| + | Pub. Opin. 39: 699. N. 25, ‘05. 70w. |
Riley, Theodore Myers. A memorial biography of the Very Reverend Eugene Augustus Hoffman. $5. Priv. ptd. at the Marion press, Jamaica, Queensborough, N. Y.
A biography which covers fully the facts of a life upon which the author comments as follows: “He was never primarily a theologian, or indeed primarily anything but an admirably well-balanced man, in whom the note of our common nature was always predominant.... He wrote no great books; he ventilated no schemes of sociological or of theological improvement to the world; he offered no advice to the public for the reconstitution of human society. He simply abode in the path of achievement marked out for him by his office as a priest, and by his gifts of constitution and rule.... And so he became great, because he was faithful, humble, wise, modest.”
“It is appreciative, orderly, and so full that its 795 pages of noble type leave nothing to be desired except an index.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 154. F. 23, ‘05. 290w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 57. Ja. 28, ‘05. 170w. (Statement of contents.) | ||
| N. Y. Times. 10: 139. Mr. 4, ‘05. 580w. (Abstract of contents.) |
Riley, Thomas James. Higher life of Chicago. [*]75c. Univ. of Chicago press.
A study of the culture interests of Chicago has resulted in the exposition of some of the agencies that are working for the betterment of the city, including the schools, libraries and the press, civic associations and women’s clubs, social settlements, charities, etc.
“To many who think of Chicago as a great commercial centre merely, this account of the higher life will be a revelation.”
| + | Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 594. S. ‘05. 100w. |
“It is a book of much value both for reference and for the further stimulation of cultural and altruistic endeavor.”