“The work has the rare quality of being dispassionate and yet interesting.”
| + + + | Lit. D. 34: 64. Ja. 12, ’07. 130w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) |
“Mr. Rhodes is to be congratulated on having accomplished a difficult and laborious task with something like conspicuous success.”
| + + − | Lond. Times. 6: 242. Ag. 9, ’07. 1920w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) | |
| + + | Nation. 84: 14. Ja. 3, ’07. 1470w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) |
“It need hardly be said that these volumes have fully met the expectations of readers of their predecessors. He has set new standards in the study of and interpretation of events, in the use of materials, and in the generosity and kindliness of his estimates of men.” William E. Dodd.
| + + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 4. Ja. 5, ’07. 3460w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) |
“Must be deemed pre-eminently the standard work for the period with which it deals, and a work so exhaustive and so able that it will probably be long before its supremacy is challenged.”
| + + | Outlook. 86: 113. My. 18, ’07. 1760w. (Review of v. 1–7.) |
“It seems probable that the general verdict will be that, though entitled to high praise, they are not in all respects up to the high standard set by some of the volumes that appeared before them.” Paul Leland Haworth.
| + + − | Pol. Sci. Q. 22: 513. S. ’07. 2710w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) |