Author: RAWES, REV. FATHER.
Title: Homeward.
Description: London: Burns, Oates & Company, 1873. Second edition. "Homeward: a Tale of Redemption is an allegory somewhat in the vein of Bunyan, though illuminated by the light of Catholic theology." (CatholicEncylopedia). 17cms x 11cms. Pp.214/4(publisher's ads), owner's details (Franciscan Convent, Bayswater) to half-title page, armorial bookplate Convent of the Immaculate Conception OSF Bocking Essex to inside front board, occasional minor spotting. Blue blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to front and spine, edges rubbed and some fading to spine. Scarce. Good.** "Henry Augustus Rawes(1826-1885). Oblate of St. Charles, hymn-writer and preacher. Ordained priest in November, 1857, Fr. Rawes took charge of the poor district of the Potteries, Notting Hill, where he built the Church of St. Francis of Assisi [entirely at his own expense]..His sermons and devotional writings are strongly marked by a strain of mysticism which was already present in his early Anglican preaching.(CatholicEncyclopedia).

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