C. Bede Maxwell wrote the best sourcebook on the German Shorthaired Pointer I have ever read. I have owned 4 German Shorthaired Pointers and am involved in GSP rescue (Mid-Atlantic German Shorthaired Pointer Rescue; ... My daughter has two GSPs, my sister has had five. Bede Maxewll's book was the first book on the breed I purchased after I bought my first GSP 30 years ago. No other book ever came close. She traced the breed back to the standards in Germany. It turned out that my first GSP was from some of those standards, both international and dual international champions. Since then, I have used the book often. I just purchased my 4th copy because it seems every time I loan it out it never comes back. It's a great source of information on German Shorthaired Pointers and a must own for anyone interested in the breed.

This is not a training book however it is an excellent book on the history and bloodlines of the GSP in both the field and show ring. It truly is a must for someone who is seriously trying to breed quality GSP.

Not bad, but if you were really looking for some real knowledge of Lewis' teaching style this isn't it...it's pleasant reading, but not terribly informative. Also, it does not show the complete Lewis character. Based on sources at Oxford, the real C.S. Lewis was impersonal (even by British academic standards) with some of his students, and could be withering to those whom he felt were not terribly bright or motivated.

I've always been a bit surprised and suspicious of the C. S. Lewis industry: the fact that I like reading Lewis, doesn't mean I like reading about him. (Though, if push comes to shove, I have to admit I do. Just no slobbering, please.) Fortunately this is a collection of essays by colleagues, students, and friends of Lewis who, even while writing about Lewis, have other things on their minds -- the purpose of English teaching, Oxford, redemption, even (in the gardener's case) his own bad jokes. There are even a few critical stories. Most of the essays are well written and insightful, and gave plenty of Boswell-like anecdotes not only of Lewis, but of other peculiar denizens of Oxford as well. Graham could have saved himself the occasional bone thrown to evangelicals, though, as far as I'm concerned. I really don't care how Bob Jones reconciles the work of the Holy Spirit and beer. Billy Graham and J. I. Packer didn't seem to have much to say. Also, the editor protested a bit too much about "hero worship." There's no need to apologize for this book, otherwise.

The book arrived in the mail on Friday afternoon. By Saturday afternoon I was chewing on crumbs.

To me, one of the most interest comments was the suggestion by one writer that Lewis had been influenced by the marvellous chapter "The Ethics of Elfland" in G. K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. I am beginning to suspect that Wilhelm Grimm was a very clever, and also successful, evangelist, and that there might be a secret link between the Seven Dwarves and Trumpkin.

author, Jesus and the Religions of Man