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“If this book were not marred by one or two unnecessary bits of artificial coarseness, one would be tempted to say that after skimming through a dozen linotype historical romances here at last is a novel to sit down and read.”
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“This is a novel of more than ordinary length, but it is by no means wearisome, and will better repay attention than most of the stories offered in such profusion to a long-suffering public.”
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Harrison, Frederic. Creed of a layman: apologia pro fide mea. **$1.75. Macmillan.
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The author calls his book “my simple story of conversion and conviction,” an account of a “regular and calm development of thought.” He expresses a hope that the story of how spiritual rest might be achieved may “prove useful to some ‘perturbed spirit’ in our troubled times.” The exposition of his creed includes chapters upon: Day of all the dead, Septem contra fidem, A Socratic dialogue, Pantheism and cosmic emotion, Aims and ideals, A positivist prayer, The presentation of infants, Marriage, Burial, Day of humanity, and a Valedictory, Twenty one years at Newton Hall.