This review was Heeley’s second contribution to the January issue of
The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine.
In one of the shortest pieces in any of the twelve issues of the
magazine, Heeley praises Kingsley’s accessible, unornamented language and
his opposition to “popular
sentiment” as contrary to the Church Catechism. Kingsley is one of
the authors whom the Morris brotherhood most admired, and is referred to in several other
essays in
The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine
(see Burne-Jones’s essay on
Thackeray, Fulford’s essay on
women’s education and Cracroft’s essay on popular lectures.
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Scholarly Commentary
Guest Editor: PC Fleming
Introduction
This review was Heeley’s second contribution to the January issue of The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine . In one of the shortest pieces in any of the twelve issues of the magazine, Heeley praises Kingsley’s accessible, unornamented language and his opposition to “popular sentiment” as contrary to the Church Catechism. Kingsley is one of the authors whom the Morris brotherhood most admired, and is referred to in several other essays in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine (see Burne-Jones’s essay on Thackeray, Fulford’s essay on women’s education and Cracroft’s essay on popular lectures.
Printing History
First printed in The Oxford and Cambridge Magazine , January, 1856.