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Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane. [Political history of England.] 12v. ea. *$2.60. Longmans.
“Mr. Adams has written an admirable work; scientific—we need hardly say—inclining a little to the bald (in the modern manner) in his statement of events; but always clear, trenchant and forcible in his brief expositions of the results and tendencies of events.”
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“Mr. Brodrick gloried in a style which hung about him like the folds of a Roman toga, and on one subject he cultivated prejudices of a quite passionate kind. He hated Ireland. With that single exception, he possessed, the judicial mind, and a type of mental patience which admirably qualified him for the kind of summary work which is required in these volumes.”
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“He has showed commendable zeal in research and in the use of secondary authorities, and his account is for the most part accurate. It is not industry nor honesty that he lacks; it is breadth of mind, it is capacity to see both sides of a question, it is an ability to put aside national prejudices.” Ralph C. H. Catterall.