+ − Ath p45 Jl 9 ’20 720w
“All that can be said in favor of this opinion is here brought together probably in as convincing a form as is possible. Yet the presentation does not carry full conviction, for it treats far too lightly the objections which have been urged by other scholars against Pauline authorship.”
+ − Bib World 54:649 N ’20 110w
PARSONS, JOHN. Tour through Indiana in 1840; ed. by Kate Milner Rabb. il *$3.55 McBride 917.72
20–19355
The book contains the diary of John Parsons of Petersburg, Virginia, giving an account of a trip by railroad, by stage coach and by steamboat, and an intimate picture of the life of the then near west, in its political, geographical and social and family aspects ending with a personal romance. The illustrations are from old prints and drawings and from photographs.
“There is a quaint and charming flavor in this diary.”
+ Booklist 17:113 D ’20
“The book is of particular value to those interested in Indiana and surrounding country and in the lives of the great and soon-to-be-great men and women of the time. As such it holds rank as an unusual historic document, and is a quaint picture of the politics and life of the day.”