Note: Attributed to Howard Willoughby
Issue Details: First known date: 1871... 1871 The Critic in Church, or, Melbourne Preachers and Preaching
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Consists of 13 articles which were originally presented in serial form in the colonial Melbourne magazine The Weekly Times during 1871. Each article describes a church service and comments on the minister's oratory skills and the attentiveness of the congregation. This work is a valuable contribution to Australian History, 'as its social sketches take the reader inside a cross-section of Melbourne's Anglican, Catholic and non-conformist churches, and a Jewish Synagogue'....'the comments of the journalist reflect the habits and manners of that society which enables us to make a pertinent reconstruction of colonial times.'

(Source: Margin no.22 [1990] p.12)

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    y separately published work icon The Weekly Times 1871 Z1115962 1871 newspaper issue 1871
    Note: Published in serial format during 1871

Works about this Work

Marcus Clarke and The Critic in Church Joyce Pitt , 1990 single work column
— Appears in: Margin , no. 22 1990; (p. 12)
Joyce Pitt expands on Ian McLaren's hypothesis in his book Marcus Clarke : An Annotated Biography that Marcus Clarke is the author of The Critic in Church or, Melbourne Preachers and Preaching and not Howard Willoughby to whom the work has been attributed.
Marcus Clarke and The Critic in Church Joyce Pitt , 1990 single work column
— Appears in: Margin , no. 22 1990; (p. 12)
Joyce Pitt expands on Ian McLaren's hypothesis in his book Marcus Clarke : An Annotated Biography that Marcus Clarke is the author of The Critic in Church or, Melbourne Preachers and Preaching and not Howard Willoughby to whom the work has been attributed.
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