+ Pub. Opin. 40: 542. Ap. 28, ’06. 190w.
Sprague, John Francis. Sebastian Ralé. $1. Heintzmann press, Boston.
A monograph on the environment, work and character of Father Ralé who devoted thirty years of his life to a little band of Indians on the banks of the Kennebec and who was slain in an attack upon his mission.
Am. Hist. R. 11: 749. Ap. ’06. 80w.
“We may sincerely congratulate Mr. Sprague, from the literary point of view, on having produced a monograph which is an excellent piece of historical work. We congratulate him still more warmly on the possession of the broadminded spirit, and the courage to manifest it.”
+ + + Cath. World. 84: 112. O. ’06. 490w. Outlook. 83: 674. Jl. 21, ’06. 130w.
Spurgeon, Rev. Charles Haddon. Spurgeon’s illustrative anecdotes; arranged under subjects and topics by Rev. Louis Albert Banks. **$1.20. Funk.
For the benefit of preachers and teachers who have need of anecdotes with which to illustrate their sermons and religious talks the compiler has selected and classified some 500 of the stories which Spurgeon used so successfully. Their arrangement under such headings as Affliction, Ambition, Blessings, Christ, Conscience, Conversion, Duty, Faith, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Hope, Joy etc., etc. render them easy of access.