“It is an excellent piece of work. While by no means light reading, the book is clear and straightforward, and it makes the real man Calvin live before us his strange life, so far-reaching in its influence.”
+ + Dial. 41: 286. N. 1, ’06. 140w.
“It contains about all that the average scholar needs to care for. It is free from exaggerations of either praise or blame. The bias on the whole is for Calvin. Will be useful to any student of history, no matter what others he may have on the same topic; and it is competent by itself to meet the requirements of most of us. It gives the essential facts in a straightforward, unambitious style. And it has a very good index.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 775. N. 24, ’06. 1120w.
“The present biography is critical as well as sympathetic, carefully citing authorities, and candidly exhibiting both the lights and the shadows of a masterful character and career.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 384. O. 13. ’06. 150w. Putnam’s. 1: 383. D. ’06. 210w.
“A well-balanced, temperate historical character sketch.”
+ + R. of Rs. 34: 758. D. ’06. 90w.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. My life: a record of events and opinion. *$6. Dodd.
“It dwells in a somewhat too extended manner on unimportant personal details and facts relating to the family and friends of the author. This fault, however, is insignificant in comparison with the general excellence of the life story, which merits the widest reading.”