“From an artistic as well as from an historic point of view there are very grave defects in Mr. Barker’s volume. Petty inconsistencies in reasoning, repetitions of statement, and above all the over-abundance of citation, all combine to make it tiresome reading.”
| − | Nation. 84: 437. My. 9, ’07. 700w. |
“Mr. Barker writes with the firmness and steady conviction of a man who is perfectly sure, in his own mind, of the ground he stands on, and his style is remarkably lucid, forceful, and incisive.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 319. My. 18, ’07. 1220w. |
“Although intended as a stirring appeal to the people of England, it is written throughout from the view-point of an uncompromising critic of popular government and all its ways.”
| − + | Outlook. 86: 342. Je. 15, ’07. 530w. |
“One of the most fascinating bits of historical interpretation we have read for some time.”
| + | R. of Rs. 35: 507. My. ’07. 180w. |
“We are not concerned here to argue the merits or defects of Mr. Barker’s political and economic creed with reference to current controversies, but the wearisome reiteration of it in season and out of season in what professes to be a sober historical narrative is fatal to the very object that he himself desires.”
| − | Sat. R. 103: 525. Ap. 27, ’07. 1480w. |