+ + – Ath. 1905, 2: 334. S. 9. 310w. (Review of v. 1.)
“It is valuable, however, for bringing into one view the larger facts of the period treated, and emphasizing their influence upon the growth of national states.” David Y. Thomas.
+ Dial. 40: 9. Ja. 1, ’06. 1680w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A word of praise is due to the bibliographies which are appended to each chapter, and to the regnal tables, maps, and index.” H. W. C. Davis.
+ + – Eng. Hist. R. 21: 344. Ap. ’06. 920w. (Review of v. 1.)
Hill, Frederick Trevor. Lincoln the lawyer. **$2. Century.
The author believes that in the vast amount of material on the life of Abraham Lincoln too little can be found which sums up the great President’s legal career. So this sketch starts with Lincoln’s mythical birthright to the law, locates the real source of his professional aspirations, follows him through his workshop apprenticeship to his admission to the bar, and on, step by step, to the presidency. The whole discussion particularizes the stages of legal growth that is usually assumed in the presentation of Lincoln the statesman.
“Is, on the whole, something of a contribution to the Lincolniana already so vast.”
+ Ind. 61: 1170. N. 15, ’06. 20w.