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The Authors Preface N telling the story of the development ofNewmans Religious Opinions, I have told it mainly as he has told it and readers will, I think, concede to this little Life that it contains more ofhisown words, and a greater number of facts con- cerning himself than have otherwise been brought together in so brief a space. An unhampered use of the Apologia gives to the narrative not merely a present authenticitybut a finality ofstatement never to be disturbed. Myacknowledgements are due to those by whose aid alone these pages otherwise gain authority friends and comrades of the Cardinal chief among them the Rev. F. S. Bowles, long the sole survivor of the three neophytes together reconciled to the Church at Littlemore. My thanks are due also to the editors of the Contemporary ReYiew and the Athenaeum for the permission to republish in this book extracts from articles I first contributed to their pages. 47 Palace Court London W. V1J The Contents I. Early Homes Early Influences The Cardinals father An unsuccessful career A Mother of Men Studious sisters Frank Newman and a severance Charles Newmans failure The training of John Henry His Catholic intuitions Brief homes Travelling with preoccupations The coming again pp. 1-12 II. Oxford and its Movement Degree Scholar ofTrinity The growth of religious opinions Trinity had never been unkind to me A Trinity Sunday in after-life A Trinity friend Fellow of Oriel The first of Pusey and of Keble Diffidences Ordination First publicities I began to be known The University pulpit A group of great listeners Profound memories Word-portraits Aprophetschamber Overheard prayers pp. 13-45 III. Littlemore and Conversion Search for seclusionCloister, cells and crucifix Disciples Hard fasting The first to go Curiosity Father Domi- nics advent The reconciliation Primitive confession Final farewells pp. 46-66 IV. Rome and the Habit of St Philip Idea of a lay life At Oscott At Maryvale Five vans ofbooks Studies and Ordination in Rome We are to be Oratorians Return to Maryvale Joined by Faber At Cotton Hall A call to London The choice of Birming- ham The Achilli trial A prisoner A house in a slum Cholera duty at Bilston Literary and other labours pp. 67-82 11J The Contents V. Life and Labour at the Birmingham Oratory The building of the Qratory The Fathers daily life An in- terval at Dublin The Oratory School Newman as a talker The literary work of the period pp. 83-117 VI. The Cardinalate, Rome, Home, and the Last Resting-place The Red Hat Leo XIIIs my Cardinal Puseys and Dol- lingers views The Eternal Tears Death The Last Restingplace pp...
Synopsis
This vintage book contains Meynell Wilfrid's 1907 biography of John Henry Newman; "Cardinal Newman". John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890) was a seminal figure in the religious history of England in the nineteenth century. This fascinating and deeply insightful biography is highly recommended for those with an interest in the life and mind of John Henry Newman, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Wilfrid Meynell (1852 - 1948) was a British newspaper publisher and editor - who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym 'John Oldcastle'. Many antiquarian texts such as this, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are increasingly hard to come by and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.