“Certain criticisms which were made with reference to the larger work hold true in equal measure of the abridgment, though they are perhaps less fairly urged against a popular production.”
| + − | Am. Hist. R. 12: 917. Jl. ’07. 450w. |
“The main traits of this early society are clearly and convincingly portrayed, and, in spite of certain minor defects of treatment, such as the too frequent introduction—for the non-Celtic reader—of the old Irish terms, and of the unnecessary comparisons with Greek and Roman customs, it is the most instructive sketch of ancient Irish society that has yet appeared.” A. C. Howland.
| + − | Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 430. Mr. ’07. 2040w. |
“Dr. Joyce’s work has been done with due regard for the methods and responsibilities of scholarship.”
| + | Cath. World. 85: 247. My. ’07. 440w. |
“It is a valuable composition, accurate and full of sound learning.”
| + | Nation. 84: 197. F. 28, ’07. 200w. |
“The author ... has not made his book a mere array of dry facts. It is all told interestingly, and with comment and allusion, and occasional entertaining reference to tradition or literature.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 79. F. 9, ’07. 350w. | |
| Sat. R. 102: 714. D. 8, ’06. 220w. |