“A sympathetic and admiring portrayal of Queen Louisa, and a clear and interesting picture of her times. While it throws no new light on Prussian history, it never degenerates into a court calendar, but is dignified and worthy of its subject throughout.”

+A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 100. Ap. ’07.

“Well-written, well arranged, and always interesting memoir.” S. M. Francis.

+Atlan. 100: 493. O. ’07. 400w.

“If not taken as a balanced history of the period it will do no harm, and may serve to interest casual readers to a period of German history of crucial importance.”

+ −Ind. 63: 43. Jl. 4, ’07. 180w.

“A good deal of new matter not found in Horn or even Lonke. There is, too, a good index and a fair bibliography, though it lacks any mention of Martin’s German biography (1887), and is wholly deficient in American references.”

+ + −Nation. 84: 227. Mr. 7, ’07. 940w.

Reviewed by Hildegarde Hawthorne.

+Putnam’s. 2: 476. Jl. ’07. 220w.