, reipiires an amount of research, an accuracy of detail, a freedom from bias that will " nothing extenuate, or set ilown auglit in malice," rarelv found com- bined, but which, when found, make the gifted possessor fit to take a place amongst the histori- ans of his time. If any of our readers think it a light and easy thing to write a chapter of history, either national or iiidiviiliuil, let him try il : ami we have no doubt he will soon find out his mis- take, and be like a .Montreal gentleman who thought preaching and lecti;ring were not so difliciilt as they were said to be, and having en- gaged to deliver a discourse, got on right well as far as the text, but no further. The history of a jieriod crowded with remarkable events, or the life of a great leader in war or peace, jiossesses, in the nature of the subject, an interest of itsown, and is, to a great extent, independent of the talents of the writer, and requires little from him beside truthfulness: while he who can treat (may we say) commonplace matters so as to render them " (lowerfully attractive, and enchain the reader's attention to the life of a man who had done no heroic deed and won no extraordinary fame, must possess rare (|Ualilications. Without tlie slightest disrespect to the memories of the 'Three Hisho|)S," we must say their biographer has surrounded them with an amount of interest which on taking up his book we little exi>ected to find ; and truly the many friends of the prelates whose loss they deplore have reason to feel thankful to Fennings Taylor. We quote the following from the Life of Bishop Mountain, page U'J, as it eloquently describes some of the difficulties which were encountered and overcome by the author in giving us the his- tories of men who so lately lived and moved amongst us : " Contemporary biography is neces- (crfi'ct, ftiid muv be mit'iiir. The like objec- tion i-iiiitiot be iirt(eil for the suine reiiHuii, witli tJHHe who have padded away ; neverthelesi", witli reifani to such peMons, when only recently deceaiied, a ditticiilly of a goniewhat analaxon.4 kind may be found to exist. It ia iirobable that the Worth and gervice of one who fallii, as it were in harness, are never legs aceiiratelv known than at or within a comparatively xliort time after his death. The (?rave, it is true, separates cuch an one from the past, but the newly-made mound, in its unsettled treshness, seems to" testify that the tenant who slumbers there has not as yet beicinic the jiroperty of the future. Contem- poraries who have lived with him, and jostled ni^'ainst him on the same highway, will re)rard his character from a point less elevated than that from which posterity will observe it," Mr. Taylor seems to have hebl the late Metro- politan in the hij^hest esteem, placinf^ him first in the rank of the subjects of his historv, devot- inif a very lar(?e portion of the book to his orijfin, life and death, and being apparently uiuiblc or unwilling to tind any fault m one so loved and honored, and he has done this " con ainore' so pleasantly and well, that, although we had en- joyed friendly intercourse with Dr. Fulford for some years, he has been raised in our estimation by the reading of this deeply interesting memoir. We thought him too reticent, overcautious, and willing to purchase jieace, sometimes, at too high ajiricejand while we cannot altogether give u\> our i)reconceived opinion of his character and con- duct in these respects, his biograplier has so clearly placed before his readers the difficulties of the late Metropolitan's i)osition that we feel con- strained to admit he needed all the wisdom and prudence which his natural disttosition and varieil experience furnished for his guidance. The ready reply to a clergyman who wished to extract from his Lordship a " confession of faith" with regard to different and conflicting parties in the CTiurch, shows that his head possessed the bump of "cautiousness" fully developed ; for being addressed thus " In the first place, my Lord, I shall frankly make a confession with respect to myself, and then I shall as frankly ask a question with resjiecl to your Lordship ; I am a low churchman, my Lord, a very low churchman, I may say ;" but before the declara- tion was supplemented with the threatened question, the Bishop broke the thread of inquiry by answering, in words of measured gravity, '• by.which I hope you mean, Mr. , that you are a very humble churchman." The lives of the other j>relate3 are also admir- ablj' given, but we have left too small space to say all we would wish concerning them ; and must rest satisfied with strongly recommending our reader.1 of all denominations to study Mr. Taylor's book attentively. It furnishes important mfor- mation of the branch of the United Church of (ireat Britain and Ireland in Canada during a period which has passed away, and similar to which another may not be expected. The author has considered well the subject^ of his obituary writing, has given, we believe, a truthful history of the men and their times, has written in a lively and entertaining style, and will, we trust, effect a great good, by showing to many, who differ from us in some matters of non- essential doctrines or discipline, that we are all united by "holding the head ; and having "One Lord, one Faith, one Bajitism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in all." The volume has been carefully printed on e.x- cellent paper, and issued in such an attractive and beautiful form, as to gain admiration from those who are gifted with taste, and will prove an ornament to the table of the drawing-room ; while, from its sul)dtantiality, it will long iiold its place on the shelf of the library, and reflect great credit upon Mr Lovell anri the many employcea etigaijed in preparing it for the public. We heart- ily wish the book the success it deserves. — Mon- treal iJaity Newt. The author is at homo in describing the proud lineage of the lute .Metropolitan, and the genteel ancestry of the descendant of the Huguenot .Monlaigiies. .Ml that is picturescpie in the origin and life of the three men, whose departure during the but half dozen years has cloaeil the connection between the crown and the Anglican (Miurch in ("anailn, he has fratheri'd together eon nimirr, and Mr. Lovell las given them to the public in a style never ex- celled ill Canadian book-making, or we might almost riay auywhen-. The frontispiece is an ex- quisite steel engraving, containing the likenesses of the tliree departed fathers of the Church. — JUontnal Daily Witni'i'. N'os plus sinct'res remerciinents i\ I'auteur du livre TiiK TiiuEK Last Bisiioes «/7ri(finaire de .Siilinoutli, Anjrleterre, oil il vit le jour en 1803, il (it ses etudes i\ I'universitc d'O.xtbrd, oil il prima entra ensuite dans les ordres ecclesiasti(iues, et obtint des eliarpfes d(( plus en lilus iin]iortantes, oil il silt t'aire ressortir ses (pialites sacerdotales et les brillantes facultes de son intellij;ence. II jaiblia des sermons fort remanpiables, et ecrivit " The Progress of the Reformation." 8a consil'cration comme eveque anglican de .Moiitrii'al date do IHoO, et en 1859 il fut norame iveque metropolitain de cette province. Comme tel r(ive(|ue Fultbrd a sii se rendre cher i\ sa communion et a tons ceux (lui ont eu des attaches avec Testimi) dignitaire. Ses idees etaient fort lariifes et liberates, et il comptait de sinceres amis imrmi les sommiles de I'eglise cathi)li(iue. II prit une jiart active i\ toutes les tt'uvre lie bienveiU.inceet de charite. puis contri- bua iV ravancement des lettres et des sciences, (ju'il cultivait avec amour. KnSeptembre, IHtW, il s'eteignit presque subite- mentdurantla session du synode provincial, et sa perte causa de profonds regrets dans toutes les classes de la societe. Aussi le nom de I'eveque Fultbrd nous rapnelle toujours un prfilat eminent par ses qualites (lu cffiiir et de I'esprit, ses vertus, sa moderation, et sa memoire est entouree d'une veritable aureole de respect. La seconde partie de I'ouvrage de M. Taylor comprend la vie de I'eveque G. J. Mountain, fils du premier eveque anglican du Canada. La vie du successeur de I'eveque Stewart a etc bien reraplie et extremeraent laborieuse. Avec un diocese qui avait pour bornes les c(*>tes du Paci- fique et les rives glacees du Labrador i I'instar des eveques catholiques il dut faire souvent de longues et penibles courses pour aller evangeliser le nomade habitant du Nord-ouest, ou I'hote des hiittes de Labrador. Ce fut durant sa visitc il la Colonic de Selkirk qu'il ecrivit plusieurs de ses belles effusions poetiques inscrees dans ses " Songs of the Wilderness," qui ont paru k Londres en 18415. L'eveque Mountain fit preuve de son devouement durant le cholera de 1832-34 qui mois- sonncr tant de victims, et il affronta courageuse- ment le danger imminent de I'epidemie. II en donna des marques non moins frappantes durant les iievres qui sevirent a la Grosse tie en 1849. II refusa la charge d'evecjue metropolitain qui lui fut offerte, alleguant qu'il commencjait deja trop a ressentir les glaces de I'age pourpouvoir exercer des fonctions aussi pleinesde responsabilite. Bref, sa vie fut couronnce par toutes les vertus et il n'y a (lu'une voix pourle reconnaitre. M. Taylor termine en consacrant de fort inti- ressantes pages ii la memoire du reverendiseime J. Htrachan, f-veqiie de Toronto— Ce prelat a nien6 une vie fort active et agitt'C. Duns les preini(!'re!» iinnePS de son S(''jourdans le llaut Canada, on lo voit fesant I'ecole au boiirg de Cornwall, oil il forma des hoiunics (jui se dihtiii^ut'i-ent plus tnrd dans la politique