The Athenæum says:—“As a brief memorial of a career that embraced many momentous spheres of action, that included some of the principal military and colonial crises of the past fifty years, and that ended in a halo of transcendent self-immolation, Sir William Butler’s volume is the best we possess.”
The Spectator says:—“This is beyond all question the best of the narratives of the career of General Gordon that have yet been published.”
The St. James’s Gazette says:—“Sir William Butler tells the story of Gordon’s life as a brother officer should. The interest never flags, and the narrative is imbued with a deep feeling of reverence.”
The Broad Arrow says:—“If the succeeding biographies of ‘English Men of Action’ do not in interest fall beneath, whilst in compilation they attain, the standard excellence of this volume, with which the series begins, they will form a notable addition to the library and furnish a valuable source of reference to the student of history.... To Plutarch’s Lives we would now recommend our young officers to add the ‘Life of Charles George Gordon’ as related by Sir William Butler.”
Henry the Fifth. By the Rev. A. J. Church.
The St. James’s Gazette says:—“The incidents in Henry’s life are clearly related, the account of the battle of Agincourt is masterly, and the style is eminently readable.”
The Scotsman says:—“No page lacks interest; and whether the book is regarded as a biographical sketch or as a chapter in English military history, it is equally attractive. This series of books promises to be as successful as the ‘English Men of Letters’ Series.”
The Spectator says:—“Mr. Church has told well his interesting story.”
The Yorkshire Post says:—“The story of Henry V. is told here with remarkable skill—the whole history is gathered up in the most lucid and vigorous way.”
Livingstone. By Mr. Thomas Hughes.