+ − Am Hist R 25:729 Jl ’20 1400w Booklist 16:309 Je ’20
“This book must be regarded as the definitive work on this important episode in the history of the expansion of our country.” E. J. C.
+ Boston Transcript p6 F 4 ’20 1050w
“A thoroughgoing and accurate narrative.”
+ Brooklyn 12:106 Mr ’20 40w
“Elaborate, but not very plausible.”
+ − Dial 68:669 My ’20 70w
“The many engagements before final victory are described with a particularity which proves the author to have acquired a general understanding of military matters, with an appreciative grasp of the technique of the battlefield that make his narrative markedly convincing.”
+ N Y Times 25:300 Je 6 ’20 1000w
“Professor Smith has labored with a keen eye for the human and picturesque qualities in his material. At the same time this is fundamentally the work of a painstaking scholar.”