Christopher Dawson Papers

VIII.  Book Reviews By Dawson

4/145    Review of: Allen, William Edward., THE UKRAINE: A HISTORY (New York: Macmillan, 1941), 1941

7/26      Review of Allen, W.E.D., THE UKRAINE (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1940), 1940

17/54    "Democracy and the British Tradition" (reviews of: Backer, Ernest., REFLECTIONS ON GOVERNMENT;  Lindsay, A.D., THE MODERN DEMOCRATIC STATE;  Massingham, H.J., THE ENGLISH COUNTRYMAN;  Barker, Ernest.,  BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH PEOPLE), 1943

17/1      Ages of Change: a Study of the European Inheritance,  review of: Barker, Sir Ernest, Sir George Clark and Professor P. Vaucher, THE EUROPEAN INHERITANCE (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1954. 3 vols.) published in THE TABLET,  Vol. 203 (May 22, 1954

5/142    Review of Bates, M. Searle., RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: AN INQUIRY (New York and London: International Missionary Council, 1945), 1945

5/74      Review of Beard, Charles A.,  WHITHER MANKIND ? A PANORAMA OF MODERN CIVILIZATION (London: Longman, Green, 1928), 1928

8/25      Review of Beard, Charles A. ed.,  WHITHER MANKIND ? A PANORAMA OF MODERN CIVILIZATION (New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1928), 1928

3/98      Review of Beck, Bishop. Ed., THE ENGLISH CATHOLICS , 1850-1950 (London: Burns, Oates, 1950), 1950.

2/26      Review of:  Bell, Clive.,  CIVILIZATION (London: Chatto and Windus, 1928), 1928

8/28      Review of Bell, Clive., CIVILIZATION (Baltimore: Penguin, 1928) entitled "Civilization and Order," 1928

4/33      Review of: Berlin, Isaiah., HISTORICAL INEVITABILITY (London: Oxford University Press, 1954), 1954

18/4      Review of: Berlin, Isaiah. HISTORICAL INEVITABILITY. (London: Oxford University Press, 1954)  HARVARD LAW REVIEW, Vol. 70 (1957)

16/1      Reviews of: Bevan, Dr. Edwyn et al., AFTER DEATH ? (The Spectator Booklets No. III, London: Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1934), 1934

1/ 73     Review of:  Botero, Giovanni, THE REASON OF STATE  AND THE GREATNESS OF CITIES (Rare Masterpieces of Philosophy and Science, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956), 1956

7/117    Review of Brogan, D. W., THE RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND (includes correspondence), 1940

5/68      Review of Burns, Cecil Delisle. THE FIRST EUROPE : A STUDY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  MEDIEVAL CHRISTENDOM AD 400- 800 (London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1947), 1947

2/55      Review of: Carr, E.H.,  WHAT IS HISTORY, 1961

19/3      "The Sanctions of Mass Democracy: Mr. Carr on the New Society", review of Carr, E.H. THE NEW SOCIETY (London, New York: Macmillan, St. Martin's Press, 1951)  TABLET, CXCVIII (October 27, 1951)

5/131    Review of: Carthy, Sister Mary Peter, O.S.U. ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON  EARLY AMERICAN CATHOLICISM (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University  of America Press, 1959), 1960

17/70    Review of: Carthy, Mother Mary Peter, O.S.U. ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON  EARLY AMERICAN CATHOLICISM (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1959), 1961

4/25      Review of: Charaya, Stelian, HAUT CHRISTIANISME, 1935

5/133    Review of Dvornik, Francis THE MAKING OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE, (London: Polish Research Centre, 1949), 1949

5/124    Review of Dvornik, Francis. The PHOTIAN SCHISM: HISTORY AND LEGEND (Cambridge, England: University Press, 1948), 1948

7/37      East and West. Review of Dvornik, Francis, THE PHOTIAN SCHISM (London: Cambridge University Press, 1949), 1949

4/52      Review of: Easton, Stewart. ROGER BACON AND HIS SEARCH FOR A UNIVERSAL SCIENCE (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1952) entitled "The Debunking of Roger Bacon", MONTH, review (portions), 1952

1/86      Review of:  Ellis, John Tracy (editor), DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORY, (Milwaukee: Bruce, 1956), 1956

17/40    "The Church in the U.S.A.", review of Ellis, John Tracy, ed., DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORY (Milwaukee:  Bruce, 1956), nd.

17/66  "Education: Goal and Process" (review of: Ellis, J.T., DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORY,  Milwaukee: Bruce, 1957), 1957

17/59  "Education: Goal and Process"  (review of: Ellis, J.T., DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORY. Milwaukee: Bruce,  1957), 1957

2/102    Review of: Ellis, John Tracy., DOCUMENTS OF AMERICAN CATHOLIC HISTORY, 1957

6/165    Review of: Curtius, Ernst Robert., EUROPEAN LITERATURE AND THE LATIN MIDDLE AGES, 1950 

3/82      Review of: Gouer, George Leveson., LETTERS OF LADY HARRIET CAVENDISH, 1796-1804, 1930

5/15      Review of: Granet, Michel.,  DANSES ET LEGENDES De LA CHINNE ANCIENNE, 2 vols. (Travaux de l' Annee Sociologique publies sous la Direction de M.  Marcel Mauss. Paris : Alacan), nd.

