Published the year before the Quatercentenary "of the birth of the greatest of Scotsmen," as James Stalker calls John Knox, this is an easy-reading look at this great Reformer.

Expressing great gratitude for David Laing's "immortal labours" in editing John Knox's Works, and humbly directing the reader to these six volumes "if he desires to see Knox face to face," Stalker summarizes his intent, stating, "I do not pretend to have given a complete collection of Knox's good things; but at least I have creamed them and furnished enough to familiarize the reader not only with his ideas but with the remarkable phraseology in which these were expressed; and my hope is that the following pages may help to make it true that 'he, being dead, yet speaketh.'"

For the bibliophiles this item contains a nice chapter summarizing John Knox's books and letters.