"This work throws a flood of light on the problems which are now perplexing the politicians and statesmen of Europe."—N.Y. Daily Graphic.
"This is a work for which there is no substitute at present in the English language. For American readers it may be said to have secured a temporary monopoly of a most interesting topic. Educated persons can scarcely afford to neglect it."—N.Y. Sun.
"The opinion is here advanced and tolerably well fortified that Napoleon would have been beaten at Waterloo if Blücher had not come up. The book is a compendium of the events between 1789 and 1871: it is a popular treatment of the subject for students and family reading."—Chicago Tribune.
"Nothing can surpass the clearness of the narrative, and it may be truly said that this history is as interesting as a romance."—Philadelphia Press.
"The general reader will get, as he goes along with it, a more distinct idea of the salient features which marked the course of events than he might from some of the thousand and one more picturesque and more dramatic, but less truthful, histories of the same epoch."—N.Y. Express.
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