| + + — | Cath. World. 82: 91. O. ‘05. 3900w. (Review of v. 8.) |
“There is a certain lack of homogeneity, produced partly by divergencies both in opinion and in style, and partly by repetitions due to the treatment of a single subject in its different phases. A graver objection is the absence, both from this volume and from that devoted to ‘The reformation,’ of a sufficient statement of the Roman Catholic side. The work would be indispensable to students for its bibliographies alone.”
| + + — | Critic. 46: 278. Mr. ‘05. 1280w. (Review of v. 3.) |
Reviewed by E. D. Adams.
| + + — | Dial. 39: 165. S. 16, ‘05. 1140w. (Review of v. 3.) |
Reviews Vols. III and VIII.
| Ind. 58: 669. Mr. 23, ‘05. 700w. |
[*] “A fine, scholarly catalog of events, with little sense for literary form or emphasis. It is learned and fair, but cold and unsympathetic; useful as an encyclopedia, and having little dramatic interest.”
| + + | Ind. 59: 1155. N. 16, ‘05. 60w. (Review of v. 3.) |
“It is generally accurate; it is critical; it is clearly written; it is dispassionate. The attitude of pure science is worthily maintained.”