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I. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND LEAVES HER CHILDREN FREE TO WHOM TO OPEN THEIR GRIEFS.  A Letter to the Rev. W.U.  RICHARDS, Minister of Margaret Chapel.  By the Rev. E.B.  PUSEY, D.D. 8vo. 5s.

II.  THE ROYAL SUPREMACY NOT AN ARBITRARY AUTHORITY, BUT LIMITED BY THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH OF WHICH KINGS ARE MEMBERS.  By the Rev. E.B.  PUSEY, D.D., Regius Professor of Hebrew, Canon of Christ Church, late Fellow of Oriel College.  Part 1.  Ancient Precedents. 8vo. 7s.  Part II. in the press.

III.  THE CHARACTER OF PILATE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.  A Course of Sermons preached at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, by the Rev. W. SEWELL, B.D., Fellow and Tutor of Exeter College, and Whitehall Preacher, 12mo.  Price 4s. 6d.

IV.  WESTMINSTER CHURCHES.  A Sermon preached in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall, on the Fourth Sunday after Easter, 1850.  By the Rev. W. SEWELL. 12mo. 6d.

V. DAILY STEPS TOWARDS HEAVEN.  A small pocket volume, containing a few PRACTICAL THOUGHTS on the GOSPEL HISTORY, with Texts for every Day in the Year, commencing with Advent.  A new edition, cloth, 2s. 6d.; bound, 4s.

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VII.  A REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE GENERAL MEETING OF CLERGY AND LAITY AT ST. MARTIN’S HALL, AND FREEMASONS’ HALL, July 23, 1850.  Reprinted from the “Guardian,” with Revisions. 12mo.  Price 6d.