“The book is as sincere as it is frankly the work of an admirer, but it is such a tribute as any man might be proud of.”
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Burrows, Ronald M. Discoveries in Crete, and their bearing on the history of ancient civilisation. *$2. Dutton.
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Professor Burrows’ book becomes an “Ariadne’s thread in a bewildering labyrinth.” He “has rendered signal service not only to the public at large, but also to the cause of archæological research by his little book. He has read, as it would seem, everything which has been published concerning the Cretan discoveries, and has had access to a great deal of information at first hand which has not yet found its way into print at all. And from this enormous mass of material, which has been the bewilderment even of many of the elect, he has drawn out the main threads of argument and has woven them into a work which has more than the mere colour of cohesion and continuity.” (Acad.)
“It is ungracious to cavil at Homeric criticism in a book whose main object is so well and so modestly achieved. We can say without hesitation that this little work is almost a necessary introduction to the unwieldy mass of material with which the author has had to deal. And if the illustrations are few and far between, they are admirably chosen.”
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“Prof. Burrows, like Ariadne, offers to the adventurous a clue through the labyrinth. But, to avail ourselves of it we need the labyrinth itself—the archæological library.”