“Mr. Wilkinson writes agreeably. He also shows a considerable range of reading.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 120. Ag. 10, ‘05. 400w. |
“A book that is neither pure history nor pure gossip, and yet comes near to being both.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 404. Je. 17, ‘05. 1680w. |
“As history the value of the work is, to be sure, of rather negative character.”
| + + — | Outlook. 81: 131. S. 16, ‘05. 1680w. |
“In his concluding pages Mr. Wilkinson is obviously hampered by the fact that he is dealing with events and men too near our own time, and writes too much in the style of the professional parliamentary lobbyist. But this book as a whole is a most valuable addition to the series of useful manuals to which it belongs, and is perhaps the most readable of them all.”
| + + — | Spec. 94: 916. Je. 24, ‘05. 2290w. |
Wilkinson, William Cleaver. Modern masters of pulpit discourse. [**]$1.60. Funk.
Criticisms and appreciations of the foremost preachers of France, England and America. “As critical sketches of homiletic art they have a special value for every preacher who is, as he should be, a student of the art.” (Outlook.)