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This book is The Church of England: An Appeal to Facts and Principles by the Rev. W. C. E. Newbolt, M.A., and the Rev. Darwell Stone, M.A., published in 1903 by Longmans, Green, and Co. in London, New York, and Bombay.

Both Newbolt, who served as Canon and Chancellor of St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Stone, who was Principal of Dorchester Missionary College, were notable Anglican theologians of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were also editors of The Oxford Library of Practical Theology, a respected series of theological works designed to provide accessible yet scholarly guidance on matters of doctrine, worship, and church life.

This particular volume presents a defense of the Church of England’s identity, grounding its arguments in both historical precedent and theological principles. At a time when debates over Anglicanism’s place between Protestantism and Catholicism were particularly active, Newbolt and Stone sought to clarify and affirm the distinctive character of the English church. Their work reflects the High Church or Anglo-Catholic tradition within Anglicanism, emphasizing continuity with the early church, the importance of liturgy and sacraments, and the theological foundations of Anglican practice. Today, the book is of interest not only to theologians but also to collectors of early twentieth-century Anglican works and to historians studying the development of Anglican identity during a period of significant debate and self-definition.

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