| + + — | Critic. 47: 409. N. ‘05. 920w. |
“The book is not without value for him who can sift the facts from the fiction and the denunciation; but it is altogether untrustworthy, and cannot but mislead the untrained reader.” Charles H. Cooper.
| — | Dial. 39: 269. N. 1, ‘05. 350w. |
“The historical portion is full of inaccuracies. Having warned our readers that Dr. Ular’s statements require confirmation, we must admit that his book is interesting and suggestive, that his knowledge is considerable, that his view of M. Witte’s regime appears to us to be very just, and that the remarkable story of the elaborate ‘oligarchic’ intrigue which eventually led to the war in the Far East certainly contains an element of truth.”
| + — | Lond. Times. 4: 222. Jl. 14, ‘05. 710w. |
“People who like to read strong statements couched in language which is plain to the verge of violence at times, and never courteous, will thoroughly enjoy Mr. Ular’s arraignment of everybody and everything in Russia—save, possibly, the revolutionists.”
| — — | Nation. 81: 363. N. 2, ‘05. 2060w. |
“The rashness of language which makes the book particularly readable serves, of course, to discredit it as a serious study—but it is infinitely suggestive.”
| — + | N. Y. Times. 10: 635. S. 30, ‘05. 1360w. | |
| — — | Pub. Opin. 39: 447. S. 30, ‘05. 270w. | |
| R. of Rs. 32: 510. O. ‘05. 150w. |
“It is certain Mr. Ular’s readers—if he has any—will not take him sufficiently seriously to experience any shocks but those of contempt.”