“He brings out the character and personality of the man better, on the whole, than any of Wesley’s previous biographers have done.”
+ + Critic. 48: 473. My. ’06. 150w.
“The last chapter on ‘John Wesley the man’ is an especially clear and satisfactory presentation of the great preacher’s mind and personality.”
+ + Dial. 41: 42. Jl. 16, ’06. 300w.
“It is written in excellent style, and is marked by thoroness of information, fairness of judgment, and that sanity and balance, which come only with extensive knowledge.”
+ + Ind. 60: 1162. My. 17, ’06. 440w.
“It is compact, bright, clear-sighted, a book in which an American writer seems to have achieved something of the lucidity, combined with accurate knowledge, of the best French work. There are a few slips here and there in it.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 247. Jl. 13, ’06. 1490w.
“This writer has given us, in brief space, probably the clearest view of his hero.”
+ + Nation. 82: 537. Je. 28, ’06. 940w. + N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 130w.