+ – Ind. 60: 688. Mr. 22, ’06. 200w.
“What impresses the thoughtful reader of Professor Ladd’s volumes is the thoroughness with which they canvass practically the whole field of discussion. It is difficult to decide on what ground he is strongest, whether in history, anthropology, psychology or general philosophy. In each field he treads familiar ground and pronounces sane and rational judgments.” A. T. Ormond.
+ + + J. Philos. 3: 522. S. 13, ’06. 2290w.
“The description of the religious phenomena is, with a few exceptions, accurate. Throughout the book there are suggestive remarks. The great extent of the field traversed, and the author’s anxiety to make his positions clear, lead to a good deal of repetition. An undue amount of space seems to be given to the review of early religious phenomena.”
+ + – Nation. 82: 229. Mr. 15, ’06. 1060w.
“A massive work admirable both in analysis and synthesis, candid in its recognition of difficulties remaining to be solved.”
+ + Outlook. 82: 47. Ja. 6, ’06. 540w.
“The total impression is that of a great drama which the author is opening to our vision rather than that of a chain or web of speculative notions. This concreteness, which is pervasive of the entire work, is perhaps its greatest merit. One can only wish that the evidential logic of it had been wrought out rather more systematically.” George A. Coe.
+ + – Philos. R. 15: 528. S. ’06. 3300w.
Reviewed by E. S. Ames.