"In some respects altogether the best book that the Columbus year has brought out."—Rochester Post-Express.
"A simple story told in a natural fashion, and will be found far more interesting than many of the more ambitions works on a similar theme."—New York Journal of Commerce.
"This is no ordinary work. It is pre-eminently a work of the present time and of the future as well."—Boston Traveller.
"Mrs. Seelye's book is pleasing in its general effect, and reveals the results of painstaking and conscientious study."—New York Tribune.
"A very just account is given of Columbus, his failings being neither concealed nor magnified, but his real greatness being made plain."—New York Examiner.
"The illustrations are particularly well chosen and neatly executed, and they add to the general excellence of the volume."—New York Times.
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