“While not strikingly original either in his conceptions of the import of the events of his period or in the manner in which he sets them forth, Mr. Rhodes has given us a piece of historical narrative which will command respect for solidity, fairness, and accuracy.” John Spencer Bassett.
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| + + + | R. of Rs. 35: 109. Ja. ’07. 270w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) |
“Far the best existing narrative of the events which led up to and followed the civil war as well as of the war itself, apart from more merely technical military treatises.”
| + + | Sat. R. 103: 625. My. 18, ’07. 320w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) |
“His one great limitation is that he has not penetrated deeply into the great underlying forces at work in our history and his judgments therefore are not always profound or such as will stand the test of time. Especially well suited for the reference library in our schools.” Webster Cook.
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“Other subjects such as finance and currency, commercial crises, political corruption, the tariff, and the broader economic and social changes affecting American society are not ignored, as they were not in the previous volumes; but they are not adequately treated, and the author shows in his treatment of them none of that breadth of view and well-balanced judgment which appears in his account of the political controversies that have to do with slavery, the civil war and the reconstruction.” G: Stevens Callender.
| + + − | Yale R. 16: 198. Ag. ’07. 3390w. (Review of v. 6 and 7.) |
Rhys, Ernest. Fairy-gold; il. by Herbert Cole. $2.50. Dutton.
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