Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Dyer, Sir Edward" to "Echidna"

book is not a unit; it contains passages mutually contradictory and not

harmonizable. Various attempts have been made to establish its unity. The hypothesis of "two voices" is now generally abandoned; there is no indication of a debate, of affirmations and responses. A more plausible theory is that the author is an honest thinker, a keen observer and critic of life, who se...