| − | Am. Hist. R. 13: 135. O. ’07. 650w. (Review of v. 2.) | |
| − | Ath. 1907, 1: 403. Ap. 6. 2100w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“As we turn over these pages we have often felt ourselves, like the cave dwellers in Plato, trying to reconstruct the facts from the shadows of them before us. The author’s general conclusion as to the effect of censorship is correct and obvious.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 2: 210. Ag. 24. 520w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“Mr. Putnam’s book ... is honorably free from bias. He is simply and solely a historian, and he tries, and successfully tries, to put before us the main facts, in the history with which he deals.”
| + + | Cath. World. 85: 552. Jl. ’07. 750w. (Review of v. 1.) |
“We do not mean to say that the book is free from hints and phrases to which the majority of Catholics would object. But, looking at the matter impartially, we are bound to credit Dr. Putnam with the desire to be a just and equitable historian.”
| + + − | Cath. World. 85: 839. S. ’07. 350w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“It may be remarked in passing, however, that the value of the work as a book of reference might have been enhanced by the provision of a more complete general index.” Arthur Howard Noll.
| + + − | Dial. 42: 338. Je. 1, ’07. 2420w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“Dr. Putnam has accomplished his difficult task with conscientious thoroness and complete scientific impartiality. If we may suggest a possible improvement in the work, we would observe that the medieval prohibitions of Bible-reading in the vernacular are too summarily dismissed.”