“Fortunately we are not compelled to judge Mr Jones poetically by such a piece [the title poem]. With many another subject he is happier in both conception and execution. He has a broad range of interest and sympathies; has a discerning eye for nature and a warm emotion for simple experiences and personal associations.” W. S. B.
+ − Boston Transcript p10 Ja 31 ’20 550w
JONES, RUFUS MATTHEW. Service of love in war time. *$2.50 Macmillan 940.47
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“Rufus Jones’s ‘A service of love in war time’ is, as he says, ‘something more than the story of an impressive piece of relief work; it is the interpretation of a way of life.’ It is the story of the Quakers who found opportunity to express their pacifist convictions in reconstruction service in France. Incidentally it is a record of our War department’s methods in dealing with the conscientious objectors. Indeed it is this record of the religious objectors in the draft camps which is the most vivid part of Rufus Jones’s book—for he was the chief representative of the Quakers in long and painful negotiations with the military authorities. His account is a necessary corollary to Captain Kellogg’s book on the conscientious objector.”—Nation
“We commend this book to anyone who desires to read a story of singular and effective devotion and courage.”
+ Bib World 54:649 N ’20 200w Booklist 17:138 Ja ’21 + Nation 111:277 S 4 ’20 280w
“Can be recommended as an earnest, straightforward, well-detailed account of a great work.”