John Polding, a new edition, with abridged notes, of George Leo Haydock's illustrated Bible and he published also editions, for the use of the laity, of the Missal and the vesper-book. The "Emblems of Saints" (1850) was one of his best original works, and the style of his pulpit eloquence is well shown by the various sermons which he printed from time to time. He contributed a large number of uncollected verses to the periodicals of his time. He also published articles on a great variety of subjects in different Catholic journals, and was a lifelong writer in the columns of Notes and Queries, in which more than thirteen hundred contributions appeared over his initials. He was a voluminous letter-writer, and maintained a correspondence with various literary celebrities, and with many distinguished converts of his time. Husenbeth's valuable library collection of crucifixes, reliquaries and similar objects and of letters chiefly on religious subjects, were sold at Norwich a few months after his death. Most of the letters passed into the possession of the Bishop of Northampton. References John Dalton, Funeral Sermon (with memoir prefixed) (London, 1872); George Oliver, Collection illustrating the History of the Catholic Religion (London, 1857), 331; Joseph Gillow, Bibl. Dict. Eng Cath. (London), III, 493 sqq.: The Oscotian, new series, IV, 253; V, 30; Vl, 59; The Tablet, XL, 593, 628; Notes and Queries, 4th series, X, 365, 388, 441. External links Catholic Encyclopedia article 1796 births 1872 deaths 19th-century English Roman Catholic priests Alumni of St Mary's College, Oscott English theologians Clergy from Bristol Roman Catholic writers People from Costessey