ou dans la judicature. II occulta successivenient des charges ('levi'es dans la hierarchic ecclesiiibtique.et trouva nioycn de se melcr activemeiU a la p(diti({ue. Kn IHIH line coinmisaion royale le noiiima au t<'onseil Kxc'jcutifet lui donna un sit^ge au ('(mseil Logi.'lalif (Je fait n'etait pas nouveau, el on salt (lu'on aecorda une charge semblaMe a I'illustre Mgr.Plessis, le 3o Avril,18n, le(mel en prolita pour prot('^ger les droits des catholKpies et s'opposer aux em])ietements du parti ultra anglican. Kn 183t; reve(|iieStrachan se dtiriil de ses fonc- tions au Conseil Kxccutif ; en 183'J il fut iioinnn'' au sit'gu ('•iiiscopal de Toronto, et en iHlo il resi- gna son siege au C'onseil L('gislatif. Uien (jue retire de Tatmosplu'Te parlenicnfaire I'intluence do I'l'viipie Strachan n'en fut pas moins considerable sur les luunmes et les clioses de son temps, et les chefs politiques du Haut Canada, alli^rent bien des fois reciieillir les conseils de celui (iiii doiina de nombreiix temoignages de son habilit(', de sa ferinete et de son inlelligcnco politi((ue. Le caracterc distinctif de ce i>r61al, 6tait une energie (pie rien ne pouvait faire tlechir, et il athrinait ses opinionsavec une rigeurcpii plus d'une fois deconcerta ses adversaires. Knlreautres luttes (iii'il soutint, et de sa parole, et de sa plume feconde on se rapi elle sa longiic oi)positioii, a la secularisation des reserves du clergi', contre la(|uelle il s'el6va toujours fortement. Ii coii.sorva dans sa verte veillesse toute la force de caractdre et la lucidite d'esprit qui le distinguerent, et expira i\ un age Vtba avance. M. Fennings Taylor, dans nn cadre assez large, a su rendre honimage au inerite des trois dis- tingues prelats (pii figiirent dans son livre, et siv plume brillante a esipiisse ces portraits avec uu talent soutenn, que Ton connait deiiuis longtemps i\ I'auteur. Un le sail en etl'et occui)6 ii crayonner les vignettes de nos contemporains celebres dans sa galerie historique des liritish Americans. Aussi les oeuvres patientcsauxqiielles il se con- sacre sont de nature, a lui assurer une place reinarquable parmi les litterateurs nnglo-Gana- diens. Nous prisons d'autant plus les qualites litteraires de M. Taylor que c'est un ecrivain (jui asu .se d6- gager dii prejuges qui sont loin d'etre clair semes malheureusement, en appreciant les talents et le merite de nos nationaux, avec une rare bien- voillance. On pout le constater en parcourant ses excellentes biographies de Sir K. Taclic, Sir G. E. Cartier, les hons, MM. Langevin, (^luclion, etChauveau, de Salaberry et autres compatriotes remarquables. Ajoutons que M. Lovell a su mettre en relief les eloquentes pages tracees par M. Taylor en les encadrant avec tout I'art luxnux de la typo- graphie qui augmente encore la valeur de ce maguifique ouvrage. — Kevue Canadiennf. Joseph Tabbe. The above is the title of a volume, first issued from the pen of Mr. Fennings Taylor, Clerk As- sistant of the Canadian Senate. Mechanically the book is well got up, in true, ecclesiastical style ; and from its suVjject and the known ability of its author will doubtless command a large sale in Canada. Mr. Taylor is already widely known as the author of " Sketches of British Aviericans'' — a book in which he ventured on the perilous task of drawing the lives and characters of living men. Mr. Taylor, we have reason to believe, was NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF TUB PRESS. fully ulivo to the ititliriilty itnit (liint(cr of the tngk III' uiiiK-rtuok— but felt coiititlt'tit tluit liy close ttilliereiice to truth, by iivoiduiice of jiolitictil |iarti/.Hiii*lii|i, iiiul liy vifwin^ cliiirituhly the u<'t8 uiiil luotiveH ot Iii8 Hulijectj', he could dteer clear of the rocks that beset Wis piith. He certiiiiily (11(1 not succeed. We have no doubt that .Mr. Taylor strove to be historically accurate in his Htatenu'utH ; but his book is full of evidence (like all such books) that a Ijir^re portion of his uketches were based on date supplied from friend- ly sources, while in other.'*, the salient points brou(.'hl out in the lives ot his subjects were ra- ther those that their o|iponents would have laid stress iMi, than the men themselves. Nor have we any doubt that in his views of political trans- acliuns, and his su^);estions as to the motives of the actors in them, Mr. Taylor strove to avoid partizanship, strove to hold* the scales justly be- tween contending; iiarties. Hut Mr. Taylor is a Tory anil a lligh-tJhurchman — and all his views ami su};t;estioiis of men and history, jiaat or pre- sent, are redolent of Toryism and Ilijrh-Church- isni. lie sees everythiiif.', whether he knows it or not, thl;ou^,'h lliKl'i-l'liurch and Tory spectacles. Very true, Mr. Taylor takes the most charitable view of everybody and everythinj,'. lie is in lan^'ua(;e the most amiable and courtier-like of bio^rraphers. lie lauds whenever he can, and sujjjiests a palliation for everv wnuiff deed he is unable to ]iass by ; but his laudation is llijrh- Church Tory laudation, too often stuck in at the wronn place, and his charitable [lalliatives are not untreijuently expended on acts in which the authors ot them ulory, and scorn all necessity for |)alliation. Mr. Taylor's liiography of liritish Americans would have been a vastly more valuable contribution to c()utem|>orary history had he written avowedly from his own point of view, laudiujr or censurinjr as he felt to be just, and set- ting up his sigu-board not as " Kennings Taylor, clerk assistant of the Senate, Non-combatant and Philosopher," but "KenniuKS Taylor, Ilijrii Church Tory." It would have been invaluable to future students of Canadian History, to have had an untrammelled criticism cf men'aml things in these days, asseen throufrh i.ie spectacles of an in- telligent lligh-Torv otlicial, debarred from politi- cal strife. Hut a /ligii-Tory, sketchin>r the lives and characters of his contemporaries, Whifr and Tory, from a i)osition of affected indill'erence and impartiality, assumed for the occasion but from which his every feelinf; revolts, can do justice neither to himself nor to his political opponents. Mr. Taylor, in his new book, comes before the public more fortr.nately, for he has dead men to deal with, and he can speak more freely. His work endiraces the Hioftraphiesofthc bite' Hishop Mountain, of Quebec; the late liisho)) Fulford, ot Montreal, and the late liishop Stnichan, of Toron- to. IJishop Fulford's life has allotted to it a much larger space than the others ; but that, we su]))iose, arose from the fact that Biographers had already been found for Hishoii Strachun and Mountain. This volume wouhl bo better described ns a Review of the careers of the three Hishops than as a Hiographical work. It no doubt contains many facts and incidents in the persimai histories of these eminent men, that will be new and inter- esting to large numbers of persons through- out Canada ; — but the value of the Hook will rest more, we fancy, on the author's selection of passages in the lives of his sulijects, on his mode of presenting them, and on the lights and shades he casts ajmn them. Mr. Taylor has evidently given a good deal of thought to theological anil eccle-'Siaslical subjects, and is more at ease in dealing with tbem than with the windings of (.'anadlan politics ond politicians. Hut the sketches of the Prelates appear to us open to a por- tion oftlie criticism we have a|>plied to Mr. Tay lor s larger work. In dealing with the llishops, Mr. Taylor is much the same courtier-like Itiographer he was to the politicians ; but the theological stand-point from which his laudations, ainl dis- sents, and aptdogiesare launched, isKS anonialous as his p(ditical stand-iioiiit. .Mr. Taylor places himself on a platform of placid wisdom anil |diil- osophical moderation, elevated far above all the strifes and cuiilentions going on in the Anglican Kpiscopal I'hurch ; and looks down from his iiedeslal (ui the people who are so unwise as to be riitlled by (|Uestion,'. id' Hiirplices, Apostolic Huccession, baptismal Uegeneratuui, or " mnovii- tions " of any kind, with an eve of lofty charity that is perfectly inimitable, the extreme Ititiial- ist may be too extreme — pity tliev are not ciml and placid— but they are part ami parcel of the AngliciMi t'liurch. ' The "Kvangelicals" may be very wild and trouble.