Thomas Hart Benton

American Statesmen

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. By John T. Morse, Jr.

SAMUEL ADAMS. By James K. Hosmer.

PATRICK HENRY. By Moses Coit Tyler.

GEORGE WASHINGTON. By Henry Cabot Lodge. 2 vols.

JOHN ADAMS. By John T. Morse, Jr.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON. By Henry Cabot Lodge.

GOUVERNEUR MORRIS. By Theodore Roosevelt.

JOHN JAY. By George Pellew.

JOHN MARSHALL. By Allan B. Magruder.

THOMAS JEFFERSON. By John T. Morse, Jr.

JAMES MADISON. By Sydney Howard Gay.

ALBERT GALLATIN. By John Austin Stevens.

JAMES MONROE. By President D. C. Gilman.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. By John T. Morse, Jr.

JOHN RANDOLPH. By Henry Adams.

ANDREW JACKSON. By Prof. William G. Sumner.

MARTIN VAN BUREN. By Edward M. Shepard.

HENRY CLAY. By Carl Schurz. 2 vols.

DANIEL WEBSTER. By Henry Cabot Lodge.

JOHN C. CALHOUN. By Dr. H. Von Holst.

THOMAS HART BENTON. By Theodore Roosevelt.

LEWIS CASS. By Prof. Andrew C. McLaughlin.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. By John T. Morse, Jr. With Portrait and Map. 2 vols.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD. By Thornton K. Lothrop.

SALMON P. CHASE. By Prof. A. B. Hart.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. By C. F. Adams.

CHARLES SUMNER. By Moorfield Storey.

THADDEUS STEVENS. By Samuel W. McCall.

CRITICAL NOTICES

FRANKLIN. He has managed to condense the whole mass of matter gleaned from all sources into his volume without losing in a single sentence the freedom or lightness of his style or giving his book in any part the crowded look of an epitome.—The Independent (New York).

SAMUEL ADAMS. Thoroughly appreciative and sympathetic, yet fair and critical.... This biography is a piece of good work—a clear and simple presentation of a noble man and pure patriot; it is written in a spirit of candor and humanity.—Worcester Spy.

HENRY. Professor Tyler has not only made one of the best and most readable of American biographies; he may fairly be said to have reconstructed the life of Patrick Henry, and to have vindicated the memory of that great man from the unappreciative and injurious estimate which has been placed upon it.—New York Evening Post.

WASHINGTON. Mr. Lodge has written an admirable biography, and one which cannot but confirm the American people in the prevailing estimate concerning the Father of his Country.—New York Tribune.

JOHN ADAMS. A good piece of literary work.... It covers the ground thoroughly, and gives just the sort of simple and succinct account that is wanted.—New York Evening Post.

HAMILTON. Mr. Lodge has done his work with conscientious care, and the biography of Hamilton is a book which cannot have too many readers. It is more than a biography; it is a study in the science of government.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.

MORRIS. Mr. Roosevelt has produced an animated and intensely interesting biographical volume.... Mr. Roosevelt never loses sight of the picturesque background of politics, war-governments, and diplomacy.—Magazine of American History (New York).

JAY. It is an important addition to the admirable series of "American Statesmen," and elevates yet higher the character of a man whom all American patriots most delight to honor.—New York Tribune.

MARSHALL. Well done, with simplicity, clearness, precision, and judgment, and in a spirit of moderation and equity. A valuable addition to the series.—New York Tribune.

JEFFERSON. A singularly just, well-proportioned, and interesting sketch of the personal and political career of the author of the Declaration of Independence.—Boston Journal.

MADISON. The execution of the work deserves the highest praise. It is very readable, in a bright and vigorous style, and is marked by unity and consecutiveness of plan.—The Nation (New York).

GALLATIN. It is one of the most carefully prepared of these very valuable volumes, … abounding in information not so readily accessible as is that pertaining to men more often treated by the biographer.—Boston Correspondent Hartford Courant.

MONROE. President Gilman has made the most of his hero, without the least hero-worship, and has done full justice to Mr. Monroe's "relations to the public service during half a century." … The appendix is peculiarly valuable for its synopsis of Monroe's Presidential Messages, and its extensive Bibliography of Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine.—N. Y. Christian Intelligencer.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. That Mr. Morse's conclusions will in the main be those of posterity we have very little doubt, and he has set an admirable example to his coadjutors in respect of interesting narrative, just proportion, and judicial candor.—New York Evening Post.

RANDOLPH. The book has been to me intensely interesting.... It is rich in new facts and side lights, and is worthy of its place in the already brilliant series of monographs on American Statesmen.—Prof. Moses Coit Tyler.

JACKSON. Professor Sumner has … all in all, made the justest long estimate of Jackson that has had itself put between the covers of a book.—New York Times.

VAN BUREN. This absorbing book.... To give any adequate idea of the personal interest of the book, or its intimate bearing on nearly the whole course of our political history, would be equivalent to quoting the larger part of it.—Brooklyn Eagle.

CLAY. We have in this life of Henry Clay a biography of one of the most distinguished of American statesmen, and a political history of the United States for the first half of the nineteenth century. Indeed, it is not too much to say that, for the period covered, we have no other book which equals or begins to equal this life of Henry Clay as an introduction to the study of American politics.—Political Science Quarterly (New York).

WEBSTER. It will be read by students of history; it will be invaluable as a work of reference; it will be an authority as regards matters of fact and criticism; it hits the key-note of Webster's durable and ever-growing fame; it is adequate, calm, impartial; it is admirable.—Philadelphia Press.

CALHOUN. Nothing can exceed the skill with which the political career of the great South Carolinian is portrayed in these pages.... The whole discussion in relation to Calhoun's position is eminently philosophical and just.—The Dial (Chicago).

BENTON. An interesting addition to our political literature, and will be of great service if it spread an admiration for that austere public morality which was one of the marked characteristics of its chief figure.—The Epoch (New York).

CASS. Professor McLaughlin has given us one of the most satisfactory volumes in this able and important series.... The early life of Cass was devoted to the Northwest, and in the transformation which overtook it the work of Cass was the work of a national statesman.—New York Times.

LINCOLN. As a life of Lincoln it has no competitors; as a political history of the Union side during the Civil War, it is the most comprehensive, and, in proportion to its range, the most compact.—Harvard Graduates' Magazine.

SEWARD. The public will be grateful for his conscientious efforts to write a popular vindication of one of the ablest, most brilliant, fascinating, energetic, ambitious, and patriotic men in American history.—New York Evening Post.

CHASE. His great career as anti-slavery leader, United States Senator, Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the United States, is described in an adequate and effective manner by Professor Hart.

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS. His wise statesmanship before the Civil War, and the masterly ability and consummate diplomatic skill displayed by him while Minister to Great Britain, are judiciously set forth by his eminent son.

SUMNER. The majestic devotion of Sumner to the highest political ideals before and during his long term of lofty service to freedom in the United States Senate is fittingly delineated by Mr. Storey.

STEVENS. Thaddeus Stevens was unquestionably one of the most conspicuous figures of his time.... The book shows him the eccentric, fiery, and masterful congressional leader that he was.—City and State (Philadelphia).

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Justin McCarthy.

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Aurelian.