+ + Hibbert J. 4: 912. Jl. ’06. 4660w. Ind. 60: 1222. My. 24, ’06. 710w.
“In spite of its length, ill-proportion, and abundance of repetition, the book is quite readable, and is to be commended as a contribution of no small importance to the ecclesiastical history of the England of the past half-century.”
+ + – Lit. D. 33: 158. Ag. 4, ’06. 170w.
“In respect of the fulness of its public detail this memoir may take its place beside those of Tait, who was Temple’s tutor, and of Benson, his colleague and friend.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 57. F. 23, ’06. 2540w. + Nation. 82: 351. Ap. 26, ’06. 850w.
“On the whole Is well done.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 178. Mr. 24, ’06. 500w.
“More serious is the inability of the writers to secure that detachment of vision necessary to a correct estimate of their subject.”
– + Outlook. 82: 806. Ap. 7, ’06. 440w.
“We could wish that someone had been found able to weld into one whole the mass of material collected in these two volumes, with a critical tact to know what to omit, and with skill in grouping and arranging material. As it is, there is much repetition. But the critical reader may find advantages in compensation. There is a unity in the volumes.”