-ome jieople — pity they are not co(d and placid— but tiny are imrt and par- cel of the Church of Kngland. And so of the "Itroad Cliiirch' and all the other sections of the Anglican communion — jiitv they cumiot all sink down to a common level ot frigid indillcnnce. and be all comfortable together! And all the while he is playing this role, and dealing out praises, and censures and apologies suited to it, Mr. Taylor stands disclosed peisonally as a Ititualist, and permits no opportunity to pass for having a '//// at the '•Kvangelicals. " One or two short extracts will show the stand- point from which Mr. Taylor assiiiiies to write: — ••The moderation of the late Melropolilan was known to and acknowledged bv all. No rluu- acter was more otfensive and o^iiio.xious to liiiii than the thenlogical partisan. Heing thoroughly sincere, he delighted in sincerity; for he knew that where there is sincerity there will there be charity. The religious partisan was his dread, as it is I Tie dread of all sincere Christians. Let us not lightly part with the grace of moileratidii, which is "the especial heritage of the Anglican Church." • •*••• • " To those who seemed to be cliietly anxious to convert the French Canadian poinilation froiii the grave errors of the Church of Home, he had some cautions to utter. The words of advice are repeated from memory. • lie careful how you destroy the hereditarv religion of a jieople, and before you do so, be well assured that sucii ]ieople are in a con- dition to receive something better than that which you take away I " '•Until a comparatively recent period, the Epis- co|ial Church in America was really •without form or comeliness,' a mere shrivelled otl'shoot of the .Mother Church of Kngland. Her despairing mem- bers and her scattered ministers must have been bowed down with discouragement or overtaken with des])air, as tliev coiiteni)dated the imperfect nature of her organization. Then as now, there were iieojjle who earnestly believed the early Christian adage of No Church without a liishoji,' and being consistent they must have been beset with doubts as to the existence of the former in a land where the latter was never seen. The mem- bers of the Church must have felt the irony as well as the contradiction oftlie injunction which the minister was reipiired to give them when he ba])ti/.ed a child. How idle this exhorbition to parents and sponsors to bring the newly ' made heir of everlasting life to the Hislio]) to be con- iirnied by him when no record existed that a Hishop oftlie Church of England had ever trod the shores of America, and moreover, when little NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF TUE PRESS. I. Hut till' JIK'ti to a iior- j.Mr. Tiiylor's l.H itnoiiialiiiiH riiylor iilai'os oin iitiii ]iliil- Ikivc all the :lif Aii^'licaii rt II t'rimi his iinviHf Hn to <, A|i(isti)lii' , or " iiiiiiivii- lot'ty rharitv liriii'i' Ititimf- iri' iKit c'liol ■iirccl of till' nils" limy lit' |iiiy thfv an- art aiiil (lai- llll HO of tilt' (lions of tlif mot all sink illrri'nct', anil I tlu' wliik' III' jiiaist's, ami , Mr. Taylor titiialist, anil liiiviiijr a '//'y iw till' .'stainl- s to wrili' : — ipolitan wa.-. No cliai- ioiis to liini |r iliriroiitrhly )!■ ill' klll'W there he ilreail, as Let us oileratiim, Aiiglicau anxious to 111 from the had some • rejieuteil I'stroy the ore you do ill a eon- that whieh the Kpis- lout form not of the riiipmein- ave lieen ivertaken iiiiperfect ow, there early I Mislio|i'.' en lie.-et riner in a le iiieni- irony as n which m wiieu lortation y ' iiirtde he con- that a "cr trod eu little tl hope wa> felt atthatday that a Bishop ever would do 10." Alas, iioor people I No Uisbop in the gunuiae line, tio Church I • • • • • • • " In common with the great hody of Anglicans he ( UiHhop iStru«jian) niav have preferred the principlva of Anuinius to those of Calvin, but ho did not, on that account, brand with au anathema, or blemish with a prejudice, those weaker Ciiristiaus who are not able to receive the full measure of the Catholic faith. It is probable that the llishop was not indilferent to the general belief that moral goodness lies at the root of all religion, and that personal virtue is its best ex- pression." ♦ •••♦♦• "There may l)e, perhaps there is, a correspond- ing difference in the teaching of tlio two parties. The former, as it seems to us, is dangerously inclined to belittle the grace, and to discredit the blessings, of the sacraments uv ceaseless exhorta- tions to their liearcrs to guard against what they cull a 'sacramental rcli({ion,' while the latter, being possessed of a dillcrent reason for alarm, insist that it is only by a ' sacramental religion' that the spiritual life can cither be received or continued in the soul. Though both parties can- not be equally right, thev may be equally in earn- est, while, as a matter of'fact, they must be equally sectarian." But one or two other extracts will show how very decided, not to sa^- prejudiced, so Philosophic a Churchman can be in his strictures on those of his own communion who differ from his own views : " It has frequently been ob.scrved as a weak point in the administrative system of that section of the clergy whom for convenience only we shall call ' Evangelical,' that they are not understood by the poor, nor are they ajit to parish work. For reasons which we thiiik are sufhcieutly obvi- ous, the tendency of their opinions, as well as of their system, is to separate rather than to combine'; to divide rather than to fuse ; to become congre- gational rather than parochial; indepondant rather than catholic. This inclination is commonly spoken of as a fault, and by most thoughtful persons is regarded with regret." • ••••• " Clergymen in Canada whose theological no- tions are most in accord with the opinions of the particular party at home whose mission in Ireland lias been stigmatized as a failure, found easy ac- cess to many of the best places, as well as to some of the highest honors of his diocese. Such a jiolicy, view it as we may, is fairly open to crit- icism, while its probable consequences could not fail to occasion great anxietv to some of the most earnest members of the Church." • *•••* " The record of such a life increases our admi- ration of the nature in which that life was clothed. Nevertheless such admiration is qualified with astonishment us we remember how sensibly his charitable works were hindered liy some who, nevertheless, had the courage to afect a deeper spirituality of character, and a more intense de- votion to the great doctrines of the christian faith than this peerless christian Bishon." And as a specimen of the hindrance here re- ferred to, we have quoted the objection raised at a Church Societymeeting by a " very respectable Presbyter" to a draft report prepared by the Bish- op, that it would have been " more satisfactory had the Report said less about the Church and more about Christ." And many other similar extracts sufficiently dipped in "sectarian" ink could be quoted from the Dook. Bishop Fulford's controversy with Arch- deacon HcUmuth is dragged in, and the Bishop's censure of the Archdeacon approved. The con- troversy as to the theological teaching of Trinity College is also brought up, and the Bishop of Huron's "Milesian temperament" pleasantly hit off. The Montreal Evangelicals come in for a smart enstigation for venturing to object to the disfranchisement of the Montreal Diocese in tlie selection of their own Bishop; and Hynodical Meetings, (Church Courts and elective Bishops, generally and particularly, are frowned down iu a very prosaic fashion. But we have a more serious complaint to make against Mr. Taylor than his professing to lie a pliilosophic Moderate, while he is. in fact, a parti- san, and an eager one at that. We refer to his treatment of our brave old opponent. Bishop Strachan. We had many a hard contest with the old Bishop in by-gone times — but wo would not like to say a harsn word against him now, that truth and the occasion did not compel us to utter. And if such is, and such oui;ht to lie the feeling of those who differed from the Bishop's whole policy, political and ecclesiastical, while he lived — is It liecoming in a liigh-Cliiirchman and a High-Tory who, with all his clan, endorsed and lauded his every movement, re-echoed all his claims, and denounced all his opponents, to now rake up the errors of the dead, and iioint out with relentless finger the evils they entailed ? "ish- op Strachan went no doubt far astray ; but the whole Tory party went astray with him, and en- joyed wonderfully the official fruits his bold policy secured to them for very many years. It IS not from Tory lips or Tory pen that a reproach should be levelled at Bishop Strachan. Those who, in jiast years, tought and won the battle of' no connection between " ("hurch and State in Canada" will rejoice to find in Mr. Taj'lor's volume amjile admissions of the happy results that have flown from the policy for whicii they were so long and so vehen:eiitly ilenounccd. They will read with special pleasure of the in- creased activity and prosperity of the Protestant Episcopal Church since its adoption of the voluntary princiiile — as that was one of the iiredictiona of the Reform party, which men of Mr. Taylor's school were wont to repudiate most lustily. Daiti/ Globe, Toronto. In a volume — ^just issued from the press of Mr. Lovell, of .Montreal — the mere mechanical ajijiear- ance of which forms a splendid tribute to the per- fection which the kindred arts of jirinting and binding have attained in Canada — Mr. Fennings Taylor, already well known as the author of many biograpliical sketches, has given us in the handiest and most attractive form, memoirs of three of the most eminent ecclesiastics that the Anglican Church in this country can boast of. In the preface to his work, Mr. Taylor gives prominence to the fact that in the year 1850, the Royal Supremacy in matters ecclesiastical was asserted for the last time, when Her Majesty appointed Dr. Fulford to be the first Bishop of tlie newly created Diocese of Montreal. And that fact, the author has been most careful, in prepar- ing these memoirs, not to lose sight of ; for the ways and agencies and methods by which the issue of a separation between the Church and the State was evolved, form the main points of his- toric interest in the lives at least of two of the distinguished prelates that come under review. It is, we think, to be regretted, in an artistic point of view, that Mr. Taylor-— while grou|)ing the subjects of his portraits^ as he admits having done by reason of their forming the last trio of Crown appointees — did not see fit to reverse the order of « .W 10 NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS. arrangement, and give the lives of the elder Bishops — first. In that way, it