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"The book, though small in compass, is evidently the work of great research and
reflection, and is a valuable acquisition to historical literature."

"A work of great erudition and power, vividly reproducing the wonderful era of Roman
history under the kings. We greet it as a work of profound scholarship, genial
art, and eminent interest—a work that will attract the scholar and please the general
reader."

"Nearly all the histories in the schools should be banished, and such as this should
take their places."

"Professor Newman's work will be found full of interest, from the light it throws on
the formation of the language, the races, and the history, of ancient Rome."