of reference in
historical literature.--_London Literary Gazette._

Mr. Motley has searched the whole range of historical documents
necessary to the composition of his work.--_London Leader._

This is a really great work. It belongs to the class of books in
which we range our Grotes, Milmans, Merivales, and Macaulays, as the
glories of English literature in the department of history. * * * Mr.
Motley's gifts as a historical writer are among the highest and
rarest.--_Nonconformist_ (London).

Mr. Motley's volumes will well repay perusal. * * * For his learning,
his liberal tone, and his generous enthusiasm, we heartily commend
him, and bid him good speed for the remainder of his interesting and
heroic narrative.--_Saturday Review._

The story is a noble one, and is worthily treated. * * * Mr. Motley has
had the patience to unravel, with unfailing perseverance, the thousand
intricate plots of the adversaries of the Prince of Orange; but the
details and the literal extracts which he has derived from original
documents, and transferred to his pages, give a truthful color and a
picturesque effect, which are especially charming.--_London Daily
News._

M. Lothrop Motley dans son magnifique tableau de la formation de notre
Republique.--G. Groen Van Prinsterer.

Our accomplished countryman, Mr. J. Lothrop Motley, who, during the
last five years, for the better prosecution of his labors, has
established his residence in the neighborhood of the scenes of his
narrative. No one acquainted with the fine powers of mind possessed by
this scholar, and the earnestness with which he has devoted himself to
the task, can doubt that he will do full justice to his important but
difficult subject.--W. H. Prescott.

The production of such a work as this astonishes, while it gratifies
the pride of the American reader.--_N. Y. Observer._

The "Rise of the Dutch Republic" at once, and by acclimation, takes
its place by the "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," as a work
which, whether for research, substance, or style, will never be
superseded.--_N. Y. Albion._

A work upon which all who read the English language may congratulate
themselves.--_New Yorker Handels Zeitung._

Mr. Motley's place is now (alluding to this book) with Hallam and Lord
Mahon, Alison and Macaulay in the Old Country, and with Washington
Irving, Prescott, and Bancroft in this.--_N. Y. Times._

The authority, in the English tongue, for the history of the period