appears, to us, that his admirable sketches might have been made to present in a more natural chronological form, (he progress of those great political and ecclesias- tical events which transpired between the times when the second Bishop Mountain and Bishop Strachan were ordained for the Priesthood, and the recent epoch, still within everyone's recollec- tion, when " the Royal Supremacy in matters ecclesiastical was asserted for the last time," in this country — to wit, on the appointment of Dr. Fulford to the See of Montreal. We should have likewise preferred, looking at these delightful Memoirs trom a Cana^lian standpoint, that, in the elaboration of his subjects, Mr. Taylor had given, at least, as much prominence to the rare and singularlv developed character of Bishop Stracli- an tis he has given to Bishop Fulford. Tlie latter no doubt was an eminent prelate — a man fitted by birth, training, association, and personal force to make his mark as a ruler in the ("hurch ; but he was necessarily more an Englishman than a Canadian ; and he came among us, after the battle for Church cstablislmicniswas fouglit and lost — after the old ])oliticftl tlieorics of governing the Provinces by edicts from Downing St., throiigli a local oligarcliy, had lioen' finally overturned ; ard after tlie system ol' responsible government, against whicli Hisliop Struchan had contended for nearly luilf a century, had been firmly estab- ished. The ecclesiastical triumvirate— Bislio))s Fulford, Mountain, ((Jeorge Jehosaphat), and Strnelian, were together on tlie stage here for loosliort a time to form sucli an historical group, as even Mr. Taylor himself, liaving regard to oestlietic rules, can fully testify. So that we are compelled, as it were, to look at each separate portraiture by itself, until we come down to what may be callefi ecclesiastical affairs of yesterdav — the establishment of Diocesan Synods, and a creation of a " (ieneral Assembly within this Province" — the act authorizing which was passed by the Provincial Legislature in IS.'iG, and re- ceived the Royal assent in \S')1. Not until two years after that was Bishop Fulford brought into such prominence as to make his name a greater power in the Canadian Church than his fellows of the Episcopate. In 1859 the Synod of Quebec, Toronto and Montreal ])etitioned the tjueen to appoint one of the Canadian Bishojis to " preside over the General Assemblies of the Church in the Province ;'' in 1860 letters patent were issued to Dr. Fulford, and in 1861 " the first Provincial Synod of the United Church of England and Ire- land in Canada was begun and holden at the city of Montreal. So that, until the latter date, the subject of Mr. Taylor's most elaborate and ar- tistic portrait held no place of distinction in the Church to entitle him to rank above or even equal with the venerable Bishops of Toronto and Que- bec. But in saying this, we do not desire to be held as detracting from the merits of the first Memoir in the charming volume now before us, or of the distinguished subject of that Memoir. Dr. Ful- ford, it is true, had uncommon advantages in early life — which neither of the other two Bishops could be said to have pos.sessed. These advan- tages, Mr. Taylor sets prominently forth, when he gives us the history of the Knights of Great Fulford which runs back to the Crusades. For six hundred years the family ])roperty remains in the same name. Intermarriages with noble houses — extending, at intervals, through that long period, improve the fortunes, and raise the social influence of the House of Fulford. The Bishop's own wife is the grand-daughter of the Earl of Egmont ; and twenty years before he sets foot in Canada, he has found a noble patron in His Grace the Duke of Rutland, who presents him at the age of 29 with the handsome living of Trowbridge in the County of Wilts. Six years later, he becomes the Chaplain to Her Royal HiKhness,the Duchess of Gloucester — subsequent- ly ne accepts the Rectory of <;roydon— and in 1845, is licensed by the Bishop of London Minis- ter of Curzon Chapel, Mayfair — whence in due time he is translated to the See of Montreal — at the early aee of 47. No doubt, there were other grounds for his steady and rapid uromotion than those which were due to the accident of hia birth, and his family relationships. He was un- questionably a man of marked natural ability ; and his collegiate successes won for him at the age of 2'2 a fellowship of Exeter, Oxford. Add to tliis, that from his social connections, he had the opportunity of rubbing against many of the alilest men — statesmen, men of letters, as well as ('hurch dignitaries— of tlie second quarter of the century, and it can hardly be wondered that his liio- grapher should find, in reviewing his career in ('anada, abundant evidence of that self-possession, that tact, that capacity to deal with men as equals without forgetting his own position, which made him the admiration of the circles in which he moved. But Dr. Fulford had even higher claims, in his official character, to the resnect of his fellows, than those which were due to his ex- cellent breeding and his knowledge of the world. He was entirely above that sectionalism which divides parties within the Church into " High" and " Low. " And he was equally free from lliat bigotry which regards as aliens from the Com- monwealth of Faith all who are not within the Anglican Commiinicm. The first of these char- acteristics Mr. Taylor illustrates by an appropri- ate anecdote. On his arrival within the bounds of his diocese, Dr. Fulford had to undergo the usual amount of '■ addressing ;" and at Richelieu " a sumptuous banquet followed." The clergy of the " low" persuasion, it seems, were greatly exer- cised, lest it should turn out that their new diocesan was a tractarian or semi-Papist. And at the banquet in question, one of the more ner- vous of the brethren (the ladies having with- drawn) was unable to restrain his anxiety on the subject. Seating himself opposite to the Bishop, said he : " In the first place, my Lord, I shall frankly make a confession with respect to myself, and then I shall as frankly ask a question with respect to your lordship. I am a low churchman my lord — a very low churchman, I may say.* At this point, and breaking the thread of the en- quiry — the Bishop observed with the utmost gravity — " By which, I hope, you mean that you are a very humble churchman." As illustrating his freedom from bigotry. Dr. Fulford's biographer mentions, that " when the Montreal Cemetery was set apart for the burial of the dead, his Lord- ship won golden opinions for himself and for his Church, by suggesting, or by acting on the sug- gestion ot others, that denominational distinc- tions should not he perpetuated in the grave ; but that the whole enclosure should be peacefully dedicated to one common purpose." The sug- gestion was acted on, and Mr. Taylor thereon re- marks : — " Many, no doubt, have visited, and will visit that place of beauty where their departed friends sleep. If, when doing so, they should stand beside th'i good Bishop's grave, "they may observe, hard by, the monument of one, a member of the Church of Scotland, who loved the English Prelate in life, as one friend loves another, and who was happy to know that in death, he would rest beside him in kindred earth — for the adjacent column of Aberdeen granite preserves the familiar and unforgotten name of the^Hon. Peter McGill." NOTICES, OPIITIONS AND CRITICISMS OP THE PRESS. 11 It is not to be wondered at that a churchman of views so liberal should have far less horror of a Common Educational system, than some of his brethren here in the West. To this feature of Dr. Fulford's public life— which brings him under notice from a political point of view — Mr. Taylor draws proper attention. Indeed the estimate of the Bishop's character which his biographer must have formed after careful study and mature thought— is thorough— if it is to some degree partial ; and few biographical pictures of the present times have been drawn with more artistic skill. The portraits of Bishop Mountain and Bishop Strachun are possibly the result of a less keen appreciation of the subjects. That of Bishop Strach- an, which demands at our hands a separate notice in another issue of this journal, is, as we have al- ready suggested, less full and complete than we should iiavecxpec ted from a limner w hose c loriiig in Bishop Fulford's case is so effective. But so far as the pictures go it is Bishop Strachan that is before us— a character often to be disputed with — but ever to be admired, resjiected, — and in the decline of years when jiarty conflicts have ceased, and their bitterness has Tieen forgotten — a character to t)e loved and venerated. Mr. Taylor has done a good work, and he has done a good work well. Thousands among us, who will not care to criticize his art, will earnestly thank him for his labour. Even tlie critical will be com- pelled to admit the skill with which he lias drawn the outline, and tlie fidelity witli which he has filled in. His heart has clearly been in his work ; otherwise he must have failed to enchain the reader as he docs, or give us in such recogniza- ble form the character and lives of those whom he hiis chosen for his gnWery.