“By judicious omission and emphasis, the author’s strong grasp of the subject as a whole and his sense of dramatic unity he has produced a sort of journalistic prose epic of the British Empire, centering about the two protagonists Beaconsfield and Gladstone. This volume seems in many ways the best of the four which have thus far appeared.” Wilbur C. Abbott.
+ + Am. Hist. R. 11: 898. Jl. ’06. 1930w. (Review of v. 4.)
“Fair-mindedness continues to be a marked feature of this able and lively work.”
+ + – Ath. 1905, 2: 892. D. 30. 560w. (Review of v. 4.)
“On the whole, Mr. Paul deserves warm congratulations on the last volume of his attractive history.”
+ + – Ath. 1906, 2: 545. N. 3. 860w. (Review of v. 5.)
“Mr. Paul writes entertainingly and satisfactorily, and as this information can be found nowhere else, except with great trouble in scattered special treatises or in voluminous biographies, his book will unquestionably be heartily welcomed by a large number of readers.”
+ + Critic. 48: 288. Mr. ’06. 390w. (Review of v. 4.)
“His work is everywhere compact, but his terse and vigorous style gives emphasis to what might otherwise easily read like a mere summary of political events.”
+ + Dial. 40: 95. F. 1, ’06. 280w. (Review of v. 4.)