“This is incontestably one of the most important, best-written, and most homogeneous of the volumes of the ‘Cambridge modern history’ that have appeared so far.” W. E. Rhodes.
| + + + | Eng. Hist. R. 22: 807. O. ’07. 730w. (Review of v. 4.) |
“A notable feature of the volume—it will remain an exceptional feature of this particular volume, the editors inform us—are its bibliographies, especially that of the extant original manuscripts and contemporary narrative and controversial literature of the Thirty years’ war, based on the collections in Lord Acton’s library, without which, indeed, it could not have been compiled.”
| + + | Ind. 62: 1152. My. 16, ’07. 530w. (Review of v. 4.) |
“Every library should have it, and the busy scholar who wants facts, not eloquent fiction, will secure it for reference, but no one will read it over his evening pipe. In this regard it cannot be esteemed an equal to the French cooperative work, the ‘Histoire generale,’ which is always lucid and sometimes interesting.”
| + + | Ind. 63: 1313. N. 28, ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 10.) |
“The chapters are often of great merit, and there are fewer dull parts, omissions, repetitions, and inconsistencies than in some of the previous volumes.”
| + + + | Lond. Times. 6: 226. Jl. 19, ’07. 2610w. (Review of v. 10.) |
“Everywhere one finds care, accuracy and a businesslike spirit, which presents the facts in a clear and coherent way.”
| + + + | Nation. 85: 166. Ag. 22, ’07. 2590w. (Review of v. 4.) | |
| + + | Nation. 85: 327. O. 10, ’07. 1200w. (Review of v. 10.) |