— Toronto Daily TeUgiaiih. It is with great satisfaction that we direct the attention of the reader to a volume just issued from the Canadian press, and bearing the follow- ing title : — " The LaH Three Jiishops appointed ill the Crown/or the Anglican Church of Canada : by Fenninas Taylor, Deputy Clerk, and Clerk Assistant of the Senate of Canada. Montreal : John Lovell, .St. Nicholas Street, 18G9, sm. quarto, pp. 281. By jjleasantly utilizing " intervals of busi- ness" in the discharge of an honorable and con- spicuous employment under the Canadian Government, Mr. Fennings Taylor lias made himself well known in the literary world of Canada, the United States, and England, 1'. numerous productions in prose and verse, ciiarac- terized by gracefulness and vigour of style, and valuable as tending to illustrate from tini(> to time Canadian history and Canadian public feeling. In late years Mr. Taylor has especially distinguished himself as the author of a scries of brilliant biographies accompanying the very valuable and beautiful photographic portraits of British Americans published by Notman of Mon- treal and Toronto. It was a happy thought to combine in one volume memoirs of the three bishops whose lives form the clos" of a distinct era in the history of the Anglican Church in Canada. Working out the idea with an evident relish, Mr. Taylor has accomplished his self-imposed task well, and with perfect acceptableness, esjiecially to the large subdivision i-'' the Christian community more immediately concerned in this subject. He has not only presented us with lively narratives of the chief incidents in the public life of these dis- tinguished prelates, but he has also furnished us witli a succession of broad and masterly sketches of the condition of things, at successive periods within the Anglican Church in Canada, and of the effect upon that body of great ecclesiactical miestions agitated in the mother-country. S > that in the volume before us the reader will finu as complete and as agreeable a history of Cana- dian Church aflairs as is anywhere to be met with. In our present notice we are obliged to confine ourselves to a few specimens of matter and style taken from the memoir of Bishop Ful- ford, reserving for subsequent numbers of The Chluch Hehald our e.vtracts from the equally interesting biographies of Bishops .Mountain and Strachan. Beginning at the beginning. .Mr. Tay- lor informs us that the family of the Fulfords is one of the old historical county families of Devon. " Such families," he truly remarks, " though un- nobled, enjoy the more ancient dignity, us they belong to the earlier degree of gentlemen. Many knights of Great Fulford," he continues, "distin- guished themselves at and after the time of the Crusades. They were also especially consiiicuous during the wars of the Roses, as well as for the King against Cromwell." Then after detailing other remote and romantic portions of the family history, and coming down to the jircsent century, we are informed that " the late .Metropolitan was the second son of Baldwin Fulford, Es(i., of Great Fulford, and that he was born at Sidnioutli, on the 3rd day of June, 180,'!.'' His university career is nc.\t sketched ; his mefeniients in England are named. " And here the rchection will probably occur to many," .Mr. Taylor observes, '■ and es])ecially to those who are accpiainted with P]ng- lisli localities, as well ns with clerical duties in England, that the varied experiences of ministe- rial life which the Bishop ac((uircd, were valualile introductions to his later and more exalted positions. His first curacy, for instance, at Holne, in Dartmoor, from the isolated ciuiracter of its surroundings, in some respects resembled the backwoods of Canada. Fawlcy, his .second curacy, like some of the old livings of the Doiui- nion, was situated in a rich and picturesfpie agri- cultural country. His institution as Hector of Trowbridge i)laced him in th'> midst of a large manufacturing ])0])ulation, where much iirejudice had to be met, and many forms of dissent to be dealt with, while his knowledge acquired there as a magistrate, made him familiar with some of the rules which are supjiosed to govern those who are called upon to analyze evidence, or to administer justice. Curzon Chapel, .May Fair, seated in the aristocratic quarter of the .Metropo- lis, would naturally attract a highly educated congregation. Doubtless, such e.\i)eriences exert- ed a powerful influence on his mind, and were of great service to him in later life.' His prudent self-restraint on his arrival in Montreal is graphically described. " The clergy and laity," we are told, " though for difl'creni reasons, were naturally anxious to find out what manner of man their new Bishop was ; and the former were especially curious to distinguish, if they could, the lights and shades of his theologi- cal character, to the end they might ascertain whether, according to the canons of popular criticism, he was 'high,' ' dry,' ' low' or 'broad' Church. But the subject of such irrepressible interest was strongly and on princi])lc averse to gratify mere idle curiosity ; more especially as it was his solemn resolve to become neither the lion of a sect, nor the leader of a party. The Arab proverb, " speech is silver, but silence ia gold," was as well known to, as it was wisely practised by, him, for his passages of silence were quite as useful, and sometimes more intelligible, tlian the maze of words through which mere chatterers commonly drag their ideas." Of the enlightened interest manifested by Bishop Fulford 12 NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS. in matters of science and tilings of general impor- tance to the well-being of the community where his lot was cast, we have the following notice : " The Bishop ianied by his wife and their four children, her two sisters, his elder brother, his wife and their children, thirteen in all, he arrived at Quebec after a voyage of thirteen weeks. On his arrival he was met by the Galil- ean bishop of the city, who made him welcome with a kiss on both cheeks. The ecclesiastical representatives of the two peoples received one another with the courtesy wliich, under the circumstances, might have been expected from ?:entlemen, and prelates of the churches of Eng- and and France. ' Your people want you very badly,' moreover observed the Galilean bishop. George Jehoshaphat, the son who ultimately became the second Bishop Mountain of Quebec, was sent from Canada to England to finish his education. He there became a graduate of Tri- nity College, Cambridge. On returning to this continent he was for three years a rector at Fredericton. He then removed to Quebec, to take a similar position there. In 1825 bishop Stewart succeeded his father in tlie see of Quebec : and in 1836 he iiimself succeeded Bishop Stewart. Bishop Mountain's great humility of character, combined with his repeatedly expressed prefer- ence for the private station, gave rise to an opinion, confined, however^ principally to clergy- men, that he was an indifferent administrator. But the narrative of his life, his biographer re- marks, does not sustain this oiiinion, for though sorely tried and adroitly assailed, there is no evidence of his having spoken unadvisedly or acted indiscreetly. Neither can we discover wherein his adversaries triumphed over him. On the contrary the seal of success appears to have been most legibly stamped on his labours. The wisdom of his rule was perliaps more real than apparent, for it was felt rather than seen. At all events he did not govern too much nor interfere capriciously with either clergy or laity. He was too high bred to use any other language tlian the language of gentleness, and too well instructed to overlook or to undervalue the apostolic in- junction to ' be courteous.' There was breadth as well as depth in his character. His thoughts harmonized with his actions, and both were generous as well as pure. His heart warmed to- wards goodness, and it was especially sympathe- tic towards sincerity. Devout men were gladly welcomed and encouraged to work in liis diocese, even though their views on all matters were by no means identical with his own. Then, to his honour be it spoken, he appreciated the freedom of the Anglican Church. He was neither a sectarian nor a political bishop, and lience a man's relation to tlie Church was never represent- ed by him as in any way dependent on his belong- ing to a particular school of churcl i or to a particular coterie of politicians. — Thi astof the Epiphany, 1803, was the day of bis departure hence in peace. " It is true," Mr. Taylor finely and thoughtfully observes, " all seasons are alike to such as arc ready to obey the summons which, sooner or later, death serves upon them ; never- theless to those whose Christian life moves con- formably with the chart of the Christian year, each season brings a special, as well as a general, lesson. The doctrine of Epiphany, like that of Christmas, is the doctrine of tlie Incarnation, and it was this doctrine of ' God manifest in the flesh,' that shone so conspicuously in, and formed such an essential part of, the Bishop's teacliing. The Eastern Star which led the wise men to the cradle of the Saviour, was, we may say so with- out impiety, the pole-star of the Bishop's life. The ' glittering host' which ' bestud the sky' would NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS. 18 bave lost their brightness to him, if ' above and beyond the shining train,' his eve of faith could not have rested on ' the star of Bethlehem.' It was the star which lent poetry to his childhood and peace to his age, which cheered him in his wandering and which lighted him home.'' We shall advert to this valuaole little volume again next week,— TAe Church Herald, Toronto. Hecond Notice. In our two previous notices of Mr. Fennmga Taylor' .s recently published volume, we furnished some extracts