“The book is valuable because it is written by one who is familiar with much that he writes about; but there are many who will hardly agree with some of the conclusions presented.”
+ – Dial. 40: 92. F. 1, ’06. 610w.
“Its economic bases are usually sound, tho they serve too frequently as starting points for extravagant assumptions; there are shrewd judgments set off against mere collocations of words, and there is restrained and measured expression mingled with wild hyperbole. Yet for all its shortcomings, it is a book well worthy a larger audience in the North.”
+ – Ind. 60: 340. F. 8. ’06. 600w. + – Nation. 82: 348. Ap. 26, ’06. 1840w.
“Is most remarkable for the large modern view which informs it as a whole.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 302. My. 12, ’06. 1070w.
“Its most noteworthy contribution to the subject is the clear and illuminating exposition of ‘national’ feeling in the South before the war.”
+ Outlook. 83: 89. My. 12, ’06. 160w.
“Taken all in all, it is a fair, informing, and impressive presentation of the southern attitude.”
+ + – Pub. Opin. 40: 27. Ja. 6, ’06. 180w.