Bigelow, Poultney. History of the German struggle for liberty, v. 4. **$2.25. Harper.
“In the details of book-construction the volume is unusually faulty. A large proportion of the text, probably a third, consists of quotations worked in with so little skill that the volume suggests the note-book rather than the finished production. The worst feature of the book, however, is its unfortunate tone.” Frank Maloy Anderson.
– – Am. Hist. R. 11: 711. Ap. ’06. 490w. (Review of v. 4.)
“It contains the same slap-dash miscellaneous kind of matter as do its three predecessors, and does not deserve, any more than they, to be ranked as history according to any established canon, nor as literature if grace of style and a clear thread of consecutive narrative are to be regarded as necessary.”
+ – Critic. 48: 191. F. ’06. 160w. (Review of v. 4.)
“The tone of the work is throughout journalistic, often hysterical; but some later writer will doubtless find in this mass of material abundant matter for a single volume that will clearly and logically present the subject without sacrificing what has evidently been Mr. Bigelow’s paramount aim—the readableness and popular character of the narrative.”
– + Dial. 41: 73. Ag. 1, ’06. 200w. (Review of v. 4.)
“Occurrences are treated rather in accordance with their picturesqueness or with the degree of attention which they excited at the time than with their permanent significance.”
+ – – Nation. 82: 301. Ap. 12, ’06. 460w. (Review of v. 4.) + R. of Rs. 33: 113. Ja. ’06. 120w. (Review of v. 4.)
Bigg, Charles. Church’s task under the Roman empire. *$1.75. Oxford.