“One of the earliest and closest companions of St. Francis of Assisi ... was Brother Aegidius, better known to English readers by his Anglicized name, Giles.... The present volume treasures his ‘Golden sayings’ held in high esteem by the Roman Catholic church, and introduces them by a brief sketch of his life.”—Outlook.
| Am. Hist. R. 12: 449. Ja. ’07. 50w. |
“The ‘Golden sayings’ themselves are of historical value as illustrating the spiritual side of early Franciscan teaching, an aspect hitherto inadequately recognized; and historians will appreciate especially the editor’s scholarly introduction.”
| + | Am. Hist. R. 12: 920. Jl. ’07. 270w. |
“In the editing and translating of the ‘Sayings,’ Father Paschal displays the erudition and the grasp of historical method which have won him a place in the front rank of the large band of scholars who today have devoted themselves to the study of ‘Franciscana.’”
| + | Cath. World. 86: 255. N. ’07. 360w. |
“Well worthy the careful and pleasing translation ... as well for their sincere and earnest piety as for the singular beauty and picturesqueness of their expression.”
| + | Ind. 62: 1094. My. 9, ’07. 80w. |
“It is the interest of his quaint personality that imparts interest to his ‘Aurea dicta’ which, to speak frankly, are not of great intrinsic value. But the English enthusiast must not fail to possess himself of Father Robinson’s translation.”