| + − | Acad. 72: 482. My. 18, ’07. 610w. |
“Taken as a study of the politics of these stirring months, and as a sketch of by far the strongest actor in the momentous drama, the work can be highly commended. It is one that the worshippers of Napoleon will welcome.” Theodore Ayrault Dodge.
| + + − | Am. Hist. R. 13: 138. O. ’07. 820w. |
“Mr. Browning begins his story rather abruptly. In another matter of high significance Mr. Browning’s narrative is unsatisfactory. We refer to his account of the relations between Napoleon and Pius VII. early in 1813.”
| − + | Ath. 1907, 1: 658. Je. 1. 2860w. |
“One noticeable feature of Mr. Browning’s work is the sense of proportion which he has maintained throughout his treatment of these singularly troubled years.” Henry E. Bourne.
| + − | Dial. 43: 89. Ag. 16, ’07. 660w. |
“Mr. Browning’s narrative is often vivid and interesting, but it is a pity that inaccuracies and misprints which a little care in revision would have removed should give an impression of hasty, or, shall we say, over-facile composition.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 163. My. 24, ’07. 750w. |
“Shows no very distinctive merit, save that it is not marred by the extreme carelessness of his last book on the same subject.”