+ N. Y. Times. 11: 895. D. 22, ’06. 90w.
Fuller, Hubert Bruce. Purchase of Florida; its history and diplomacy. *$2.50. Burrows.
“This elaborate monograph ... was suggested by the author’s conviction that the epoch identified with the acquisition of Florida and with our early entanglement with Spain had not received adequate treatment at the hands of historians, and that a careful elucidation of this period and of the events which marked the struggle to secure New Orleans and the Mississippi would contribute a pregnant and interesting chapter in our national history. For his material Mr. Fuller has gone direct to original sources.”—Lit. D.
“The result of these investigations has enabled him to present in a new light many momentous episodes in the early diplomatic history of the nation.”
+ + Lit. D. 33: 685. N. 10, ’06. 180w.
“Excellent as is Mr. Fuller’s book and valuable as are the new facts that it contains, it is open to two serious criticisms. The material upon which it is based is inadequate, and the knowledge which it displays of European diplomatic situations is insufficient.”
+ – Nation. 83: 536. D. 20, ’06. 1340w.
“Mr. Fuller’s account of this whole affair is the best we know of.”
+ + N. Y. Times. 11: 757. N. 17, ’06. 1130w.