“Mr. Harrison begins with a somewhat narrow egotism, and his first pages are irritating, meagre, and disappointing; but the latter half of the book becomes universal in its interest, and cogent in its claims, so that these essays well repay the reflective reading which they acquire.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 751. Je. 22. 1460w. | |
| + − | Dial. 43: 94. Ag. 16, ’07. 370w. |
“May not attract new proselytes to the gospel of humanity as expounded by Auguste Comte; but, in spite of its rather uncompromising polemic, it compels respect by its manifest sincerity and genuine fervour of conviction.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 157. My. 17, ’07. 1830w. | |
| Nation. 85: 124. Ag. 8, ’07. 1320w. |
“A sense of humour is a sense of proportion. And if Mr. Harrison had had a deeper sense of proportion he would not have taken himself quite so seriously, and he would have been saved from some of the solemn absurdities of the positivist religion.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 550. S. 14, ’07. 460w. |
“We do not ... know of any book which will give to the curious and interested reader so good an interpretation of the religion of humanity as this volume of Mr. Frederic Harrison’s.”
| + | Outlook. 86: 523. Jl. 6, ’07. 540w. | |
| R. of Rs. 36: 383. S. ’07. 80w. |
“This indifference to facts is characteristic of the whole book; it marks both Mr. Harrison’s criticism of Christianity and defence of his own creed. When we turn from Mr. Harrison’s criticism to this construction, we are still in the same abstract region. Facts are still held of no account.”