| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 10: 403. Ja. ‘05. 1770w. |
“The length of some of the chapters and paragraphs is somewhat disproportionate to the importance of the matters of which they treat. And there are some rather startling omissions. There are moreover a considerable number of misprints and minor errors. Despite all these minor defects, however, there can be no doubt that the third volume of this great work is in every way worthy of the high standard set by the earlier ones.” Roger Bigelow Merriman.
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 11: 145. O. ‘05. 960w. (Review of v. 3.) |
(Vol. VIII). “No single-volume history of the French revolution in the English language, and possibly none in the French, contains so much and such well-organized information as that embodied within the compass of this book. In breadth and accuracy of treatment, in the opinion of the reviewer, it is superior to any that has yet appeared in the series.” James Westfall Thompson.
| + + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 139. Ja. ‘05. 2110w. |
“Presents too much accidental selection and grouping. The paramount excellence of some of the chapters is so evident that the weakness of the others is made especially evident.” Wm. E. Lingelbach.
| + — | Ann. Am. Acad. 25: 598. My. ‘05. 1010w. (Review of v. 3.) |
“The index of the present volume is, we are glad to see, a great improvement on its predecessors.”
| + + — | Ath. 1905, 1: 583. My. 13. 2520w. (Review of v. 3.) |
“With one exception, beyond painstaking fidelity and unflagging industry which gathers in every scrap of fact that can be crammed into the work, there is nothing remarkable in the treatment of the subjects. And the devotion to detail seems to have been carried too far.”