+ Acad. 70: 22. Ja. 6, ’06. 210w.
“Her book is a mine of valuable information, gathered not only from the standard works of Villari and other writers, but also from little-known contemporary records inaccessible to the English reader.”
+ + Ath. 1905. 2: 887. D. 30. 560w.
“Mrs. Ross has every qualification for writing a book of this kind.”
– + Dial. 40: 160. Mr. 1, ’06. 120w. + Ind. 60: 872. Ap. 12, ’06. 50w.
“The volume will be found more interesting for reference than for consecutive perusal.”
+ Nation. 82: 331. Ap. 19, ’06. 340w.
“A solid study, a reference book for any one who may purpose spending intelligently a winter in Florence.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 27. Ja. 13, ’06. 480w. + – Outlook. 82: 46. Ja. 6, ’06. 100w.
“She writes history admirably well, having a due consideration for the general reader, and not shrinking from recounting, in a fresh and pleasant way, old stories which the superior person may sniff at as stale. The work is not free from small inaccuracies.”