“Illusions must be grappled with and exhibited as such before people can be got to discard them. And as a guide to the performance of that office Mr. Vivian’s book is the best that can be named.”—Albany Review.
“Candid and conscientious.”—London Quarterly Review.
“The arguments of Agnosticism very clearly put.”—Guardian.
“Mr. Vivian does not aim at bespattering his opponents with mud.”—Christian Commonwealth.
“Ought to be carefully studied by preachers.”—Christian World.
“Is well worth reading by all who have to do with unbelief.”—Methodist Times.
“It is a frank and full inquiry into the grounds of modern unbelief, and a masterly plea for candour in Christian thought.”—Christian Advocate.
“Calmly-reasoned criticism.... Writes in excellent style.”—Clarion.
“Mr. Vivian’s book is an admirable reply to When it Was Dark.”—New Age.
“An interesting and instructive book.”—Positivist Review.