PHILLIPS BROOKS - BOOK SIGNED 2/1867 - HFSID 9730

PHILLIPS BROOKS
Book bequeathed by him to Trinity Church in Boston and signed (earlier) in 1867, the year he wrote "O Little Town of Bethlehem."
Book signed: "Phillips Brooks/Phila/Feby 1867", 267 pages, 5¾x8¼, hard cover. The Conversion of the Roman Empire (The Boyle Lectures for the Year 1864, deleivered at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall), by Charles Merivale. N.Y: D. Appleton and Company, 1866. Hardcover. Signed on blank facing page. Pencil note (unknown hand) above signature. Bookplate inside front cover reads: "The bequest of Phillips Brooks to Trinity Church in the City of Boston," with pencil notation (unknown hand): "Duplicate. Given away." Brooks (1835-1893) was ordained an Episcopal minister in 1859. He was Rector of Philadelphia's Church of the Holy Trinity (1862-1869) and then of Trinity Church in Boston, until he was consecrated Bishop of Massachusetts in 1891. An inspiring preacher who drew large crowds, he wrote "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (1867), inspired by a visit to the Holy Land. Many of his sermons and lectures were published, including his Lectures on Preaching at Yale (1877). Phillips Brooks House at his alma mater, Harvard University,is named after him. After the great Boston fire of 1872, Brooks supervised reconstruction of Trinity Church, an architectural marvel designed by Henry Hobhouse Richardson which still graces Boston's Copley Square. Charles Merivale, the book's author, was Chaplain to the Speaker of the British House of Commons. Corners of cover worn and bent. All edges at spine worn and tattered. Binding broken inside front cover with pages loose to title page - all other binding is firm. Page edges soiled.