This book is designed for the general reader rather than for the specialist. The approach is hagiographic, and no new information is presented. The author does use a large part of the already enormous bibliography on Anchieta, but in a disconnected and eclectic fashion. There is no index or even a table of contents to guide the reader through the roughly chronological organization of this slim volume. There are many long and unnecessary quotations and a large dose of often irrelevant poetry. In no way does this book supplant the studies of Celso Vieira, Serafim Leite, or Ruth L. Butler.
Copyright 1969 by Duke University Press
1969