“The story is such a fascinating one that, in spite of Mr. Kobbe’s limitations in the direction of tact, good taste and good English, he who begins it will not lay the book aside until he has finished the last page.”
+ – Ind. 59: 1349. D. 7, ’05. 330w.
Konkle, Burton Alva. Life and speeches of Thomas Williams, orator, statesman and jurist, 1806–1872. 2v. $6. Campion & co.
“Mr. Williams, as is well known, was a founder of the Whig and Republican parties, and also a lawyer and jurist of eminence. His career and his speeches naturally and necessarily form no insignificant part of the national history, and they are ably and fully described and presented in these volumes, to which Senator Knox of Pennsylvania contributes an introduction.”—Critic.
Reviewed by David Miller DeWitt.
+ – Am. Hist. R. 11: 697. Ap. ’06. 880w.
“This is one of the most important works on the momentous period before and during the Civil war.”
+ + Critic. 48: 284. Mr. ’06. 80w.
“The two volumes seem passably free from errata.” Edwin E. Sparks.