| + + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 97. Ap. ’07. (Review of v. 20 and 21.) |
“It is the most readable account of the period with which the reviewer is acquainted; there is no better treatment of that tangled business of Buchanan, Seward and Lincoln from November, 1860 to April, 1861.” Walter L. Fleming.
| + + − | Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 174. Jl. ’07. 560w. (Review of v. 19.) |
“Some points deserve slight criticism. The author does not seem to have a clear understanding of internal conditions in the south. Some objection might reasonably be made to the comparison between Stonewall Jackson and John Brown, and the ‘craziness’ of Jackson is entirely too much insisted upon.” W. L. Fleming.
| + + − | Ann. Am. Acad. 30: 182. Jl. ’07. 650w. (Review of v. 20.) |
“This undertone of scholarly geniality makes the book not merely easy reading, but gives to it an interest for every intelligent American.” Harry Thurston Peck.
| + + − | Bookm. 26: 166. O. ’07. 1090w. (Review of v. 22.) |
“It is indeed questionable whether the series as a whole is not too large for the general reader, to whose interests it is professedly devoted.” St. George L. Sioussat.
| + + − | Dial. 43: 15. Jl. 1, ’07. 4100w. (Review of v. 14–21.) |
“It is a matter of gratification that all [these books] are good and that there are no very horrible examples.”