| + − | Acad. 72: 312. Mr. 30, ’07. 2140w. |
“The reader appears to be in safe hands, however, for the current modern opinion is not departed from, unless the author takes occasion to differ with some one as to the causes of the decline and fall of the empire, or as to the effect of Christianity upon early political and social institutions.” J. M. Vincent.
| + | Am. Hist. R. 13: 175. O. ’07. 470w. |
“He has used in his book what may be regarded as respectable authorities but he shows no knowledge of the special literature concerning the topics which he treats. The author is seen at his best in his chapters on the early emperors, whom he treats with both fairness and common sense. But inveterate mistakes are repeated because ... Dr. Souttar is not abreast of recent investigation.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 67. Jl. 20. 720w. |
“Granting Mr. Souttar’s method, he has chosen his material with skill and knowledge and described it with as much vividness as his method will allow.”
| + − | N. Y. Times. 12: 611. O. 12, ’07. 230w. |
“The whole thing is certainly not the work of a thorough scholar, or of a literary man with any cultivated skill in his craft.”
| − + | Sat. R. 104: 114. Jl. 27, ’07. 1370w. |
“The truth of the matter is that Dr. Souttar is not sufficiently armed with authorities to reverse the judgment of history. Dr. Souttar’s inability to deal with the more obscure problems of history is shown by his treatment of the subject of Roman persecution of the Christians.”