“A book to be read in connection with Symond’s ‘Age of the despots’ has long been a desideratum—a clear and comprehensive account of North Italy from the Roman times down at least to the middle of the fourteenth century. Such a book is now at hand in Mr. Butler’s ‘Lombard communes.’”
| + + | Outlook. 85: 858. Ap. 13, ’07. 190w. |
Butterworth, Hezekiah. [Story of the hymns and tunes], by Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth. *$1.50. Am. tract.
7–6630.
In this volume have been combined Mr. Butterworth’s “The story of the hymns” and “The story of the tunes.” There have also been added modern hymns and tunes that “have won recognition since the books were first published.”
| Dial. 42: 260. Ap. 16, ’07. 70w. |
“Mr. Butterworth himself passed over his manuscript to Mr. Brown, who has executed his difficult task not only with sympathy for his subject, but with no little original research. This work is more valuable than most popular books on hymns and also more readable.”
| + | Ind. 62: 1209. My. 23, ’07. 180w. |
“Many helpful historic and biographic facts are given; nor do the authors disdain anecdote.”