. Review of reviews and world's work. PROFESSOR JOHN BATES CLARK. 384 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF Macpherson, tlie well-known Scottish writer. The textand language of the original have been preserved, andthe entire abridgment occupies only about two hun-dred pages (Crowell). Scientific Aspects of Mormonism (Putnams), byNels L. Nelson, of the Brigham Young University, is thefirst of two volumes(the second is not yetready for publication)on that interesting re-ligion. Although denies that liehas undertaken thiswork in a spirit of po-lemic animosity, thereis a bitterness in
. Review of reviews and world's work. PROFESSOR JOHN BATES CLARK. 384 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF Macpherson, tlie well-known Scottish writer. The textand language of the original have been preserved, andthe entire abridgment occupies only about two hun-dred pages (Crowell). Scientific Aspects of Mormonism (Putnams), byNels L. Nelson, of the Brigham Young University, is thefirst of two volumes(the second is not yetready for publication)on that interesting re-ligion. Although denies that liehas undertaken thiswork in a spirit of po-lemic animosity, thereis a bitterness in muchof his writing whichlargely detracts fromits scientific value. Itmust be a hard task fora religious zealot to cul-tivate a purely scien-tific attitude toward MR. nels l. religion, especially when the opposition to that religion has been soaggressively active as to amount to religious per-secution at times. For this reason it would not beright to condemn the book because of these unscientificlapses, as it is thoughtful and earnest on the first volume is devoted entirely to the rel
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