“The ideas and arguments are presented logically and with very great clearness, boldness, and force. The central thought of each chapter is developed with crisp, terse sentences that never lose sight of the main point.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 737. N. 10, ’06. 330w.
Margoliouth, David Samuel. Mohammed, the rise of Islam. **$1.35. Putnam.
“Difference of opinion as to details there is bound to be, but Professor Margoliouth has in this work produced a life of Mohammed which no student can afford to neglect.” J. R. Jewett.
+ + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 880. Jl. ’06. 540w.
“The story of his life is clearly and convincingly told, with little animation of style, however, and in some chapters with an excess of trivial and redundant matter.”
+ – Bookm. 23: 658. Ag. ’06. 370w. + + Critic. 48: 91. Ja. ’06. 60w. + + Lond. Times. 5: 12. Ja. 12, ’06. 2220w.
“Hence the disappointment with this book. Professor Margoliouth seems to have been led astray in the first instance by his formula about solving a political problem. In the second instance, he has been affected by comparative studies in enthusiasm and imposture, along with the psychology of conversion and the like.”
– + Nation. 81: 528. D. 28, ’05. 1050w. + + N. Y. Times. 11: 33. Ja. 20, ’06. 1400w. (Reprinted from Lond. Times.)
“No better biographer of Mohammed than Prof. Margoliouth could have been found. His book is at once scholarly and readable, and displays a grasp of its subject which does not always accompany profound learning. And of his learning there is no need to speak.”