which embodied brief sketches of the careers of the late Metropolitan of Canada, and the second Bishop Mountain of Quebec. We now proceed to give our readers a sample of the memoir of the first Bishop of Toronto. As the j)articulars of the life of that memorable prelate are yet freshly remembered by the public, we shall simply take as specimens of .Mr. Taylor's matter and style some jilea.sant and eloquent generalizations connected with his subject, which are worthy of note. "The minds and affections, of generous men, irrespective of party, country, or creed, instinctively wann,'' our author oi)- serves, ' towards what is thorough in character and heroic In conduct, and hence many who op- posed iiini [the late Bishop] politically, and dif- fered from him theologitaily, felt that human na- ture itself was exalted in liiti i)erson ; for what^ ever the peculiarities of his education, the infir- mities of hi.s judgment, or the errors of his opi- nion, he was a fair and courageous as well as high-minded and inflexible opiionent. Men know where to look for and where to find him. Ik- took no tortuous course, for he detested all crook- ed ways. Like Henry - over the earnest men of that day were called upon to engage in other controversies than those which turned on distinguishing Church priuci[iles. They had to take up the challenge of iulidelitj-, and wrestle with the aggressive forms of unbelief which shewed themselves at the end of the last and at the beginning of the present century. This duty with respect to a common danger had a ten- dency to bring together the religious elements of the communitj-, and to unite tliem for certain nurposes in the bonds of a conventional brother- hood. Thus the settlers in Canada, whether Epis- copalians or Presbyterians, learned to resnect oue another, and many of them, having in the spirit of gentleness, rather than of controversy, com- ])ared notes, began to see the common advan- tage of ecclesiastical union, and from that time some of the latter became earnest members of the Anglican Church.'' Of the late bishops's theology the following account is given : " The Bishop's views were large views, and when they could be advanced without violence to his reli- gious logic, they were generous views. Thus, in his dealings with his clergy, he recognized great latitude of opinion, for practically he had a fair appreciation of the religious liberty which is consistent with the spirit and genius of the English race and the English Church. His own principles wore clear and well-defined; neverthe- less he had a scholar's respect for the learning as well as for the princiides of other people, and hence he neither re(piiredan Islington jicss-word nor a Liturgical shibboleth from clergymen wlio desired to work in his diocese. In common with the great body of Anglicans he may have pre- ferred the principles of Arminiiis to those of Calvin, but he did not on that account brand with an anathema, or blemish with a prejudice, those weaker (Jhristians who are not able t« re- ceive the full measure of the ('atholic faith. Ins l)robable, " the writer adds, "that the Bishop was not indifferent to the general belief that moral gooduess lies at the root of all religion anil that i personal virtue is its best expression.' The forth- coming formal biography of Bishop Strachau by his successor the jiresenl Bishop of Toronto, is referred to in the foUowing graceful language : •• We can only find time for the condensed sketch of a reviewer," Mr. Taylor writes: "but such a disability,'' lie continues, " will scared v be regi rd- ed with regret, since it is generally known that another, and a more skilled hand, has undertaken to perfect what we have been only able to per- form in i)art. It is, we rejoice to hear, correctly stated that the late Bishop was a conscientious journalist, and a careful preserver of papers, and therefore that interesting as well as elaborate autobiographical notes and manuscriiUs of his own life and times may be suppo.sed to exist. With access to such materials. Dr. liethuiie, the present Bisho]) of Toronto, who has naturally and properlv been charged with the duty, will be enabled to compile an interesting and instructive memoir of bis predecessor in the >See. Huch a memoir should receive a more than common wel- come, as it will jiossess a more than common va- lue, for it will not only be a narrative coeval with the History of Upper (.-anada, but it will fully reiiresent the calm, thoughtful, and mature obser- vations of a very acute observer, of one, who, as a divine and a politician, as a teacher and a states- man, stands by himself, distinct and distinguish- able in the gallery of Canadian worthies.'' The Church Herald, Turonlo. Third Notice. There has just issued from the press of Mr. John Lovell. of Montreal, a work, by .Mr. Fen- nings Taylor, entitled The Last Three Jiinhojisa})- jiiiinted ijii thf Crown for the Anglican Church oj Canada. The three bishops referred to are the Most Iloverend P'raucis Fulford, D.D.. late Bishop of Montreal and Metropolitan; Right Reverend J. 14 NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS. O. Mountain, D.D., D.C.L., late Bishop of Quebec ; and Hon. and liight Reverend J. Strachan, U.D., LL. D., late Hishop of Toronto. Tliese prelates were all noteworthy in the reli- gious commuuiou to which they belonged, and form a fitting trio for treatment by so excellent a litterateur in the biographical line as is Mr. Fennings Taylor, who has sketched most of the kading men of Canada in the various walk.s of public life. The biographies which we have in this volume are entirely new and of much greater length than those which were some time i-iuce published quarterly by Mr. Lovell, witii ac- companying i)hotognipliic likenesses. The de- tails are (|Uite as minute as most readers retpiire. Mr Taylor throws himself into his work con (imure. It is evidently a labor of love to him ; and we know of no one else who could have in such bf- fitting language told us the stories of these emi- nent men's lives. Beautifully printed as the book is. too, and conUiining most perfect likenesses in the shape of small steel engravings, and having an exceedingly neat title cover, it will be eagerly soughtYor by the members of the Angli- can commission as a fitting memento of the de- parted bishops, who in their time were no pigmies in tlie Faith. We must e.ipress our admiration of the purity ami correctness of .Mr. Taylor's diction, anil of the superb manner in which "the pulilisher has done his part of the work, which is a credit to Canada, as a sample of the excellence attained herein the "art preservative of all arts."— ?Vie Leader, Toronto. A highly creditable specimen of Canadian book manufacture has just reached us from the press of .Mr. Lovell of Montreal. We allude to Nir. Fennings Taylor's " Lives of the Last Three Hi.- eccentricity and remarkable decision of character, sometimes arising to injudiciousobstinacy, of the late Bishop of Toronto, but while he has dealt gently with his foibles, he has not failed in giv- ing us a fair exhibit of his individuality. While he pays honour to the Bishop's remarkable ad- herence to principle he does not hesitate to say : " But what is cause for regret, and probably was the occasion of loss is that Dr. tStrachan's policy in matters ecclesiastical was less characterized by a gentle wisdom than l)y a strong will. It was rather obstinate than dignified, and such obstinacy too freciuently degenerated into scold- ing, accompanied witn imputations as to the motives of his opponents, which whether true or otherwise, ought not to have been expressed." At the same time, " in his intercourse with the clergy, the Bisho]i, almost invariably, was kind and generous, considerate and just; here he was regarded by them with affection as well as re- spect." It is also truly stated that " the Bishop's views were large views, and when they could be advanced without violence to his religions logic, they were generous views." By the time he died, " he had (to quote Dr. Ryerson)long outlived the jealousy of distinctions and enmity of parties. He ceased at once to work and lived, amid the respect and regrets of all classes of the popula- 1 tion." But we must pause here, and nsk our readers to see for themselves the close and just analysis of character disjilayed by the author on the memoirs of three distinguished men who oc- cupied most important and responsible positions in Canada and who have connected their name indelibly with the Church over which they pre- sided so ably. — Ottawa Timet. The patriotic Canadian, interested in the lives of the great men of his country, who have been the founders of the political and religious bless- ings we enjoy, will welcome heartily, we are sure, a biography of any one of them. Of the manv biographical sketches which Mr. Fennings Taylor has already given to the literary world, there is not one which furnishes us with more interest and information associated with NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF TIIK PRESS. 15 1 1 he liveg lave been |ii.s I)ie3s- we are liicli Mr. I literary Ills with pti with our country than this which has just been jmb- lisheil. -Mr. Fennings Taylor is so well known as a jii easing writer oftasto and elegance, anil a faithful ami well informed historian, that his name as the author of this publication is a sutticient guaran- tui' that it contains interesting and instructive points in the cliaracter of the late Bishop, and valuable ecclesiastical information in respect to the organization and status of the Church in the colonies. The biography ii I nliices first to our notice the most Uev. Kr .