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“The gist of this [book is] that ‘Ireland is a proof, that the whole world may see, of the joy of life and sanity of outlook that spring from the Catholic church, the church of the tabernacle’: aliter that ‘the Irishman fearlessly stands before the whole world and unhesitatingly proclaims that his greatest pride and his greatest glory is the heritage that was given him by St Patrick—our Holy Catholic faith.’”—The Times [London] Lit Sup
Ath p1387 D 19 ’19 40w Booklist 16:240 Ap ’20
“Father Lockington employs a bombastic style unfortunately characteristic of a class of books about Ireland, books against which nearly all the younger Irish writers have revolted. It is surprising to find an author of Mr Chesterton’s literary standing writing an introduction to ‘The soul of Ireland’: readers who care for literature will be wise to go no further.” N. J. O’C.
− Boston Transcript p6 F 25 ’20 180w
“Long, sickly, sentimental rhapsody, in the rococo style.” Preserved Smith
− Nation 110:556 Ap 24 ’20 150w
“It is written in a lofty, almost poetic, style, and a deep religious fervor pervades it throughout.”
+ N Y Times 25:225 My 2 ’20 500w