This volume of the “Johns Hopkins university studies in historical and political science” forms an introductory study of the relations of the United States with Russia, and narrates “the history of the rise and progress of the early diplomatic relations of the American government to that country and the steps by which the negotiations were carried forward.” The missions of Dana, Adams, and Pinckney, the question of consular immunity, Spanish-American affairs, and the treaty of 1824 all receive careful consideration.
“He gives a careful and clear, but pedestrian account, based on the printed American materials and, after 1816, on an extensive use of the manuscript materials in the archives of the Department of state.”
+ Am. Hist. R. 12: 177. O. ’06. 190w.
Hill, David Jayne. History of diplomacy in the international development of Europe, v. 1. **$5. Longmans.
“But what is much more striking is the industry, the insight, and the thoroughness with which, on the whole, even in its vast introductory field, he has acquainted himself, as to all points cardinal to his theme, with the best and the latest of the teeming literature of his subject. As for petty slips ... they are exceptionally few.” George L. Burr.
+ + – Am. Hist. R. 11: 358. Ja. ’06. 1150w. (Review of v. 1.)
“The misfortune of the volume is, in short, that it lacks a true perspective. If, however, the work be considered as merely a new general history, on the international side, it has many excellent features, being very well written, clear, accurate and even entertaining, while the source references at the end of each chapter, the lists of treaties, the maps, and a comprehensive index render it a valuable reference work.” E. D. Adams.
+ + – Ann. Am. Acad. 27: 248. Ja. ’06. 570w. (Review of v. 1.)
“On the whole the book has the qualities of a competent American work, being well written, but a little dull, very dependent on European scholarship, and lacking in freshness.”