“It is a conscientious, well-balanced history of that remarkable century. The whole story is well and interestingly told in fluent and often pictorial English.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 386. Je. 17, ‘05. 1140w. |
“The work is essentially readable. Such a book as this is valuable as affording insight into what was really a formative period of European history.”
| + + | Outlook. 80: 391. Je. 10, ‘05. 130w. |
“Upon the reader’s acceptance or rejection of Peter’s role as a mighty regenerator will necessarily depend the value and interest of Mr. Bain’s work. At the same time we fail to find that he brings any really new light to bear upon the subject.”
| + — | Sat. R. 100: 23. Jl. 1, ‘05. 1330w. |
Bain, Robert Nisbet. Scandinavia: a political history of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. $2. Macmillan.
The period from 1513 to 1900 is treated in this volume which deals with the rise, decline, and fall of Denmark, Norway and Sweden as powers.
“The most comprehensive that has yet been written.”
| + + — | Acad. 68: 172. F. 25, ‘05. 1000w. |