“The editors deserve the greatest praise for the thoroughness and skill with which they have performed their task. They have been extremely careful in editing the text, and they have supplied an excellent translation, for it is accurate and reads as if it were an original work. They have also written a good introduction, which contains all the information that the reader requires.”
| + + | Ath. 1907, 2: 230. Ag. 31. 840w. |
“It is to be said that the gospel is interesting reading not only because of its doctrines, as, for example, the view that Paul wrongfully teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, that Jesus disclaimed Messiahship, that Mohammed is Messiah, not only because of the restraint manifested in the story of the virgin birth, but also because of the positive beauty of some of its sayings and parables.”
| + + | Nation. 85: 261. S. 19, ’07. 940w. |
Bielschowsky, Albert. Life of Goethe; tr. by W. A. Cooper. 3v ea. **$3.50. Putnam.
v. 2. This volume covers the period from the Italian journey to the War of liberation, 1788–1815, comprising the last two chapters of the first volume and the first twelve of the second of the German edition.
“Mr. Cooper is an American, and he writes ‘American,’ or, at any rate, a dialect of the Anglo-Saxon tongue, which is often forcible and picturesque, but is quite as often not pure English.” Rowland Strong.
| + − | Acad. 73: 93. N. 2, ’07. 1800w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“Though Bielschowsky displays remarkable skill in interweaving critical analysis with personal details concerning the poet, yet one who is unfamiliar with the actual works will probably find the chapters devoted to them a trifle dull. After all, these defects are really exaggerations of a good quality—the desire to enter into full sympathy with and understanding of Goethe’s point of view.”