Excerpt from The Ecclesiastical Review, Vol. 67: July December, 1922 It may be said at once that, from the artistic point of View and even the reflective, the stories he tells are not Of equal value. The author is at his best in relating the history of the Nativity with its accompanying mysteries, and again when he tells the story of the Passion and Risen life, including the Coming of the Holy Ghost. With very little difficulty these stories could be dramatized and put upon the stage: and it is not improbable that we have here one of the sources of the Mystery Plays which were acted in the fourteenth century: whilst almost certainly these stories were drawn upon by the painters and poets Of that period? But of this further on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.