| + + | Dial. 41: 446. D. 16, ’06. 1390w. |
“It is really in this elaborate introduction to his main topic that the professor best proves his originality of thought and literary skill.”
| + − | Int. Studio. 31: 165. Ap. ’07. 320w. |
“The volume contains much hitherto-unpublished information gained from study of the old monuments.”
| + | Lit. D. 33: 855. D. 8, ’06. 70w. |
“The general attractiveness of Lanciani’s writing is indubitable. His sentences run fluently. He is singularly effective in the manner of telling a story as it were to a single listener. The writer can hardly hold himself down for two consecutive minutes to the topic he has in hand. Another fault is the tendency to inaccuracy, which appears so frequently in matters that can be checked, that it arouses distrust of the author’s accuracy in matters of perhaps greater moment that lie within the scope of his peculiar knowledge.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 268. Mr. 21, ’07. 1340w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 810. D. 1, ’06. 170w. |
“Rodolfo Lanciani seems now to have reached the age when his accumulation of knowledge vaguely obscures his point of view as to the essentials required for popular interpretation.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 309. My. 11, ’07. 760w. |
“A notable and impressive looking volume.”