“A specimen of workmanlike journalism rather than literature. Its value is of the moment, for there is no trace of the learning and insight which distinguish and give permanent worth to treatises like Bryce’s or De Tocqueville’s.” Edward A. Bradford.
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 487. Ag. 4, ’06. 850w.
“We wish Mr. Steffens’s words were as sound and persuasive as they are courageous.”
– + Outlook. 83: 287. Je. 2, ’06. 460w. + R. of Rs. 34: 126. Jl. ’06. 190w.
Steindorff, Georg. Religion of the ancient Egyptians. **$1.50. Putnam.
“The booklet gives about as good a picture of a complicated and wide subject as could be given in such limited space, and some further minor criticisms would not alter this judgment.” W. Max. Müller.
+ + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 868. Jl. ’06. 890w.
“It would be impossible to gain anything like a clear idea of the individual Egyptian deities from Steindorff’s book, which is, perhaps necessarily, sketchy and some what superficial.” L. H. Gray.
– + Bookm. 22: 359. D. ’05. 370w.
“As to the value of what Professor Steindorff has given us, there can be but one judgment. It is interesting in manner, and constructed on the best plan of advanced scholarship.”