“Unquestionably the most valuable work of the kind in English, and at present superior to any other in any language, considering its encyclopaedic character and the substantial quality of its most important articles.”
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 296. My. 6, ‘05. 1710w. (Review of v. 1.) |
Guiney, Louise Imogen. Hurrell Froude: memoranda and comments. [*]$3. Dutton.
This volume is in two parts, the first, a sketch of Hurrell Froude and his life, consisting mainly of letters and journals, the second, a collection of comments upon him and his connection with the Oxford movement. Outside of those interested in English religious movements, Hurrell Froude, brother of the historian, and John Henry Newman’s most intimate friend, is perhaps little known, and this book gives in detail the man’s influence upon his associates and the religious movements of his time, as well as his personality and character.
“The author’s style is not always unintelligible and precious, and by dint of a great deal of quotation we are brought fairly near to that strange inspirer of Newman.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 656. My. 27. 230w. |
“It is a work of unusually distinguished merit. In the first place, Miss Guiney allows Hurrell Froude to tell his own story. And a second feature of this book which calls for praise is that in the pages which the biographer has written herself, the style is splendid.”
| + + + | Cath World. 80: 826. Mr. ‘05. 580w. |
“As a whole the book lacks literary unity, but it is initiative and gives an intimate glimpse into a circle of singularly real and fervent men. Valuable it is as being illustrative of a phase of the nineteenth century.”
| + + — | Critic. 47: 381. O. ‘05. 380w. |