“The appendix ... is in many respects better reading than the body of the book. For the main portion is a little confusing from the way in which it gives all the legends and no clear criticism of them.”
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“The volume is built of hypotheses.”
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“A work whose technical merit is commensurate with its intrinsic interest. The main part of the work spreads before the general reader the sifted results of historical criticism.”
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“The sources are meagre, and Dr. Bury’s examination of them is masterly.”
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Butcher, S. H. Harvard lectures on Greek subjects. [*]$2.25. Macmillan.
If in the intense modernism of the present century we sometimes vaingloriously forget the debt we owe to the ancients, such scholars as Mr. Butcher do a real service in commanding a mindful attitude. While given at Harvard, the author addresses himself not only to scholars but to a mixed audience. “The first lecture compared in a singularly able and effective fashion the Greek spirit with the Jewish spirit, the Greek influence and the one other comparable with it.... Then he passes in the next lecture to a comparison of the Hellenes and the Phoenicians. These represent the pure commercial spirit. The next lecture deals specifically and enlighteningly with the quality of the Greek passion for knowledge. Still further lectures deal with ‘Greek art and inspiration,’ and with ‘Greek literary criticism.’” (N. Y. Times).