The Excursions of a Book-Lover

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 9, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 31.

"The Excursions of a Book-Lover."

By Frederic Rowland Marvin. Cloth, 331 pages. Price $1.50. Sherman, French & Company, Boston, Mass.

A collection of essays on literary themes, filled with numerous bookish reminiscences. Among other things, Dr. Marvin calls bad books a national evil—if two thirds of American journals were destroyed, we would have "purer morals and stronger minds." Many stories involve religious works, and often theology is interwoven, some good, some bad. It is unfortunate that none of the "excursions" reach into the Bible,—the most fascinating of all books.