< Kulford, .Metropolitan of ("anada. The late Metropolitan's life was associated with a most critical and iinportant period in the his- tory of the .\nglican (Jliiircli in ('anada — a period which HMHiired a chief ruler endowed with pecu- liar abilities, grace:-, lirniness and tact, " who could impart counsel a:^ one liavingexperience,and give judgineiit as ime having autliority." The biograpliiciil sketch before us shews plainly how the late Metropolitan was a chief ruler nf tliis character iiiid stamp, ami how he tilled most Wdrthily not only the position of a liishop of tlie Diocese, but that of a .Metropolitan or Archbishoj) of a Province. It reviews the jirogress of the Church and the influences which pioduciMl a great moral and religious movement in this country, in which the late .Metropolitan took an active part. .Mr. Taylor has carefully noticed the many im- portant events in <'onnection with the ("liurch of Kngland in Canada, rontemporarv with the subject (d' his book, such as the estatilishment of Dio'^'sanand I'roviiicial .-synods, the indepenilence '■'■ Anglican Cliuicli in Canada, the increase ■ Kpiscopate. Kvery true lover of Church ..lory and progress in ("anada, will find very great satisfaction in the careful perusal of this memoir of the .Metropolitan. The principles of the Church of England are manfully U|iheld, and wlierever the religious topiis of the day as con- nected with the liishop's time are introduced, the writer seems to partake of the spirit of the late .Metropolitan — a large generous spirit — a spirit which when fouml among intelligent and literary laymen of a Church cannot but tend to promote the cause of religion. The Right Reverend (leorge J. Mpimtain, D.I)., is the second sutiject of .Mr. Taylor's memoirs: this we feel coiiticlent will be read with very great interest, pleasure and instruction. No name is more a.'jsociated with the beginning and progress of the Anglican Church in (.'anada, »vith some of the greater t movements and changes for the bene- ht of the Church at large, than that of Mountain, as the memoir is careful to note. These are circumstances which mer''. that interest in, and study of the life and character of the late IJishop of (juebec, which .Mr. Kennings Taylor's memoir expresses, and demand also the sympathy of Churchmen with the historian in his endeavors to do honor by these memoirs to the Fathers of the Anglican Church in this coun- try. The late bishop of Quebec has a claim upon our respect and grateful remembrance, not only as a Bishop but as a missionary. For the jieriod of 20 years he laboured as a missionary in Cana- da, jirevious to his consecration. But Mr. Tav- lor does not attempt to give us a record of tfie labours of this missionarv life. .Mr. Taylor writes:— "the lives of the .Mission- ary Bishops of the Anglican Church is a work yet to be written.'' He considers, rather, the purpose for which the suVijects of his memoir lived and worked and the fruits which his labours yielded ; he considers the provincial and diocesan good he affected rather than the mere parochial, the general rather than the local or individual. Therefore instead of enlarging u])on the many parish insti- tutions which had oeen mainly called into exis- tence by his zeal and liberality, he directs our attention to those grand Catholic objects, such as the union of imrishes into diocessesand thatof diocesses into provinces, and hence the extension of the Eniscoimte in the Colonies and dependen- cies of the British Crown ; for which (says Mr. Taylor) Dr. .Mountain " labored singly and almost alone for twenty years or more";" and which objects when accoinolished were productive of the great good which the Bishop had foreseen, causing the Church to extend herself rapidly into every part of the Colonies. It is unnecessary to say more of the memoir, than that it brings'out very beautifully and forci- bly the character of the late Bishoj); it leads us to look u])on him as a man of taste and learning, as an earnest and devout christian, as a zealoui and never-wearied iirojiagator of the gospel, as a courageous soldier of the cross and as a great benefactor of this country. The memoir cannot be read by any loving and large-hearted Christian, without causing his heart to glow « ith a venera- tion for the subject and with a pride and satisfac- tion in having such a holy and good man as among the first propagators of the (!o.-ipel. The Hon. and Right Rev. ,J. Strachaii, D.D., IjL.D.j Bishop of Toronto, is the subject of the last memoir of .Mr. Taylor's l)ook. This is an interest- ing memoir to the politician as well as to the christian. Bishoi) Straclian (says .Mr. Taylor) '• became % politician in spite of himself ;" his connection with imblic all'airs was not of his seeking, it arose out of the exigencies of the time. The memoir gives us an interesting sketch of the Bishoji's early life, the educational object which brought him out to this country, his disappointment on arriving here, his success as a teacher, his ordination to the ministry, his first piijiilsand frienpear together again. Although the writer, by carefully gathering up in this tasteful form, the ]>r(>mine'nt details of the lives of each of these noted men, and presenting them, as he has done, may have correcteil some erroneous pojiular im- pressions in regard to them, yet ))ublic opinion has. by its own unaided light, intuitively and, we think, correctly drawn the portrait and sketched the character of each — especially that of the foremost figure in the group — the late venerable liishop of Toronto. This prelate, although not metroiiolitan or chief presiding Bishop, did, nevertheless, by the force and strength of his will, and by his exjierience in public and ecclesi- astical affairs, exercise a ]iotent influence on the destinies of the Church of Fhigland in Canada. Earnest and thoughtful men, who have now to deal with the legitimate fruits of that liishop's policy, feel that,duringhis longand eventful life, lie made many and grave mistakes, ])erpetiiateii many anomalies in the episcopal system, and alienated the minds of many worthy christian men of other denominations from sympathy with the Episcopal (Jliurch in this country. Thekindly demeanor and policy, however, of the two other bishops referred to, 'especially that of the truly amiable liishop of Quebec, have left a happier iii- tlueiice on the christian mind of the sister Pro- vince. Hiitwe will not pursue this matterfurthcr. The book, with its interestingsketches, its admir- able steel imrtrait engravings of the three liishoiis, ami handsome ' inding, we cordially recommend to our readers. — Journal of Education, Province lit Ontario. We have now Ix-fore us a most att'iictivo vol- ume of (Janadian Hiograjihy frotn the pen of Mr. Fennings Taylor, who is already well known to many of our readers as the author of " Sketches of Ltritish Americans," Ac., &c. It is entitled " The Last Three liishops a|)i)ointed by the ('rown for the Anglican Church of Canada," and has just been published, by Mr. Lovell of Montreal. On examining the admirable steel nlate por- traits jirefixeil to the book, the first impression perhaps produced unon the mind is that of their remarkable dissimilarity ; and we cannot but deem it a somewhat fortunate circumstance for the author, as it has certainly enhanced the pic- turcs(jue beauty of his work, that, in the more prominent features of the three Hishops' character, the dissimilarity was not less conspicuous. We will only advert, in illustration of this remark, to the strikingly ditlerent aspects they present when combating the diflicullies they all had, more or less, to encounter. — The Aletropolitan sought to overcome resistance by prudent tact — by jiatient argument — by a calm and courteous hearing. His western brother, |)ossessed of a more ardent temperament, seemed to gatlier fresh spirit and energy from the very shock of conflict, and strove to put down an objector, or an opponent, with a strong hand, directed by a most imiierious and resolute will. Hut the eastern prelate, unlike either, caused the most powerful opposition t9 melt away under the irresistible influence of hig persuasive speech and of his meek and gentle nature. We are glad to perceive that Mr. Taylor has not allowed liimself to be betrayed into a fault too common with biographers, namelv — an indul- gence in indiscriminate panegvric. Re evidently aims at presenting a fair and impartial view of the subjects of his pen. We may not In.' able to accept all his conclusions, on the various and important questions with wliich their names and history are a.ssociated. This is not to be ex- pected. Hut we have no hesitation in expressing our belief that he has made a valuable contribu- tion to the native literature of Canada. The work is written throughout in a vigorous and fascinating style, and is radiant with jiassages of glowing beauty. In compiling these memoirs of the three Hishops, the author has made no attempt at an elaborate analysis of their intellectual and moral qualities. So marvellously mixed and comjdicated is our nature that such a process generally gives no better idea of a man's character than an anatomical exhibition of his bodily parts would give of his person. .Mr. Taylor has endea- vored, with far more wisdom, to evolve the char- acters of his worthies from tlie narratives of their lives — to present the distinctive features of each by illustrative facts, rather than by labored descripti(m ; and we feel assured that his readers will readily concur with us in the opinion that, from his particular jioint of contemplation, he has executed his task with admirable skill and with marked success. Whatever differences of opinion may exist in a mixed Christian community with regard to theo- logical doctrines or ecclesiastical organization, no one can be unconcerned respecting the per- sonal qualities or the career of three of the widest- known and most remarkable men who have as yet adorned the history of these Provinces. Cu- riosity alone, to say nothing of any higher or nobler motive, must impel members of'all denom- inations '0 seek some acquaintance with the lives of those who have exercised so i>owerfiil an influ- ence ujion the future of this liranch of the Phiglish Churcli, and have left so deep an impress upon their country and their times. 