Am. Hist. R. 12: 208. O. ’06. 40w.
“The purpose of the whole is to exalt the part played by Huguenot exiles and their descendants, but the claims advanced are so boundless and the critical ability displayed so slender as to provoke incredulity.” Theodore Clarke Smith.
– + Atlan. 98: 703. N. ’06. 90w.
“By reason of loose arrangement, repetition and undiscriminating admiration we lose a notable chapter of American history. In this wide field, Mr. Fosdick has worked with enthusiasm, tho not with care.”
– + Ind. 61: 941. O. 18, ’06. 450w.
“Mr. Fosdick appears to have no sense whatever of historical objectivity. Apart from its anxiety to prove too much this book is a useful recapitulation of what has been accomplished in the United States by people of French Protestant origin.”
+ – Nation. 83: 171. Ag. 23, ’06. 530w.
“Mr. Fosdick’s book does not rank in scholarship with Douglas Campbell’s almost forgotten book, but it is as good as some other books of ‘claimings’ and will hold its own for some time to come.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 358. Je. 2, ’06. 280w.
“The defects of the book are so serious that we cannot recommend it either as an authoritative or interesting contribution to its subject.”