“A statement of the traditional arguments from antecedent probability, sign and example is in itself of little use to the ordinary debater. Nor does the part of the book on debate, though interesting and well written, seem to us to offer sufficient ground for exercise and practise to those who may use it.” E. E. H., jr.
– Bookm. 22: 528. Ja. ’06. 310w.
“There is not a little sensible advice and acute suggestion to be found in this book, and it is likely to be useful, not only in the classroom, but to all persons preparing for public discussion.”
+ + Outlook. 82: 475. F. 24, ’06. 120w.
“Parts of the book are excellently done. The chapter on brief-drawing is the best to be found anywhere; the advice in the appendix is practical and helpful. But the book, on the whole, is diffuse. Yet with all its faults the book is perhaps the most practical of the compilations that have thus far treated the subject.” Fred Lewis Pattee.
+ + – School R. 15: 545. S. ’06. 460w.
Lea, Henry Charles. [History of the Inquisition of Spain.] 4v. v. 1 and 2 ea. **$2.50. Macmillan.
A work built up from a vast amount of material drawn from Spanish archives. Volume one is chiefly devoted to tracing the rise of the Inquisition in Spain; volume two discusses the disastrous influence of the institution upon the rulers who supported it, the people who suffered under it and the nation that survived it.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 739. Ap. ’06. 60w. (Review of v. 1.)