1/74      Review of: Hay, Denys, EUROPE: THE EMERGENCE OF AN IDEA, 1952

7/56      Review of Hitler, Adolf. MEIN KAMPF, 1939

4/22      Reviews of: James, E.O., THE CONCEPT OF DEITY (London, New York:  Hutchinson's University Library, 1950) ; Murphy, John, THE ORIGINS AND  HISTORY OF RELIGIONS Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1949), nd.

18/69    Review of: Krige, E. Jenson and J.D. Krige, THE REALM OF A RAIN-QUEEN: A STUDY OF THE PATTERN OF LOVEDU SOCIETY (London: International Institute of African Languages and Cultures of the Oxford University Press, 1943)  DUBLIN REVIEW, Vol. 214 No.428  (Jan.-Mar.1944) p.92-93

4/130    Review of: Knox, Ronald Arbuthnot,  ENTHUSIASM: A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE 17TH AND  18TH CENTURIES.  (New York: Oxford University Press, c1950), 1951

5/3        Review of: Knox, Ronald Arbuthnot, ENTHUSIASM: A CHAPTER IN THE  HISTORY OF RELIGION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES (New York: Oxford University Press, c1950), 1951 

18/80   "Religious Enthusiasm," review of: Knox, Ronald A., ENTHUSIASM: A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF RELIGION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES (New York: Oxford University  Press, 1961) published in MONTH, Vol.  5 (1951)

7/27R    Review of: Koestler, Arthur., THE YOGI AND THE COMMISSAR (New York: Macmillan, 1945), 1945

19/54    The Yogi and the Commissar, review of Koestler, Arthur. THE YOGI AND THE COMMISSAR AND OTHER ESSAYS (New York: Macmillan, 1945), 1945

7/41      Review of Latourette, Kenneth Scott.,  A HISTORY OF THE EXPANSION OF CHRISTIANITY  (7vols.) (New York, London: Harper & Row, 1937-45), nd. 

17/93    "The Future of National Government," (review of: MacMillan, Captain Harold.,  RECONSTRUCTION, Lord Allen of Hurtwood, BRITIAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE, Cole, G.D.H. and M.I.,  A GUIDE TO MODERN POLITICS), 1935

7/53      "Review Notes on True Humanism by J. Maritain," a review of Maritain, Jacques., TRUE HUMANISM (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1938); 1939

4/64      Review of: Martindale, Rev. C. C., S.J. THE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD (London: E. Benn, 1927) (Benn's Sixpenny Library, No. 151), 1927

1/72      Review of:  Mead, Margaret. NEW LIVES FOR OLD  (New York: William Morrow, 1956), 1956

18/11    "The Impact of Religion and the Modern World," review of: Mead, Margaret.   NEW LIVES FOR OLD, (NewYork: Morrow & Co., 1957), 1957

2/10      Review of: Nadler, Josef.  DIE BERLINER ROMANTIK, 1800-1814 published in THE SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, 1921

3/42      Review of NATIONALISM, by a study group of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1934

3/40      Review of : Needham, Joseph. THE GREAT AMPHIBIUM: FOUR LECTURES ON THE POSITION OF RELIGION IN A WORLD DOMINATED BY SCIENCE, 1932

1/68      Review of:  Nef, John U.  CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION, 1960

18/16    "Islamic Mysticism," review of Nicholson, R.A., STUDIES IN ISLAMIC MYSTICISM AND THE IDEA OF PERSONALITY IN SUFISM, THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM,  Published in THE DUBLIN REVIEW, Vol. 186 No.372 (January, February, March 1930), 1930

18/17    "Islamic Mysticism," by Christopher Dawson (in THE DUBLIN REVIEW, January, 1930) response to a review of nine books on Islamic mysticism written by Christopher Dawson, THE DUBLIN REVIEW (January 1930), 1930

1/75      Review of: Niebuhr, H. Richard, CHRIST AND CULTURE , 1952

6/124    Notes on Niebuhr, H. Richard, CHRIST AND CULTURE ( New York: Harper, 1951; London: Faber and Faber, 1952), 1952

18/62    "The Problem of Christ and Culture," Review of Niebuhr, H. Richard, CHRIST AND CULTURE  ( London: Faber & Faber,  1952) DUBLIN REVIEW, CCXXVI ( 1952)  p. 64-68

3/35      Review of Niebuhr, Reinhold.  REFLECTIONS ON THE END OF AN ERA, 1934

6/94      “Non Western Cultures and the Problem of the Missions” review of Ohm, Thomas. ASIA LOOKS AT WESTERN CHRISTIANITY ( English translation by Irene  Marinoff) (Freiburg: Herder; Edinburgh: Nelson, 1959), 1960

5/73      Review of O'Leary, De Lacy, ARABIC THOUGHT AND ITS PLACE IN HISTORY,  ( London: Kegan Paul, 1922), Trubners Oriental Series, 1922                              

1/69      Review of: Palanque, J. R. and A. Fliche (et. al.) THE CHURCH IN THE CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPIRE, 1949

5/1    "Byzantium and the Christian East," (draft of review of Peeters, R.P. Paul. S.J.  ORIENT ET BYZANCE; LE TREFONDS ORIENTAL DE L'HAGIOGRAPHIE  BYZANTINE (Bruxelles: Societe les Bollandistes, 1950) published in DUBLIN  REVIEW CCXXV (1951), p. 23-30.

