“As a pioneer work this must rank very high. The author shows great independence of thought as well as judgment and discretion.” R. L. Schuyler.
+ + N. Y. Times. 10: 857. D. 2, ’05. 460w. (Review of v. 1.)
“Taken as a whole, the volume offers an interesting if not valuable insight into the attempts of old régimes to adjust their policies to the irrepressible growth of internal liberty of thought and action.”
+ + – N. Y. Times. 11: 632. O. 6, ’06. 2360w. (Review of v. 2.)
“Until the private papers of great personages and state documents now locked up shall come to light, the sources of history used by Dr. Rose can hardly be enlarged. The reader cannot fail to see in his work the hand of a careful and sympathetic student of the struggle of nations toward the realization of their ideals.”
+ + Outlook. 82: 43. Ja. 6, ’06. 290w. (Review of v. 1.)
“His work is singularly valuable for an understanding of the international relations of contemporary Europe.”
+ + Outlook. 82: 568. Mr. 10, ’06. 410w. (Review of v. 2.)
“A period of European history as yet only cursorily treated ... has been graphically summed up in a scholarly manner.”
+ + R. of Rs. 33: 254. F. ’06. 90w. (Review of v. 1.)