| + | R. of Rs. 31: 120. Ja. ‘05. 120w. |
Mason, Arthur James. Historic martyrs of the primitive church. [*]$3.20. Longmans.
The author “has aimed to present nothing which may not be relied upon as historically true.... He has endeavored, he writes, to present the stories of the acts of the martyrs during the first three centuries of Christianity in a plain and straightforward manner, with only such explanations and illustrations as the ordinary reader may require; he has omitted lengthy discussions, unnecessary dates, questions of genuineness, etc.”—N. Y. Times.
| + + | Acad. 68: 473. Ap. 29, ‘05. 230w. | |
| Am. Hist. R. 10: 938. Jl. ‘05. 90w. |
“The narratives are set forth in graphic form, and Dr. Mason has accomplished a most interesting task.”
| + + | Ath. 1905, 1: 653. My. 27. 460w. |
“Mr. Mason writes of them with tender sympathy, devout veneration, and scholarly competence.”
| + + + | Cath. World. 81: 397. Je. ‘05. 210w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 224. Ap. 8, ‘05. 160w. |
“Has brought together in a sifted and trustworthy form the chief records of the passion of the primitive martyrs.”
| + + | Sat. R. 99: 810. Je. 17, ‘05. 1270w. |