| + + — | Spec. 95: sup. 789. N. 18, ‘05. 1410w. |
[*] Harland, Marion, pseud. (Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune), and Van de Water, Virginia. Everyday etiquette. [**]$1. Bobbs.
A practical manual of social usages which sets forth the “Gospel of Conventionality” for the especial benefit of those who thru changed fortune find themselves in a new social environment. There are chapters upon such subjects as; invitations, calls, letter-writing, weddings, the debutante, the chaperon, gifts, mourning, the table, etiquette at home and in public, the church, and mistress and maid. The book does not cover a brilliant social season, but it is a helpful volume for the home and concerns itself with daily conduct and modest entertainment.
Harnack, (Carl Gustav) Adolf. Expansion of Christianity in the first three centuries; tr. and ed. by James Moffatt. 2v. [*]$3. Putnam.
“Dr. Moffatt ... is a competent translator of Prof. Harnack’s notable work. Since its publication in Germany in 1902 the book has commanded attention; and as it is the first exhaustive history of the Christian mission, it is well that it should be in the hands of those English readers whose ignorance of German does not interfere with their interest in the beginnings of Christianity and the advance of the early church.... One of the most valuable parts of Prof. Harnack’s book is that which deals with the extension of Christianity down to 325 A. D.”—Ath.
[*] “It is the best account that we have yet had of the way in which Christianity spread over the civilized world. Where the book is disappointing is in its attempted explanation of the remarkable way in which Christianity spread, and in its inadequate treatment of external influences.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 1258. D. 2, ‘05. 670w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“It hardly requires to be said of any work by Prof. Harnack that it is marked by richness of historical detail; and it may be confidently asserted that this one will maintain his high reputation as an ecclesiastical historian.”
| + + | Ath. 1905. 2: 463. O. 1730w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
[*] “It is an indispensable work of reference as to Christian activities in that period.”