| + + | Dial. 38: 324. My. 1, ‘05. 570w. |
“Mr. Firth makes a slip at the beginning of the book in speaking of the conquerors of Valerion as the Parthians.”
| + + — | Lond. Times. 4: 170. My. 26, ‘05. 710w. |
“Though written as a volume for a popular series, this book should not escape the attention of scholars, since it is based on a first-hand study of the authorities, and is the fruit of independent reflection.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 128. Ag. 10, ‘05. 1250w. |
“It is on the whole, a well balanced piece of work. The book opens with an absurdly bad genealogical table, and continues to practically a dateless limit.”
| + — | N. Y. Times. 10: 125. F. 25, ‘05. 780w. |
“Indeed we cannot but feel that, if only through an excess of impartiality, he paints the shadows at times all too deeply. And, for a similar reason, we gain the impression that here and there the pagan receives more and the Christian less than his due. We could wish, too, less disquisition regarding the untrustworthiness of the annalists of the period, less detailed picking of flaws—a habit so pronounced as to become tedious. These blemishes, however, are not vital defects. The work is well arranged, well written, and, with the exceptions noted, well balanced.”
| + — | Outlook. 79: 501. F. 25, ‘05. 290w. |
[*] “We have little but praise of the writer’s treatment of the ecclesiastical and theological side.”