“As an author, Mr. Robertson was, in his lifetime, unknown; for with the exception of one or two addresses, he never published, having a singular disinclination to bring his thoughts before the public in the form of published sermons.  As a minister, he was beloved and esteemed for his unswerving fidelity to his principles and his fearless propagation of his religious views.  As a townsman, he was held in the highest estimation; his hand and voice being ever ready to do all in his power to advance the moral and social position of the working man.  It was not till after his decease, which event created a sensation and demonstration such as Brighton never before or since witnessed, that his works were subjected to public criticism.  It was then found that in the comparatively retired minister of Trinity Chapel there had existed a man possessed of consummate ability and intellect of the highest order; that the sermons laid before his congregation were replete with the subtleties of intellect, and bore evidence of the keenest perception and most exalted catholicity.  His teaching was of an extremely liberal character, and if fair to assign a man possessed of such a universality of sympathy to any party, we should say that he belonged to what is denominated the ‘Broad Church.’  We, with many others, cannot agree in the fullest extent of his teaching, but, at the same time, feel bound to accord the tribute due to his genius.”

 [MORNING CHRONICLE.]

   “A volume of very excellent Sermons, by the late lamented
    Incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton.”

 [TITAN.]

“But the Sermons now under notice are, we venture to say, taking all the circumstances into consideration, the most remarkable discourses of the age....  They are throughout vital with the rarest force, burning with an earnestness perhaps never surpassed, and luminous with the light of genius....  We suspect that even Brighton little knew what a man Providence had placed in its midst.”

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 On the “Analysis of Mr. Tennyson’s In Memoriam:”—­

 [GUARDIAN.]

“An endeavour to give, in a few weighty words, the key-note (so to speak) of each poem in the series.  Those will best appreciate the amount of success attained by Mr. Robertson who try to do the same work better.”

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 From a few of the Notices on Mr. Robertson’s “Lecture on the Epistles
 to the Corinthians:”—­

 [MORNING POST.]

“It was Mr. Robertson’s custom every Sunday afternoon, instead of preaching from one text, to expound an entire chapter of some book in the Scriptures.  The present volume is made up from notes of fifty-six discourses of this kind.  ’Some people were startled by the introduction of what they called secular subjects into the pulpit.  But the lecturer in all his ministrations