“The style will not interest the general reader.”
| + | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 125. Ja. ‘05. 70w. |
“Well-written and skilfully arranged work.”
| + + | Critic. 46: 381. Ap. ‘05. 110w. |
“It contains everything that a stranger needs to know of a fascinating country. The book has no literary endeavor manifest in its pages, being rather a complete handbook of the kingdom, with numerous illustrations of persons and places,—an encyclopedia in little.” Wallace Rice.
| + + | Dial. 38: 91. F. 1, ‘05. 150w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 10: 36. Jan. 21, ‘05. 620w. |
Carter, Thomas. Shakespeare and the Holy Scriptures, with the version he used. [*]$3. Dutton.
“Following the plays of Shakespeare in the probable order of their composition, Dr. Carter exhibits the extent to which Biblical ideas and phraseology appear in them. Citations from Shakespeare are from the text of the First folio, published in 1623; citations from the Bible are from the Genevan version (edition of 1598), the popular version of that time, and from the Genevan New Testament of 1557. ‘No writer,’ says Dr. Carter, ‘has assimilated the thoughts and reproduced the words of the Holy Scripture more copiously.’”—Outlook.
“In consequence of this fatal want of judgment, the book may be pronounced to be practically valueless.”
| — | Nation. 81: 388. N. 9, ‘05. 600w. |