“Notwithstanding oversights, the volume contains much information that an alumnus may be glad to have in convenient compass.”
| + − | Nation. 83: 466. N. 29, ’06. 370w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 11: 382. Je. 16, ’06. 130w. |
Paul, Herbert Woodfield. History of modern England. 5v. ea. **$2.50. Macmillan.
4–2649.
Descriptive note of v. 1–3 in Annual, 1906.
v. 4 and 5. Volume 4 opens with the Turkish troubles of 1876 and closes with the defeat of the Gladstone government in 1885. The closing volume begins with June 8, 1885, “a memorable day in English history ... from [which] all subsequent events in this history take in some degree their colour,” and closes with the events that led up to the defeat of the Liberal party in 1895.
“The weakest part of the whole work is the conclusion. We have to thank Mr. Paul for a book which, if not profound, has at least the merit of putting great matters clearly, attractively and simply, of being at once instructive and entertaining.” Wilbur C. Abbott.
| + + − | Am. Hist. R. 12: 385. Ja. ’07. 1420w. (Review of v. 5.) | |
| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 48. F. ’07. (Review of v. 1–5.) |
“Mr. Paul’s comments on public men and parties are keen and incisive: his narrative vivid, terse and clear. The general style is midway between the severe classic stateliness of Morley’s ‘Life of Gladstone’, and the easy gossipy style of Justin McCarthy’s ‘History of our own times.’ With very little dissertation, no rhetoric, a good sprinkling of wit, recorded and first hand, this history may be read for enjoyment as well as for information.”