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 prose style is pure and lucid, and the range of his historical knowledge was very wide. In 1851 he undertook to write three leaders a week for the ‘Morning Chronicle,’ which he continued to do till the end of 1853, while at the same time he was contributing important articles to the ‘Christian Remembrancer,’ and afterwards, at the invitation of Mr. J. H. Parker, to the ‘National Miscellany’ and the ‘Penny Post,’ and to the ‘Churchman's Companion.’

Neale's more important works, many of which appeared after his death, chiefly under the direction of Dr. Littledale, are here arranged under four chief headings: I. Theological and Ecclesiological; II. Hymnological; III. Tales and Books for the Young; IV. Miscellaneous.

I. and : 1. ‘A History of Pews,’ 1841 (a supplement to this work appeared in the following year). 2. ‘An Historical Outline of the Book of Psalms’ (originally written by his father, but revised and edited by him), 1842. 3. ‘A Translation of Durandus on Symbolism, with Introductory Essay, Notes, &c.,’ 1843. 4. ‘A History of Alexandria,’ 1844. 5. ‘Tetralogia Liturgica, sive S. Chrysostomi, S. Jacobi, S. Marci, Divinæ Missæ,’ 1848. 6. ‘The Patriarchate of Alexandria’ (the first instalment of his great work on the Eastern church), 1848. 7. ‘Ecclesiological Notes on the Isle of Man,’ 1848. 8. ‘An Introduction to the History of the Holy Eastern Church’ (an important work in two thick quarto volumes), 1850. 9. ‘Life and Times of Patrick Torry, Bishop of St. Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane,’ 1856. 10. ‘A History of the so-called Jansenist Church in Holland,’ 1858. 11. ‘The Liturgies of St. Mark, St. James, St. Clement, St. Chrysostom, and St. Basil,’ 1859. 12. ‘Voices from the East: Documents on the present State and Working of the Oriental Church, translated from the original Russ, Sclavonic, and French, with Notes,’ 1859. 13. ‘A Commentary on the Psalms from primitive and mediæval Writers,’ 1860. 14. ‘History of the Council of Florence,’ 1861. 15. ‘Essays on Liturgiology and Church History,’ 1863. There appeared posthumously: 16. ‘Twenty-eight Sermons for Children,’ 1867. 17. ‘Sermons for the Black-Letter Days; or Minor Festivals of the Church of England,’ 1868 (a most valuable and interesting volume, quite unique of its kind). 18. ‘Thirty-three Sermons for Children,’ 1869. 19. ‘Via Fidelium, being Litanies, Stations, and Hours, compiled by J. M. N.,’ 1869. 20. ‘Catechetical Notes and Class Questions, Literal and Mystical, chiefly on the Earlier Books of Holy Scripture,’ 1869. 21. ‘The Venerable Sacrament of the Altar (‘De Sacramento Altaris’ of St. Thomas Aquinas), translation commenced by J. M. N.,’ 1871. In 1874 was published for the first time the full ‘Commentary on the Psalms from primitive and mediæval Writers,’ compiled partly by Neale and partly by Littledale, in 4 vols. In 1873 was published for the first time, in 5 vols., all that Neale wrote—and that only a fragment—on ‘The History of the Holy Eastern Church.’

II. : 1. ‘J. M. Nealii Epistola Critica de Sequentiis,’ in the fifth volume of the ‘Thesaurus Hymnologicus,’ 1841. 2. ‘Hymns for the Sick,’ 1843. 3. ‘Hymns for Children, in Accordance with the Catechism,’ 1843. 4. ‘Hymni Ecclesiæ e Breviariis quibusdam et Missalibus Gallicanis, Germanis, Hispanis, Lusitanis desumpti. Collegit et recensuit J. M. N.,’ 1851. 5. ‘Sequentiæ ex Missalibus Germanicis, Anglicis, Gallicis, aliisque Medii Ævi collectæ. Recensuit notulisque instruxit Johannes M. Neale’ (a companion volume to the preceding), 1852. 6. ‘The Rhythm of Bernard de Morlaix … on the Celestial Country’ (Latin and English), 1859. 7. ‘Hymns, chiefly mediæval, on the Joys and Glories of Paradise,’ 1865. 8. ‘Hymns for Use during the Cattle Plague,’ 1866. 9. ‘The Invalid's Hymn Book’ (with a preface by Dr. Littledale), 1866. 10. ‘Sequences, Hymns, and other Ecclesiastical Verses,’ 1866.

In 1851 appeared the first part of the ‘Hymnal Noted,’ the second and more popular part appearing in 1854. The great majority of the hymns in both parts were translated by Neale. In ‘Hymns Ancient and Modern’ no less than one-eighth of the hymns are from his pen, either originals or translated (this is exclusive of the last appendix). No other hymn-writer is so largely represented in this the most popular of all English hymnals. Two admirable volumes of carols collected by Neale, with music by Helmore, ‘Carols for Christmastide’ and ‘Carols for Eastertide,’ were issued in 1853 and 1854 respectively.

III. and : 1. ‘Herbert Tresham: a Tale of the Great Rebellion,’ 1842. 2. ‘Agnes de Tracey: a Tale of the Times of St. Thomas of Canterbury,’ 1843. 3. ‘Ayton Priory; or the restored Monastery,’ 1843. 4. ‘Shepperton Manor: a Tale of the Times of Bishop Andrewes,’ 1844. 5. ‘A Mirror of Faith: Lays and Legends of the Church of England,’ 1845. 6. ‘Annals of Virgin Saints,’ 1845. 7. ‘Stories of the Crusades,’ 1845. 8. ‘The Unseen World,’ 1847. 9. ‘Duchenier: a Tale of the