+ Am. Hist. R. 11: 651. Ap. ’06. 940w.
“Interesting volume.” Edward Fuller.
+ Critic. 48: 213. Mr. ’06. 680w.
“Of American historians, Professor Van Dyke has given us the most important contribution to the literature of the Renascence. What in his earlier work he did for the general reader, he has done in these ‘Renascence portraits’ for the student.” L. E. Robinson.
+ + + Dial. 41: 13. Jl. 1, ’06. 2290w.
“In his general reflections upon the period Mr. Van Dyke is not particularly happy, but he has made a clever use of the letters of Aretino, in whom his book will help to create a living interest.”
+ – Lond. Times. 5: 239. Jl. 6, ’06. 900w.
“He has read widely and well in the period. His style is pleasant if without distinction. Yet the book as a whole is not convincing. It betrays too clearly its publicistic origin.”
+ – Nation. 82: 165. F. 22, ’06. 530w.
“The book is picturesque and interesting.”