“On the whole we may conclude that the volume is, in some respects, a distinct contribution to the literature of the subject in English, and in spite of the defects natural to such a work, is likely to prove very useful for many purposes.” Wilbur C. Abbott.
| + + − | Am. Hist. R. 13: 143. O. ’07. 1440w. (Review of v. 10.) |
“There is altogether too little of the economic and social side of history in this work.” Wm. E. Lingelbach.
| + + − | Ann. Am. Acad. 29: 653. My. ’07. 1010w. (Review of v. 4.) |
“This volume has not always triumphed over the tendency to make a history of these periods of recovery a résumé of names and dates.”
| + + − | Ath. 1907, 2: 173. Ag. 17. 1880w. (Review of v. 10.) |
“It cannot but be acknowledged that no single author in this volume has succeeded in conveying ideas as Lord Acton, himself has conveyed them in his lectures.” E. D. Adams.
| + + − | Dial. 42: 223. Ap. 1, ’07. 900w. (Review of v. 4.) |
“If there appears less unity in this volume, because there is no great central figure or theme, it nevertheless possesses sound utility.”
| + + | Dial. 43: 288. N. 1, ’07. 370w. (Review of v. 10.) |