“Till a full biography appears, however, we shall do very well with this book, which is a thoroughly workmanlike narrative with fairly judicious comment. It has a strong flavour of hero-worship to be sure, but we do not wish it to be without that, even though a hero worshipper can scarcely be the best of judges.”
| + − | Spec. 98: 718. My. 4, ’07. 1250w. |
Wallington, Nellie Urner. Historic churches of America; with an introd. by E: E. Hale. **$2. Duffield.
7–31235.
Mrs. Wallington has made her study cover nearly seventy historic churches of America. It traces “in some detail the first steps which were taken in different parts of the nation by persons of distinct religious motive who had exiled themselves from Europe and who meant to maintain their allegiance to a living God.” The book is finely illustrated.
“Brief but entertaining sketches.”
| + | Dial. 43: 427. D. 16, ’07. 90w. |
“The descriptions are picturesquely given and through the whole book there is traced in detail the growth of the various religious movements which took their starting point from the days of the colonies and have found their outward expression in many notable edifices thruout the country.”
| + | Lit. D. 35: 918. D. 14, ’07. 100w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 666. O. 19, ’07. 20w. |