THIS volume, like its predecessor of some years ago, which was also dedicated to the honour of St John Chrysostom, l and which recommended me to the notice of the editor of this series, has been written in a purely historical spirit. It appears to me that no more satisfactory method can be employed of doing honour to this great bishop and orator: who excites our admiration in proportion to our closer study and knowledge of him. Our acquaintance with Chrysostom is mainly derived from his own works and from the dialogue of Palladius, to which may be added different pieces of information to be found in the pages of Socrates, Sozomen, Theodoret, or Zosimus. Tillemont, in a volume of ' Memoirs,' and after him, Stilting (Acta S.S. September, vol. iv.), have done a great deal to arrange in order the facts collated from these different sources. Neander (Der heilige Chrysostomus, 1st edition, Berlin, 1821-1822, 3rd edition, 1848), has principally devoted himself to revealing to his readers the
