“A book which ought to have a place in the libraries of our high schools.”
| + + | School R. 13: 440. My. ‘05. 70w. |
Johnston, Rev. John Octavius. Life and letters of Henry Parry Liddon, canon of St. Paul’s cathedral and sometime Ireland professor of exegesis in the University of Oxford. $5. Longmans.
A detailed and sympathetic account of the life and character of the late Dean Liddon, strict ritualist and devoted Puseyite who was almost constantly involved in controversy. It is a faithful record of unfaltering devotion to duty and his steady advancement to well-earned success; his friendly relations with Gladstone and Salisbury and his refusal to accept a bishopric from either; his success as a pulpit orator; his famous sermons; his pleasing personality, high scholarship and untiring energy.
“A worthy addition to the literature of biography.” Percy F. Bicknell.
| + + | Dial. 38: 234. Ap. 1, ‘05. 2020w. | |
| Spec. 94: 180. F. 4, ‘05. 400w. |
Jones, Amanda Theodosia. Rubáiyát of Solomon, and other poems. $1.25. Alden bros.
One-third of this new volume of poems “is given up to versification, in the familiar rubáiyát form, of certain of the sayings of Solomon and Koheleth.... It is elsewhere in Miss Jones’s volume that we must look for her most meritorious verse. We find it, for example, in the group of ‘Kansas bird songs,’ in the lyrics of childhood, the tender personal tributes, and the pieces that touch on contemporary history.” (Dial.)
“It can truly be said that she has looked upon the sun and has been undismayed; for, at intervals ... the clear voice of this fearless and fiery-hearted Deborah has been heard and heeded by those who may be reckoned as the jealous custodians of the gates of song.” Edith M. Thomas.
| + + | Critic. 47: 412. N. ‘05. 1650w. |