A rather voluminous biography of a London journalist written over thirty years after his death. It is written from the memorials that he left of himself in his own letters, diaries and journals.
“The biographer is unnecessarily outspoken at the expense of his subject.”
| − | Ath. 1907, 2: 680. N. 30. 880w. |
“It is so painstaking, its intentions are so honourable, and yet it is impossible conscientiously to say that more than one-tenth of its pages are necessary or, indeed, ordinarily readable. Technically the book is good, for Mr. Layard has a pleasant easy style; but a biographer’s style is nothing if his judgment is not sound, and in the disproportion of this work we find the gravest reason to doubt the soundness of Mr. Layard’s.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 355. N. 22, ’07. 1350w. |
“Mr. Layard’s volume was very well worth making.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 758. N. 30, ’07. 1520w. |
Lea, Henry Charles. [History of sacerdotal celibacy in the Christian church.] 3d ed. 2v. *$5. Macmillan.
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