"Nothing better."—Boston Transcript.
"Valuable as a book of reference."—Pittsfield Eagle.
"Its accuracy will stand."—Boston Transcript.
"Easy and readable style."—Boston Journal.
"Graceful style ... Marvellously full ... Animation of the book is a still greater marvel."—N.Y. Independent.
"Will be read in all sections of the country with equal interest and esteem."—The South.
"The author writes with entire candor in regard to the history of the secession movement, and yet there is nothing in his history that can properly give offence to the readers in any section of the country."—The Capitol, Washington.
"The tone of the book is candid and impartial."—Boston Journal of Education.
"Probably the most intensely national of American histories."—The Star, N.Y.
"The style is cultured, and therefore simple and expressive."—Detroit Post and Tribune.