The editor’s aim is “to tell the story of the Revolution ‘almost in the words of the Frenchmen of the time.’ For this purpose he has made his selections chiefly from ... such journals as the political part of the Mercure de France, edited by Mallet du Pan, Mirabeau’s Courrier de Provence, and Brissot’s Patriote français.... Occasionally the texts of laws vital to the comprehension of the period are inserted in the body of the work, while others fill about one hundred pages of the appendix.” (Dial.)
“Along with numerous capital features there are some grave defects. The finding apparatus is not what it should be. The dogmatic manner and the partisan spirit which mark these comments are particularly out of place in a work which will probably find its chief use among university students.” Frank Maloy Anderson.
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 11: 196. O. ‘05. 500w. |
“Mr. Legg’s selections are made with excellent judgment, and are all interesting.”
| + + + | Dial. 39: 117. S. 1, ‘05. 380w. |
“Two volumes of extracts that are well worth the editorial care he has lavished upon them.”
| + + + | Nation. 81: 14. Jl. 6, ‘05. 580w. |
“Mr. Legg’s book is admirably edited, it supplies not only a charming refreshment but a valuable and even an indispensable assistance to the serious student of the French revolution.”
| + + + | Sat. R. 100: 279. Ag. 26, ‘05. 850w. |
Legge, Arthur E. J. Ford, The. [†]$1.50. Lane.