The tone of the work is calm and judicial, and the style of the writer is clear and dignified, possessing a literary finish which gives the work a place of honor among our national histories. It will modify many prevalent conceptions of American history with its novel way of accounting for some of the things existing among us; but the facts the author summons from the results of his wide researches, and his well-balanced judgment in dealing with these results, amply sustain him in the novel positions he assumes. The work is a classic of American history, and is an addition to the literature of the country of which we may be proud.—Observer, N. Y.
The more one scrutinizes this book the firmer becomes conviction that the brilliant and scholarly author has made his point and accomplished his end. The tone is rational and wholesome, and the book itself a memorial of careful and laborious investigation.—Philadelphia Ledger.
A more interesting book of the kind has not appeared since Mr. Green wrote his “Short History of the English People.”—N. Y. Herald.
The central idea of Mr. Campbell’s book is that our country with its institutions is not as much a child of English parentage as it is of Dutch.... It is a book remarkable for boldness, for breadth, for analytical power, for commanding generalization, and for piling up all this mass of learning and argument with comprehensive system, and in a way to interest as well as instruct any reader of intelligence.—Chicago Times.
This work is destined to create a revolution in our early American history, as written by our standard historians.... In many respects it is the most important contribution to the colonial history of America that has yet been written.—Lutheran Observer, Philadelphia.
A book of intense interest to every student of American institutions and character, and the development of its republican ideal.... This book is significant and suggestive.—Presbyterian, Philadelphia.
Mr. Campbell enters very thoroughly and conscientiously into the examination of his subject, and his book is one that is valuable to the student of history, and full of interest for readers of all classes.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
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