A complete handbook of the reformation belonging to the series known as “The church universal” which deals with the history of the Christian church as a historic body.
“His effort ‘to be fair to all schools of thought and to all men to the time’ has, in the opinion of the reviewer, met with indifferent success. Chapters 7–9 (141 pages) are devoted to the Council of Trent. Here we at once become aware that the author is treading on firmer ground. He no longer deals in vague generalities or manifests the ‘possession’ on his part of vast supplies of ignorance and misinformation, but he shows interest in the minutest details and the possession of a creditable amount of authentic knowledge. These chapters constitute the only really valuable part of the work and justify its publication.” Albert Henry Newman.
| + − | Am. Hist. R. 12: 876. Jl. ’07. 820w. |
“The treatment of the very large subject is brief and summary, the point of view is Anglican, and the spirit non-partisan.”
| + | Ind. 63: 763. S. 26, ’07. 50w. |
“He has to do his work his own way, and he has done it admirably. But we are sorry to say that he has sometimes been hasty, and has allowed ill-shapen sentences and sometimes errors of fact to escape his notice.”
| + + − | Sat. R. 104: 244. Ag. 24, ’07. 440w. |
Whitson, John Harvey. Castle of doubt. †$1.50. Little.
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