Abbott, Lyman. Christian ministry. **$1.50. Houghton.
“The book is a valuable one for the modern ministry. It is full of reality, of suggestion, and of inspiration.” J. M. English.
+ + Am. J. Theol. 10: 384. Ap. ’06. 830w.
“The book is characterized by keen analysis, comprehensive thought, practical interest, and by vigorous and clean-cut expression.” E. A. Hanley.
+ + Bib. World. 27: 394. My. ’06. 350w. + – Cath. World. 82: 556. Ja. ’06. 210w.
Acton, Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st baron. Lord Acton and his circle; ed. by Abbot [Francis Aidan] Gasquet. *$4.50. Longmans.
The letters of Lord Acton render a direct service in throwing light on a personality little known and little understood. “With the exception of a few letters written to Mr. Wetherell, all those here published were addressed to Richard Simpson, one of the most brilliant though least famous of the Oxford converts to Rome, and they are all concerned with the conduct of ‘The rambler,’ ‘The home and foreign review,’ and the other periodicals which occupied the energetic youth of Acton.... We see in the letters how thoroughly Acton was imbued with the principle of growth in religious thought.... We get a series of interesting glances into European and Papal politics before either Bismarck had won his laurels or the Pope had lost his crown.” (Ath.)
“It may be said of the letters as a whole that they will possess most importance to the liberal section of English Catholics, for whom, indeed, the book seems to have been written.”
+ Acad. 71: 301. S. 29, ’06. 1530w. + + Ath. 1906, 2: 472. O. 20. 1510w.