The Forum: "A most helpful contribution to the study of the America of a century or so ago."
The Athenæum: "... A series of permanent historical value ... It ought to find a place in every geographical or historical library."
Public Opinion: "The century that sets the bounds of this work is the most important and interesting in the history of the 'winning of the West;' ... it is comprehensive, and the materials at the disposal of the editor assure a collection that will be indispensable to every well-equipped public or private library."
The Nation: "A stately series, octavo in size, typographically very open and handsome. The annotations are abundant and highly valuable."
New York Times Saturday Review: "An invaluable series of reprints of rare sources of American history."
The Dial: "An undertaking of great interest to every student of Western history. Exhaustive notes and introductions are by Dr. Thwaites, the foremost authority on Western history, who is also to supply an elaborate analytical index, under one alphabet, to the complete series. This latter is an especially valuable feature, as almost all the rare originals are without indexes."
"We cannot thoroughly understand our own history, local or National, without some knowledge of these routes of trade and war."—The Outlook.
The Historic Highways of America
by Archer Butler Hulbert