The third and last volume of an encyclopedic work on missions. “This entire volume is concerned with the contribution of missions to social progress and every phase of the subject is accorded full and careful treatment, with abundant illustrations from missionary activities under all churches, and in all countries.” (Nation.)
“The work is valuable for reference.”
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“The range is cyclopædic the details multitudinous and interesting throughout. Altogether, this is a unique work, without which no reference library can be considered complete.”
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“In the twelve years in which Dr. Dennis has been engaged upon this great task, he has accumulated a vast store of interesting facts, most of which had never before been classified or grouped in systematic order.”
+ + R. of Rs. 34: 382. S. ’06. 110w. (Review of v. 3.) Spec. 97: 498. O. 6, ’06. 220w. (Review of v. 3.)
De Quincey, Thomas. [Autobiography and confessions of Thomas De Quincey]; with photogravure front. por. and biographical and critical introd. by Tighe Hopkins. *$1.25. Scribner.
Uniform with the “Caxton thin paper classics.” The volume is prefaced by the editor’s introduction.