+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 210. O. ’06. 50w.
“The taste displayed is often a bit more questionable. and there are many signs of hasty and ill-considered writing. It can, however, never be called a dull book, or one lacking in a fine sense of patriotism.”
+ – Dial. 41: 117. S. 1, ’06. 780w.
“Some wonderfully fresh and striking pen portraits.”
+ Lit. D. 32: 983. Je. 30, ’06. 1180w.
“The book is confessedly partisan rather than judicial in its tone. It is an interesting series of political sketches from a personal point of view, and the intelligent reader will have no trouble in recognizing the point of view and making all necessary allowances. We have noticed few slips of fact.”
+ – Nation. 83: 103. Ag. 2, ’06. 1020w.
“His estimates of the public men he discusses in his book are to a rather remarkable degree free from partisan, even though not always from personal bias. They are both interesting and entertaining.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 333. My. 26, ’06. 1250w.