“His little book is a valuable addition to the library of devotional thought, though it only presents the conceptions of the classic mystics in modern form.”
+ Outlook. 81: 44. S. 2, ’05. 190w.
Moffat, Mary Maxwell. Queen Louisa of Prussia. **$3. Dutton.
The domestic, intellectual and inspirational characteristics of this favorite among Prussian queens are arranged with new material to fortify them. “She did not make poetry, she did make politics; but she made them poetically.... And just as the greatest of all poets is said to have been a good business man, this best of all queens could use feminine weapons to deal with him whom only such weapons could reach.” (N. Y. Times.)
“This is by no means the first life of Queen Louisa, but it certainly is one which will be read with delight by many who will take it as a mere incident in the Napoleonic drama, and by many more perhaps who will regard it as a clear exposition of a good and capable woman’s life.”
+ Acad. 71: 222. S. 8, ’06. 1460w.
“If it can scarcely be said that Mrs. Moffat has risen to the heights of her opportunities, she has, at least written an unpretentious, careful, and fairly readable book.”
+ Ath. 1906, 2: 293. S. 15. 2020w.
“This book is so clear and delightful that we should like to efface ourselves and quote it all.”