“Being both a learned and an honest man, he seldom misstates facts, and is ready to face them as he understands them; but one cannot read twenty pages of the book without feeling that he is a Roman Catholic, and takes the standpoint of that church as his own. These flaws do not prevent the book before us from contrasting very favorably with various Irish histories which have come under our notice.”
| + − | Ath. 1907, 1: 628. My. 25. 1560w. (Review of v. 2.) |
“He is simple, clear, and at times, picturesque. The temper of the work is fairly critical, though not unfrequently our author does not acquaint his readers with the existence of an opinion at variance with the one he favors.”
| + − | Cath. World. 85: 248. My. ’07. 480w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.) |
“Father D’Alton has few graces of style, but he is workmanlike, and is wise to avoid rhetoric. On the whole, what impresses us most is his impartiality; he desires to get at the truth and tell it plainly. His view would be broader if he had entered more closely into English history.”
| + − | Sat. R. 103: 620. My. 18, ’07. 1570w. (Review of v. 2.) |
Dalton, William. Dalton’s complete bridge. **$1.25. Stokes.
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