“Gaetano Negri, whose volume has been thoroughly well translated from the Italian, treats his subject with an understanding untouched by partiality.” George S. Hellman.
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 529. S. 1, ’06. 1020w.
“His study of the original sources, both pagan and Christian, has given him an intimacy with Julian’s life and Julian’s world which imparts vitality both to his work and to the interest of its readers.”
+ + Outlook. 81: 1083. D. 30, ’05. 240w.
“Much praise is due to the Duchess Visconti-Arese for the excellent rendering of this work. It is full of boldness and originality. We are only afraid that the unwieldy presentation of his mature reflection may compromise its undeniable merit.”
+ + – Sat. R. 101: 143. F. 3, ’06. 1800w.
“Signor Negri’s volumes on Julian deserve a cordial welcome. His philosophy of history and his philosophy of religion are almost as vague as Julian’s, and are not very illuminating; but the crowded pictures they contain of Julian and his contemporaries will be found interesting and informing even by those who are familiar with Gibbon and Harnack.”
+ + – Spec. 96: sup. 1008. Je. 30, ’06. 1860w.
Nelson’s encyclopædia; ed. by Frank Moore Colby and George Sandeman. 12v. $42. Nelson.
“A high class reference work for busy men. Since there is no pretence to literary merit the lack of it can scarcely be criticized.... Each distinct part on a large subject is treated as a separate article in its appropriate alphabetical order.” (Nation.) “British and American authorities have collaborated in its preparation.... Much of it appears to have been freshly written up to date.... Biographical articles are numerous, and personal estimates, when included, are generally judicious and impartial.... Copious illustrations are a strong point in this work—over fifty full-page plates, plain or colored in each volume, with a multitude of minor sort.... Maps also occur in abundance.... A vast amount of information has been compressed into the very moderate limits of a twelve-volume work.” (Outlook.)