“Mr. Marriott Watson has never given us a finer character-study than this of Sir Piers.” Wm. M. Payne.
+ Dial. 40: 17. Ja. 1, ’06. 300w.
Watson, John (Ian Maclaren, pseud.). Inspiration of our faith: sermons. **$1.25. Armstrong.
“Somewhat of the same idea, that of ascending in personal Christ-like life to fellowship with the Father, and thence deriving the help necessary for the fulfillment of duty, runs thru a series of twenty-nine sermons by the Rev. John Watson, better known as ‘Ian Maclaren.’ Each sermon breathes that practical Christianity which has characterized Ian Maclaren’s fiction and theological writings alike.”—Ind.
“They have the supreme merit (rare in sermons) of being interesting.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 297. Mr. 10. 90w.
“Strikingly beautiful as the language is, the volume will be prized by those who desire inspiring and helpful words for their devotional reading.”
+ Ind. 60: 223. Ja. 25, ’06. 80w. Lit. D. 32: 370. Mr. 10, ’06. 1060w.
“Here the ethical and the inspirational are happily blended, as elsewhere in his writings.”