“The difficulties met by the editor in fitting together his various sources must have been enormous. That he has not succeeded fully in overcoming the difficulties will be clear on examination. There are too many typographical errors in the work; the references which are intended to give the reader knowledge of the sources of the work are often too indefinite.” Henry Preserved Smith.
+ – – Bib. World. 27: 298. Ap. ’06. 1610w. (Review of v. 2, pt. 4.)
“Most of its defects are due to the attempt to make a consistent story by piecing it together from the works of authors who wrote from different standpoints and in different times or ages, some of them cautious and discriminating, others credulous and uncritical.” J. F. McCurdy.
– + Bib. World. 27: 301. Ap. ’06. 610w. (Review of v. 2, pt. 5.)
“The chief fault of the general treatment is that in the nomenclature no distinction is drawn between districts or countries or races and peoples.” J. F. McCurdy.
– + Bib. World. 27: 302. Ap. ’06. 250w. (Review of v. 2, pt. 6.)
“On the whole, however, one not a specialist would get from this work an interesting and tolerably correct picture of the history and life of these ancient lands.” George A. Barton
+ Bib. World. 27: 297. Ap. ’06. 310w. (Review of v. 2, pt. 7.)
“The method of compilation employed ... is its least desirable feature. The scale of the work is in the main well proportioned. It is no exaggeration to say that these volumes devoted to England and the United States represent the scholarship of half a century ago.” Edward Fuller.
+ – Bookm. 23: 86. Mr. ’06. 2140w.