| — | Outlook. 81: 682. N. 18, ‘05. 70w. |
[*] “A collection, told in exquisite poetical way, of some of the most picturesque but less-known love-stories of history.”
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[*] Cadogan, Edward. Makers of modern history: three types: Louis Napoleon, Cavour, Bismarck. [**]$2.25. Pott.
“The struggle between conservative principles and revolutionary forces constitutes the framework of the history of the nineteenth century. With this great movement are closely associated the names of Louis Napoleon, Cavour, and Bismarck, the subjects of the three essays included in this volume.... It is on the epoch making, the history making, actions of these men that emphasis is here laid.”—N. Y. Times.
[*] “The volume contains no new materials, but it summarises the careers of the three Machiavellian personages in question clearly and sensibly.” W. M.
| + | Eng. Hist. R. 20: 615. Jl. ‘05. 100w. |
[*] “In general, however, these essays may safely be recommended to the unprofessional reader, who will be dull indeed if he does not discover in them the absorbing interest of the three dissimilar men whom they describe.”
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| * | N. Y. Times. 10: 671. O. 14, ‘05. 130w. |
[*] “The faults of the book are greatly those of immaturity, and the writer may possibly in time produce historical work of permanent value.”