Savonarola | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 11, 1891

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 17, No. 19.

Savonarola.

From the Christian Observer. (Feb., 1891.) A life of Savonarola is an important one to lay before our people, and it is one about which we should know more. The whole story of his life and martyrdom is full of interest, and we hope this book will be added to many of our libraries at home and in Sunday-school.

From Zion's Herald. (Feb. 4, 1891.) A small volume, giving in brief the life and labors of this eloquent monk. All the disagreements which he had with the pope are given with clearness and strength, so that the reader gets a very good idea of the times, as well as of Savonarola. It is written for young people especially.

From the Congregationalist. (Jan. 8, 1891.) It is a pleasant, popularly-written account of the career of the great revivalist and martyr. There always is a public for such a book as this, dealing, as it does, with events as historically fateful as they were romantic, and it will do good.

From the Christian Cynosure. (Jan. 1, 1891.) This is a brief biography of entrancing interest. The prophet and martyr of Florence is a comparatively unknown among the renowned galaxy of the Reformation. The name of Savonarola deserves to be more cherished by the Christian church, and we should be thankful for books like this that help us to understand him.

From the Golden Rule. (Jan. 20, 1891.) The author has just the gift for biographical writing. She seizes upon the strong points in the character, and sets them out in vivid relief. Indeed, she has a form of dramatic power that makes her work of exceptional interest and value. She writes, too, sympathetically, and seems possessed by the subject. One's general reading, in Romola, for instance, necessitates just such information as is here given. The narrative is marked by vigor, directness, and impressiveness.

From the Lutheran Observer. (Jan. 16, 1891.) This biography of the great Florentine presents a careful and interesting account of his career and martyrdom at Florence, and within a moderate compass suitable for general popular use. It belongs to the Young People's Library, and is attractively issued, with illustrations.

From the Christian Intelligencer. (Feb. 18, 1891.) "Savonarola, the Florentine Monk," by Emma H. Adams, is a successful attempt to tell, in an attractive manner, the story of this great "Reformer before the Reformation." The main facts in the remarkable history of the famous Dominican monk are clearly and entertainingly related, and the little volume is well worthy of being read by young and old as an excellent introduction to a more detailed study of some of the facts and causes which led to the moral revolution of the sixteenth century.