“It is refreshing to find one of our public men willing to devote his energies to scholarly occupations, and able to produce a work of such high excellence as, judging from the first installment, Mr. Hill’s ‘History of European diplomacy’ promises to be.”

+ +Cath. World. 82: 263. N. ‘05. 1150w. (Review of v. 1.)

“What Mr. Hill has written is accurate and readable enough for the most part, but it will not compare with the books by Bryce and Fisher, to say nothing of the erudite works of French and German scholars.”

+Ind. 59: 817. O. 5, ‘05. 400w. (Review of v. 1.)

[*] “A carefully written summary of European international history.”

+Ind. 59: 1155. N. 16, ‘05. 15w.

“In his first volume, coming down to the year 1250, he merely restates, and not with the hand of a practised mediaevalist, a great deal that was in no need of such a repetition.”

+ —Nation. 81: 280. O. 5, ‘05. 300w. (Review of v. 1.)

“It was carefully thought out in the first instance, and then executed in the most satisfactory manner.” William E. Dodd.

+ + +N. Y. Times. 10: 553. Ag. 26, ‘05. 2800w. (Review of v. 1.)