5/39      Review of: Ramsey, Stanley C. SMALL HOUSES OF THE LATE GEORGIAN PERIOD, 1750-1820 (London, Technical Journals, limited, 1919-23), nd.

7/126    Review of THE RENEWAL OF CIVILIZATION (London: National Peace Council, 1943) and Foundations of Peace: A Christian Basis, agreement among the churches (letter to the editor signed by Cosmo Cantuar, A. Cardinal Hinsley,  Walter Armstrong, William Ebor, nd   

18/45    "The New Leviathan," review of:  Romier, L. WHO WILL BE MASTER: EUROPE OR AMERICA?, Ruggiero, G. de.,  THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN LIBERALISM, Barnes, J. S.,  THE UNIVERSAL ASPECTS OF FASCISM, A SURVEY OF FASCISM, Lion,  A., THE PEDIGREE OF FASCISM, DUBLIN REVIEW, Vol. 185 No. 370 (July 1929)  p. 88-102

19/38    "Turban and Mitre," review of: Runciman, Steven, THE EASTERN SCHISM,  (London: Oxford University Press, 1955), published in TIME AND TIDE, (29 October, 1955)

8/26      Review of Siegfried, Andre, EUROPE'S CRISIS? (translated from the French  by Hemming, H.H. and Doris Hemming) (London: J. Cape, 1935), 1935

3/81      Review of: Singer, Charles, RELIGION AND SCIENCE CONSIDERED IN THEIR HISTORICAL RELATIONS (Benns Sixpenny Library), 1930

2/8        Review of:  Slater, Gilbert, THE DRAVIDIAN ELEMENT IN INDIAN CULTURE, nd.

8/27      Review of Slater, Gilbert. THE DRAVIDIAN ELEMENT IN INDIAN CULTURE (London:  Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1924), 1924

17/60    "Dr. Toynbee's Turning Away," (review of abridgement by Somervell, D.C. of Toynbee, Arnold J. STUDY OF HISTORY, New York: Oxford, 1947-1957), 1957

5/105    Notes for review, HERR SPENGLER AND THE LIVES OF CIVILISATIONS (Civilizations)  SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, XIV (1922) p.194-201 

3/47      Review of Szentpetery, Imre, ed.,  SCRIPTURES RERUM HUNGARICARUM  (Budapest: Academia Litteraria Hungarica  [etc.], 1937 –1938), nd

4/34      Review of: Toynbee, Arnold and Myers, Edward D., HISTORICAL ATLAS AND GAZETTER; A STUDY OF HISTORY. Vol XI (London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1959), nd.

4/56      Review of: Toynbee, Arnold., AN HISTORIAN'S APPROACH TO RELIGION (based on the Gifford Lectures, Edinburgh, 1952-53) ( London: Oxford University  Press, 1956) nd.

2/70      Review of Toynbee, Arnold, AN HISTORIAN'S APPROACH TO RELIGION  (University of Edinburgh, 1952-53), 1955

4/57      "On Toynbee's Odyssey of the West", nd.

2/100    Review of Toynbee, Arnold,  STUDY OF HISTORY, abridgement of Vol. VII  by D.C. Somervell, 1957

15/44    Review of:Toynbee, Arnold J., STUDY OF HISTORY, 1954

5/40      Review of: Tylor, Edward Burnett, PRIMITIVE CULTURE (New York: Harper & Row, 1958), nd.

7/75      Reviews of: Vossler, Karl,  MEDIEVAL CULTURE: AN INTRODUCTION TO DANTE AND HIS TIMES (London: Constable &  Co., 1929), Leigh, Gertrude, NEW LIGHT ON THE YOUTH OF DANTE (London: Faber & Faber, 1929) 1929

7/46      Review of Ward, Maisie, THE WILFRED WARDS AND THE TRANDITION I. THE 19th CENTURY (New York: Sheed and Ward, 1934, 2 vols.), nd.

5/2        Review of: Wells, H.G,  THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY BEING A PLAIN HISTORY OF LIFE AND MANKIND, New ed., revised and brought up to the end of the Second World War by Raymond Portgate ( London: Cassell & Co.,1951), 1951

1/79      Review of: Wheeler, Mortimer, ROME BEYOND THE IMPERIAL FRONTIERS, 1950

1/83      Review of: Wheeler, Mortimer, ROME BEYOND THE IMPERIAL FRONTIERS, 1954

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