“So attractively written that the reader hardly appreciates at once the amount of learning, Eastern and Western, which it implies.”
+ + Ath. 1906, 1: 602. My. 19. 1270w.
“In his arrangement of the book, with its abundant translation of ancient text and ritual, all well indexed, we have just what the volume professes to be—a handbook for the study of Shinto.” William Elliot Griffis.
+ + Dial. 40: 255. Ap. 16. ’06. 1280w.
“This master of facts is very modest in theory and generalization. This is ‘the’ book on Shinto. There is no other.”
+ + Ind. 60: 341. F. 8, ’06. 590w. + + Ind. 61: 1166. N. 15, ’06. 14w.
“It is the one complete monograph on Shinto.”
+ + Nation. 83: 20. Jl. 5, ’06. 1270w. + Outlook. 82: 327. F. 10, ’06. 140w.
“No part of his subject has escaped his notice, and his materials are arranged in a logical sequence which makes them clear even to a casual reader. But the book is not for casual readers.”
+ + Sat. R. 101: 401. Mr. 31, ’06. 880w.