| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 161. O. ’07. S. |
“The value of the book—and it is great—does not consist in reply to the questions which the reader will put, but in the fact that a vast mass of material helping him to construct answers for himself is to be found in the pages of Mr. and Mrs. Colquhoun.”
| + | Ath. 1907, 1: 320. Mr. 16. 350w. |
“The book is highly interesting to all who wish information about the problems of the dual monarchy. The shortcomings of the book are in the conclusions and the observations of the near past and the present-day life. The intimate knowledge which cannot be taken from books, but which can be obtained only by an extended sojourn in the country, is often lacking, and in its place there are categoric statements not always reliable.”
| + − | Ind. 63: 40. Jl. 4, ’07. 720w. |
“As regards political personages and living issues, such as Pan-Germanism, Pan-Slavism, etc. the volume is instructive and interesting. Very interesting also is the authoritative account of the emperor’s personality.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 723. My. 4, ’07. 280w. |
“Mr. Colquhoun’s book appears to us to suffer to some extent from the attempt to cover too much ground; and we believe that it would have been more useful if he had devoted rather more space to the history of the last forty years and rather less to that of the Middle Ages.”
| + − | Lond. Times. 6: 89. Mr. 22, ’07. 1430w. |
“It is pleasant to lay hands on a serious study of an interesting problem by writers who can bring to the task the essential historical perspective and a capacity for making the event of the day relate to what came before it.”