| + + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 65. Mr. ’07. S. |
“The book is rather hard reading for the ordinary person who has no great liking for figures and financial history. But it gives a good account of a real statesman, and a history of several important phases of our national development during the last half century.”
| + + − | Dial. 42: 189. Mr. 16, ’07. 210w. |
“It is creditable biography, written by one in full sympathy with the political ideas of Mr. Sherman, but free, on the whole, from undue bias.” Eugene B. Patton.
| + + | J. Pol. Econ. 15: 311. My. ’07. 680w. |
“Candor is perhaps the most noteworthy quality displayed by Mr. Burton—a candor which personal friendship was powerless to eliminate. And yet the book is sympathetic and its attitude that of one who sincerely admired Sherman.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 63. Ja. 12, ’07. 130w. |
“Mr. Burton’s plain and unimpassioned style does little to make Sherman interesting, and his book will not, we fancy, be much read except for reference.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 288. Mr. 28, ’07. 360w. | |
| + | N. Y. Times. 11: 906. D. 29, ’06. 660w. |
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.