+ – Ind. 60: 1284. My. 31, ’06. 390w.
“A historical work of uncommon interest.”
+ + Lit. D. 32: 734. My. 12, ’06. 180w.
“It is written with thorough knowledge, and yet with a singular absence of vanity, egoism, or self-assertion.”
+ + Lond. Times. 4: 379. N. 10, ’05. 2230w.
“Of new information it contains little or nothing; the topics with which it is filled can but slightly interest the readers of to-day.”
+ – Nation. 82: 432. My. 24, ’06. 2450w. N. Y. Times. 11: 259. Ap. 21, ’06. 270w.
“Concise historical summaries ... invest the book with greater interest for the general reader, without impairing its value as a storehouse of information for the historian.”
+ + Outlook. 84: 625. N. 10, ’06. 1940w.
“Lord Holland’s forte is in giving ‘characters’ of the great men he had known.”