+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 152. O. ’06. 960w.
“In this limited field Mr. Alexander writes with vigor, and shows generally a sound judgment which partly atones for his tendency to hero-worship and his lack of research.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
+ + – Atlan. 98: 703. N. ’06. 120w.
“The author has contrived so well to adorn the necessary political facts with items in personal biography, that the chronicle rises to a place somewhere in the domain of masterpieces.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 429. S. 29, ’06. 280w.
“What Mr. Alexander has done is to give an interesting, although, perhaps, a too uncritical account of political leaders and events in a field of American history that was practically unoccupied. To the reader, who has hitherto found it impossible to get anything like a general idea of early New York politics in a single work, the volumes should prove a boon.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 351. O. 25, ’06. 1090w.
“Mr. Alexander is very successful in conducting the reader through the mazes of New York politics.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 540. S. 1, ’06. 230w.
“In the main, Mr. Alexander has succeeded well in presenting the personalities that have figured conspicuously in New York’s history.”