"An admirable and able Life of Oliver Cromwell, of which we can unhesitatingly speak words of praise."
"Full of the kind of information with which even the well-read like to refresh themselves."
"The book is one of deep interest. The style is good, the analysis searching, and will add much to the author's fame as an able biographer."
"This book tells the story of Cromwell's life in a captivating way. It reads like a romance. The paper and printing are very attractive."
"The book is one of deep interest. The style is good, the analysis searching."
"'Science in Short Chapters' supplies a growing want among a large class of busy people, who have not time to consult scientific treatises. Written in clear and simple style. Very interesting and instructive."
"Mr. Williams has presented these scientific subjects to the popular mind with much clearness and force. It may be read with advantage by those without special scientific training."
"It is historic, scientific, and racy. A book of intense practical thought, which one wishes to read carefully and then read again."
"A volume of handy science, not only interesting as an abstract subject, but valuable for its clear expositions of every-day science. Of Professor Williams as an authority upon such subjects, it is unnecessary to comment. He already has a fame as a scientific writer which needs no recommendation."
"A rich book at a marvellously low price. The style is sprightly and simple. Every chapter contains something we all want to know."
"As an educator this book is worth a year's schooling, and it will go where schools of a high grade cannot penetrate. For such a book twenty-five cents seems a ridiculous sum."
"A marvellous book, as fascinating as Dickens, to be consulted as an authority along with Britannica, and even fuller of practical hints than the latter's articles. I do not know how you can print its 300 pages for 25 cents."
"Mr. Williams' work is a practical compendium."
"It is finely critical and appreciative; exceedingly crisp and unusually entertaining from first to last."
"A book of pleasant reading, with enough sparkle in it to cure any one of the blues."
"They are based upon considerable study of these authors, are highly appreciative in tone, and show a perceptivity of American humor which is yet a rarity among Englishmen."
