_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). HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. 4 PARK ST., BOSTON; 85 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK 378-388 WABASH AVE., CHICAGO * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Minor typographical errors and inconsistencies have been silently normalized. End of Project Gutenberg's Thomas Hart Benton, by Theodore Roosevelt