| + | Acad. 68: 1118. O. 28, ‘05. 1940w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.) | |
| + | Ath. 1905, 2: 541. O. 21. 110w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.) |
[*] “But Mr. McCarthy is always readable, and the entertaining quality of his work will undoubtedly be of value in bringing to the negligent reader some familiarity, at least, with the main features of later English politics.” E. D. Adams.
| + | Dial. 39: 435. D. 16, ‘05. 1390w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.) |
“It does not read like the work of a man behind the scenes, or tell us anything that we have not already read in the newspapers. Mr. McCarthy writes without any sense of proportion, and freely scamps the essential in order to make room for padding. All that can truthfully be said is that Mr. Justin McCarthy has the trick of being mildly readable even when he is platitudinous and obvious.”
| + — | Lond. Times. 4: 371. N. 3, ‘05. 900w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.) |
“He tells the story in a simple, intelligible way. He is never dry, tedious, discursive, labored, or involved. It is not adverse criticism to say that he has not written a weighty history.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 10: 743. N. 4, ‘05. 1050w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.) |
“He is always interesting, and though sometimes gossipy and sometimes affected by personal prepossessions, he writes with singular fairness of temper. His history is journalistic rather than scientific.”
| + — | Outlook. 81: 681. N. 18, ‘05. 190w. (Review of v. 4 and 5.) |
[*] “It is very interesting and of considerable use to students of recent events.”