the lover of books a work of such extraordinary and
unexceptionable excellence as this one.--_Universalist Quarterly
Review._

There are an elevation and a classic polish in these volumes, and a
felicity of grouping and of portraiture, which invest the subject with
the attractions of a living and stirring episode in the grand historic
drama.--_Southern Methodist Quarterly Review._

The author writes with a genial glow and love of his
subject.--_Presbyterian Quarterly Review._

Mr. Motley is a sturdy Republican and a hearty Protestant. His style
is lively and picturesque, and his work is an honor and an important
accession to our national literature.--_Church Review._

Mr. Motley's work is an important one, the result of profound
research, sincere convictions, sound principles, and manly sentiments;
and even those who are most familiar with the history of the period
will find it a fresh and vivid addition to their previous knowledge.
It does honor to American Literature, and would do honor to the
literature of any country in the world.--_Edinburgh Review._

A serious chasm in English historical literature has been (by this
book) very remarkably filled. * * * A history as complete as industry
and genius can make it now lies before us, of the first twenty years
of the revolt of the United Provinces. * * * All the essentials of a
great writer Mr. Motley eminently possesses. His mind is broad, his
industry unwearied. In power of dramatic description no modern
historian, except, perhaps, Mr. Carlyle, surpasses him, and in
analysis of character he is elaborate and distinct.--_Westminster
Review._

It is a work of real historical value, the result of accurate
criticism, written in a liberal spirit, and from first to last deeply
interesting.--_Athenaeum._

The style is excellent, clear, vivid, eloquent; and the industry with
which original sources have been investigated, and through which new
light has been shed over perplexed incidents and characters, entitles
Mr. Motley to a high rank in the literature of an age peculiarly rich
in history.--_North British Review._

It abounds in new information, and, as a first work, commands a very
cordial recognition, not merely of the promise it gives, but of the
extent and importance of the labor actually performed on it.--_London
Examiner._

Mr. Motley's "History" is a work of which any country might be
proud.--_Press_ (London).

Mr. Motley's History will be a standard book