Ivins, William Mills. Soul of the people: a New year’s sermon. **60c. Century.
A buoyant, optimistic view of man’s present possibilities in working out his own salvation, and, in consequence, that of the nation. “Better than is to-day has never been” strikes the keynote that Dr. Ivins sounds out against the lethargy and incompetency which would shift the responsibility of duty to other shoulders.
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Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams. Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map. **$4. Macmillan.
Professor Jackson, the chief American authority on the Indo-Iraman language considers Persia from one central point of view, viz., the religion of Zoroaster, and the Magi. It gives an idea of the life of the people and their history, and also an account of Transcaspia and Turkestan, as the route of the author carried him on into the heart of Asia, Mero, Bokara and Samarkand.
“Is the best possible guide to Persia that anyone could desire.”
+ + + Cath. World. 84: 415. D. ’06. 210w.
“There is little of importance in the shah’s domains in the field of scholarship and literature which Professor Jackson does not touch.” Wallace Rice.
+ + Dial. 41: 393. D. 1, ’06. 110w.