+ +Dial. 42: 46. Ja. 16, ’07. 300w.

“Especially to be commended is his conservatism in rejecting the ingenious speculations which have recently aimed at revolutionizing the generally accepted chronology of Chaucer’s poems. Like most books that issue from American universities, it is perhaps too didactic in aim, and the shadow of orthodoxy at times hangs a little heavily over its pages.”

+ −Nation. 83: 370. N. 1, ’06. 390w.

“It is written with learning and from a sane and sympathetic point of view.”

+ +N. Y. Times. 11: 737. N. 10, ’06. 940w.

Ropes, James Hardy. Apostolic age in the light of modern criticism. **$1.50. Scribner.

6–14529.

Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.

“The book is constructive in method, conservative in treatment, clear in style. An excellent supplement to Kent’s ‘Origin and permanent value of the Old Testament.’”

+A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 128. My. ’07.