18 NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS. To tilt' inenilK-TS of tlie Aiijfliran communion iUelf, es|K;c'ially thiU vast proportion of tlivir number who Imve received t!ie rite of contirma- tiou ut the hands of one or other of the departed prelates, the volume before us will imssess a |ieculiar interest. Every sinjfleindividun! of that roiiimunion must feel tnat he Ims a special nro- I .ly in their arduo\w and extensive labors, in tneir i: . iculties and conflicts, in their hiph renown, in the success which they achieved, and in the fair and largely augmented inheritance which they have left to those who follow them. We must not neglect to add that the book is got up in a singularly beautiful style, and does no small credit to tde publishing trade of the Dominion. It can l)e ootained at the store of Messrs. Duncan, Stewart & Co., in this city, for the extremely moderate price of a dollar urd a half. — JJumiltoH Spectator. We have before us, in the shape of n neatly executed volume, a biogra])hy of the " Last Three hishops a|(i)ointed by the Crown for the Anglican Church of Canada.' from the i)en of .Mr. Fen- iiings Taylor, Deputy Clerk and Clerk Assistant of the Senate of Canada, a gentleman already well known as the author of the admirable biographies, " Sketches of Hritish Americans," and other works of a Canadian character. The mechanical api)earance of the book reflects the greatest credit upon the jjublishcr, Mr. Lovell, of .Montreal — it is a perfect specimen of typo- graphic art. Thebiographiesof thedistiuguished j)relale3 are treated of in separate divisions, first the .Most Rev. Francis Fulford, Hishop of .Montreal and Metropolitan ; next, the Right Rev. (J. J. Mountain, Hishop of Quebec ; and third, lion, and Right Rev. J. Strachan, Toronto. The book is graced with a beautiful steel frontispiece, cm- bracing portraits of the three deceased bishops, is written in the author's vigorous style, and abounds in passages of exceeding beauty. Unlike the majority of biographies, nothing a]ii)roaching indiscriminate -lanegyric is indulged in by the author ; it can therefore be relied on as a correct and unbiassed history of the lives of those cele- brated Canadian divines, and may be classed among the valuable contributions to the native literature of this country. The work, too, is written in such a pleasing style, that but few can take it up without ])erusing it to its utmost limits. The biographer, in the life of Dr. Fulford, tells us of the great autiquit}- of that family, which dates back for more than six hundred years ; with the more important events in his life previous to his arrival in Canada. The deceased prelate's life is afterwards graphically detailed in a style fascinating to the reader, from the first day he set foot upon the soil of his adopted country, in 1850, to the day d' his death ; now anxious , on his arrival, the clergy and laity were to find out what constituted his theological opinions, whether of the high, low or b road cluirch order, and how reticent he became there- upon ; his policy throughout, and the extreme, popularity which marked his ecclesiastical career all are ])ortraycd with the greatest fidelity. The space allotedto the sketches of tl;e lives of the two other prelates is not quite so extensive as that devoted to the biograjmy of the late Metro- politan, although the career of the Bishop of Toronto affords a wide field for enlargement. The more interesting and important passages in the life of the latter arc, however, touched upon by the master hand of the author, and depicted ■with a truthfulness apparent to all having once had a personal knowledge of the deceased. The lives of those venerable bishops must be read l.iy every churchman with a degree of interest that would attach to no other work, and it will doubt- less meet with that encouragement its merits justly entitle it to. We might have gone into greater length on a review orthis admirable book, did time and space permit. We think, however, we have suiil enougti to enable the reader to form his own judgment upon its value, and would urge upon those who desire a fair and impartial insight into the lives and characters of this ecclesiastical triumvirate that have shed lustre upon the church in Canada, and who have exercised such a powerful influence thereon, to obtain a cojiy for perusal. The volume, we be- lieve, can be obtained at the book-stores ; and the really beautiful style in which it is got up, irrespective of its merits as a literary production, renders it a chase ornament for the parlor table or library. — Daily J'rototi/pe, London, Unt. This most interesting and valuable Canadian work, written by Mr. Fennings Taylor, whose name is already favorably known as the author of "Sketches of eminent Hritish Americanss," has been accorded, and very justly so, a high meed of praise by the leading press of the country, and we are sure that it is a work which will beniuch prized by the leading members of the Anglican (.'hurch. Mr. Taylor is a most elegant and grace- ful writer, and this volume will prove a valuable record of the period when those prelates lived. The work, beautifully bound and illustrated, is to be obtained ut .^lr. Kdward Lakeinau's for ^l.bO.~ Woodstock Times. Among the works that have just issued from the jiress of John Lovell, .Montreal, is a hand- somely printed duodecimo volume containing memoirs of the " Lives of the Tliree Last Bishop.?'' appointed by the Crown for the Anglican Church in Canada. In the year 1850, the Crown exer- cised for the last time in this countrj-, its right of selecting and appointing a Canadian Bisho]), in the person of the Right Reverend Francis Fulford, who was consecrated at Westminister Abbey, as the Bishop of Montreal. His colleagues, at" that time, in the Canadian Episcopacy were the Right Reverend George Mountain, Bishop of Quebec, and Right Reverend John Strachan, Bishop of Toronto. It will be remembered by the student of ecclesiastical matters that ten years later, when Montreal was declared the .Vletropolitan See, Bishop Fulford was appointed the first Primate of the Canadian branch of the Anglican Church. But a very few years have passed since these three eminent prelates disappeared from the scene of their labours, but their names will long remain fresh in the recollection of the members of the denomination to which they be- longed, and over whose aH'airs they presided so ably. Each of them had his peculiar char- acteristics, and exercised no small influence in his day, as the author of these memoirs has dearly and pithily shown. In reading the lives of such men we are forcibly reminded of the truth of those beautiful lines which always strike our ears like the inspiring music of a chime of bells : " Lives of great nion nil remind ua M'o can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind u;, Footprints in the sands of time." Not only is the work well printed on tinted paper, with bold clear tyi)e, hut it is exquisitely bound in cloth with gold letters and carmine edges, and contains three, well executed steel portraits of the prelates whose lives ore so obly portrayed in the text. The author, Mr, Fennings NOTICES, OPINIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE PRESS. 19 Ttiylor, lias already contributed to our national literature a series of well written sketches of eminent British Americans, which were accom- panied admirable jihotographs, executed by the well-known photographer, Notman, of Montreal. — Stewart's Quarterly, St. John'$, New Brunswick. An exceedingly pretty and very appropriate book reaches us from Montreal — the Lives of the Laul Three Bishops appointed fit/ the Crovn/or the Aiitjlican church of Cdnadn, by Fennings Taylor, Deimty Clerk,'and Clerk Assistant of the Henate of Cimadii, (Montreal : l^nvell). It consists of biographies of Bishop Fulford of Montreal (1850- 08) Bidhop Mountuin of Quebec (1837-63) and Bishop Strachan of Toronto (1839-67); written in an enthusiastic but kindly Church spirit, and touching gently, yet not without a little irony, upon both Canadian and more general Chur''h disputes. The writer is evidently a hearty Churchman of the older school, as are also, we trust, the bulk of both his and our fellow- Churrhmen. His book suggests the thought, and the prayer, that in all substantial excellen- cies the appointments to bishoprics made hence- forth by tne Canadian Church for herself may, at least, equal the lust three made by the Crown. There are dangers as well as blessing.s in free- dom, a.s in truth Canada has experienced already. Miiy the hitter preponderate, as hitherto they have done. — The Guarlt$$n, London, England, April 6th., 1870. LOVELL'S DOiiii m PMNiL mmRii^ Qo he (PuUisr.sd in October, 1S70. 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