A NEW EDITION OF THE WORKS OF JOHN HOWE, Printed on fine paper in Demy 8vo. THIS HIS Edition will include the "Life" by Mr. HENRY ROGERS, revised by the Author. The same gentleman, who has been long impressed with the conviction that the uncouthness of many parts of Howe's writings might be at least considerably diminished, and his pages made more readable, by a careful revision of the punctuation (which was very faulty in the early editions, and has much fluctuated in the later), has consented to attempt its revision throughout, and, in order to secure a correct text, to compare the printer's proofs with editions of the several works published in Howe's lifetime. Beyond the changes of punctuation, however, and the adoption of modern forms of orthography, etc., no alterations whatever have been made; one of the objects of the Editor being to insure the utmost possible accuracy in the text. A preface to the first volume of the "Works," by Mr. Rogers, will more fully explain the nature and extent of the improvements attempted in this Edition. It is not probable that the "Society" would have engaged in an undertaking of this magnitude had there been, when they entered upon it, any immediate prospect of its being prosecuted by private enterprise. But the failure of one laudable attempt (owing to causes which had nothing to do with any doubts of the expediency of the object itself) made it very uncertain whether any new effort would be made; and there being a strong desire in many to see the works of JOHN HOWE in a form and type worthy of him, the Society thought they would be conferring a boon on the religious public generally, but especially on Christian ministers of every name, by preparing the present Edition for the press. They may add, that it will be at a price which, considering the paper, style of printing, etc., every reader will admit to be very cheap. The Society will for the present content themselves with printing only those works which Howe himself published, and prepared for the press, i. e. all that is contained in Calamy's two folio volumes. Whether they shall afterwards extend the issue to what are generally called Howe's "posthumous works"-which are exceedingly unequal, most of them inferior in value, and some of them mere reports of his Sermons published many years after his death-will depend entirely on whether the public shall express a desire to have them. If that should be the case, the present issue, which will be confined to six volumes (exclusive of the Life), may be extended. The first volume will be published on the 1st of May, 1862; the rest will follow regularly at short intervals. Each volume will consist of from 450 to 500 pages on the average, price 58. THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY: 56, PATERNOSTER Row; 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; May be had of the Booksellers. OF JOHN HOWE, M.A. SOMETIME FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXON. VOLUME I. THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS; THE VANITY OF THIS MORTAL LIFE; AND MAN'S CREATION IN A HOLY BUT MUTABLE STATE. WITH A GENERAL PREFACE BY HENRY ROGERS. LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY, |