This addition to the “American crises biographies” contains a detailed account of the Missouri statesman, and gives the chief political events from 1820 to the repeal of the Missouri compromise with which his public work ended.
“Rogers did not entirely shake off his editorial habit of popular statement when producing a serious historical work.” W. H. Mace.
| + — | Am. Hist. R. 11: 176. O. ‘05. 650w. | |
| + + | Critic. 47: 188. Ag. ‘05. 80w. |
“The work is careless and superficial.”
| — | Dial. 38: 325. My. 1, ‘05. 340w. |
“Mr. Rogers in this account of Thomas H. Benton has assumed more than properly belongs to the biographer.”
| + + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 292. My. 6, ‘05. 420w. |
“In point of literary quality, a decided advance on his ‘The true Henry Clay.’ While the treatment is, as a rule, open-minded, it is marred at times by invidious and unnecessary comparisons between Benton and his notable contemporaries, and by occasional overstatement to a degree constituting a serious defect.”
| + + — | Outlook. 80: 143. My. 13, ‘05. 160w. |
“Mr. Rogers has presented an accurate and impressive picture of Thomas H. Benton.”