| + + | Spec. 94: 23. Ja. 7, ‘05. 100w. |
Lancaster, R. V. Creed of Christ: a study of the Gospels. 60c. Presbyterian com.
The author states in his preface, “I have caught a glimpse of Jesus from what, to me, is a fresh viewpoint,” and this he voices in his book, which is divided into two sections: The introduction, and The creed. Under the latter head he discusses, The scriptures; God; Satan; Sin; Redeemed men; The kingdom; The second coming; The final glory, and Kindred subjects.
“His volume is careful, painstaking, conscientious, but without insight or imagination, and so without literary quality.”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 569. N. 4, ‘05. 360w. |
Landon, Percival. The opening of Tibet. $3.80. Doubleday.
“Mr. Landon gives in ‘The opening of Tibet,’ an account of Lhasa, the history of Tibet, the folk-lore and manners of the Tibetans, and the present relations with the rest of the world, with which he became acquainted as the representative of the London Times with the mission sent by the British government to Lhasa. The book is profusely illustrated with reproductions of photographs and sketches and maps.” (N. Y. Times). An introduction is provided by Col. Younghusband, who headed the mission to the Forbidden land.
“The book is ponderous in size, wide in its scope and interesting reading. Including the numerous appendices, the range of information extends from the frogs and fishes of the country to the folklore, art, religion and amazing priest-craft of the people.”
| + + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 26: 591. S. ‘05. 170w. |
“Regrettable that some errors of fact and date should have crept into the earlier and historical pages of the work.”