+ Spec. 96: sup. 649. Ap. 28, ’06. 170w.
Chancellor, William Estabrook, and Hewes, Fletcher Willis. United States; a history of three centuries. 10 pts. pt. 2, Colonial union, 1698–1774. **$3.50. Putnam.
“It is unfortunate that so faulty a work should be launched upon the public by the reputation of a great publishing house and by strangely favorable notices from several literary periodicals of high standing.” W. M. West.
– – Am. Hist. R. 11: 441. Ja. ’06. 120w. (Review of v. 2.)
“His material is slight and it is further obscured by a flood of ‘literary’ allusions and historical philosophy-and-water in an inflated style which becomes a weariness to the reader’s patience.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
+ + – Atlan. 98: 707. N. ’06. 230w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
Channing, Edward. History of the United States. 8v. v. 1, Planting of a nation in the New World. **$2.50. Macmillan.
“Not only an admirable specimen of historical scholarship, but also a successful effort to present the results of scholarship in an attractive form.” Edward Gaylord Bourne.
+ + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 390. Ja. ’06. 1750w.
“[His] sense of balanced judgment is reinforced by the shrewd, occasionally ironical or humorous style which reflects the personality of the author.” Theodore Clarke Smith.