dom has a work been praised so highly by men of the different creeds and nationalities. Protestant reviews have been, we may say, as enthusiastic as those of Catholics, on this "opera gigantesca", as an Italian reviewer has styled it. One Protestant Review (Westermann's Monatshefte) says: "No similar work can be compared to Baumgartner's in thoroughness, variety, and above all in directness. "[1] The same author has published some splendid volumes on Goethe (3 vols.), Lessing, Calderon, Jost van den Vondel, and Longfellow. Father Longhaye's Histoire de la littérature française au XVIIe siècle (2 volumes) was awarded a prize by the French Academy in 1901.
A very distinguished historian is Father Ehrle, Prefect of the Vatican Library, author of the great Historia Bibliothecae Pontificum and co-editor of the Archiv für mittelalterliche Geschichte und Litteratur. Father Grisar is a leading author on Christian Archaeology. His latest work on the History of Rome is a worthy rival of Gregorovius's famous work.[2] The Belgian Jesuits continue the colossal work of the Old Society, the "Bollandists", or Acta Sanctorum, a work of prime importance for the history of the whole
- ↑ See some other criticisms of leading Protestant papers in The Review, St. Louis, June 6, 1901: "Protestant Criticism of a Recent Catholic Work."
- ↑ Geschichte Roms und der Päpste, "a publication of the very first rank, as indispensable as the work of Gregorovius." (Allgemeine Zeitung, Munich 1899, No. 45.) – Neue Preussische Zeitung, Berlin 1900, No. 608.
and Japan). 3) Greek and Latin Literature of Classical Antiquity. 4) Latin and Greek Literature of Christian Nations. The coming volumes will treat of the Literature of Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Poland, Russia, Holland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, England, Germany.
