162 FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS 



more particularly with regard to literature suitable 

 for Sunday. 



In 1862 he made an attempt to start, and himself 

 edit, a magazine for Sunday reading only. It is 

 described in a prospectus he had printed as The 

 Sunday Penny Magazine ; it was to be a weekly 

 publication, and was intended for readers of all 

 classes. Literature was not so varied in those days 

 as it is now, and it was stated in this same prospectus 

 that there was not one among the cheap publica- 

 tions of the day, of a religious or moral character, 

 that met the want that this one was designed to 

 supply. There was nothing of the kind, certainly, 

 in connection with the Church. He added in his 

 circular : " The undertaking is in a cause which is 

 second to none in importance, whether as regards 

 nations or individuals." 



It was emphatically not from lack of will or 

 interest that he failed to carry into effect this 

 cherished idea ; he was baffled solely for want of 

 ways and means. On the subject of Sunday ob- 

 servance he always felt most strongly, and it was 

 impossible to spend a single Sunday with him and 

 not catch something of his spirit in this matter. 

 The idea of the Continental Sunday was repulsive 

 to him, and if ever we came to it in England he 

 confessed he should look upon it as a bad sign. 



Among his many minor works of a religious kind, 

 one was brought out a few years later than the last- 

 named, and was found useful for distribution among 

 his parishioners and others. This was a small hand- 



