“It is frankly the statement of a partisan; it contains little or no new material; it follows closely the phraseology of previous writers and quotes rather too liberally from them; but it is clear, compact, sensible summary of the facts of Whitman’s life, so far as they are known, and as such deserves commendation.” G. R. Carpenter.
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“A concise and highly eulogistic account of Whitman and his works.”
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“A believer to the fullest extent in the greatness of his work. And yet he does not spare criticism.”
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Plummer, Rev. Alfred. English church history: four lectures from the death of Archbishop Parker to the death of King Charles I. [*]$1. Scribner.
“Dr. Plummer aims to be judicially fair in his estimate of men and measures in the momentous period in English history from 1575 to 1649, but on every page he makes it patent that he is an ardent adherent of the church by law established. Elizabeth’s character was far from worthy, but it was good of her to fight the Romanists and the Puritans, and to preserve the Anglican church intact. James I, the wise fool, reached ‘the lowest depths of unpopularity with his subjects,’ but, ‘by solid conviction, during the whole of his reign he was neither Romanist nor Puritan, but an Anglican.’ Five or six particulars are specified in which he served the Church of England a good turn. Charles I, the impersonation of ‘incurable duplicity and intrigue,’ carried despotism to its utmost limit, and through his ‘criminal wrongheadedness and perfidy’ brought about the overthrow of both episcopacy and monarchy. Dr. Plummer does not venture to enumerate the particulars in which his reign was helpful to the Anglican cause.”—Bib. World.
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Reviewed by E. B. Hulbert.