+Dial. 42: 47. Ja. 16. ’07. 280w.

“It ought to be a compliment to say that this book is thoroughly sound, genial and interesting, without being in the least clever, and without any of the little tricks of paradox and epigram that appeal to our decade.”

+Nation. 84: 32. Ja. 10, ’07. 190w.

Nicoll, William Robertson (Claudius Clear, pseud.). Lamp of sacrifice; sermons preached on special occasions. *$1.50. Armstrong.

“The keynote of Dr. Nicoll’s sermons is religious optimism.... The preacher does not reckon without the sorrows of life ... but the book, as a whole, and each chapter in particular, impresses upon the reader the conviction of the writer that they are none of them incurable, and are in some sense discounted by religious faith.”—Spec.


“The pen of a ready and vigorous writer is easily recognizable in his pages. Equally so is an intensely evangelical spirit.”

+Outlook. 85: 377. F. 16, ’07. 150w.
Spec. 97: 1049. D. 22, ’06. 120w.

Nielsen, Fredrik Kristian. History of the papacy in the XIXth century. *$7.50. Dutton.

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