George Redway s Publications. 39 



" The memory of John Barleycorn is in no danger of passing away for lack 

 of a devoted prophet. The many songs, poems, and pieces of prose written 

 In Praise of Ale form a fine garden for the anthologist to choose a bouquet 

 from. . . . It is plainly AN ORIGINAL COLLECTION, made with diligence 

 and good taste in selection. . . . Mr Marchant's anthology may be recom- 

 mended to the curious as an interesting and carefully compiled collection 

 of poetical and satirical pieces about beer in all its brews. " Scotsman. 



" The author has gone to ancient and modern sources for his facts, and 

 has not contented himself with merely recording them, but has woven them 

 into a readable history with much skill and wit." American Bookseller. 



"Although its chief aim is to be amusing, it is sometimes instructive as 

 well. . . . His stories may at times be a little long, but they are never 

 broad." Glasgow Herald. 



" What teetotallers would call A TIPPLER'S TEXT-BOOK . . . a collection 

 of songs and ballads, epigrams and anecdotes, which may be called unique'' 1 

 Pali Mall Gazette. 



" Beer, however, in conjunction with mighty roast beef, according to Mr 

 Marchant, has made England what it is, and accordingly he writes his book 

 to show how the English have ever loved good ale, and how much better 

 that is for them than cheap and necessarily inferior spirits or doctored wines. 

 Be that as it may, we have here a collection of occasional verse satires, 

 epigrams, humorous narratives, trivial ditties, and ballads VALUABLE AS 

 ILLUSTRATIONS OF MANNERS." Literary World. 



Demy Svo, Cloth, red edges, Js. 6d. 



The Theological and Philosophical Works 



OF 



Hermes Trismegistus, 



CHRISTIAN NEOPLATONIST. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK, WITH PREFACE, NOTES, 

 AND INDICES. 



BY JOHN DAVID CHAMBERS, M.A., F.S.A., 



OF ORIEL COLLEGE, OXFORD, RECORDER OF NEW SARUM. 



OPINION OF THE AUTHORS OF " THE PERFECT WAY." 



" The book is most scholarly and learned, and of great value for its colla- 

 tion of the Bible, Plato, and other Scriptures with the Hermetic, showing 

 one system of thought as pervading them all. He comes to the conclusion 

 which we also entertain that the so-called Hermetic books, while repre- 

 senting, in part, ancient Egyptian doctrine, belong to an early Christian 

 or, perhaps, slightly prae- Christian period, and are intended to show the 

 identity of the outgoing and incoming systems, and bridge over the gap 

 between them, if any. He omits the Virgin of the World, as belonging to 

 some other school, and also the Asclepius, or Treatise on Initiation, so that 

 the book does not supersede that which we translated and edited. The 

 author, or rather editor, is not an occultist, but, barring this element, his 

 work is a great addition to Hermetic literature." 



