“Sir Henry Jones has a firm grasp of moral principles, sadly neglected or defied by many people nowadays, and his exposition of his argument is singularly clear.”
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JONES, HENRY ARTHUR. Patriotism and popular education. *$4 Dutton 370
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“‘Patriotism and popular education; with some thoughts upon English work and English play, our evening amusements, Shakespeare and the condition of our theatres, slang, children of the stage, the training of actors, English politics before the war, national training for national defence, war and design in nature, the league of nations, the future world policy of America, capital and labour, religion, reconstruction, the great commandments, social prophets and social prophecy, competition and co-operation, the biologist and the social reformer, hand labour and brain labour, school teachers and rag-pickers, internationalism, and many other interesting matters, in a letter to the Rt. Hon. H. A. L. Fisher, president of the board of education.’ (Sub-title) The eminent playwright fully describes his book on the title-page, and it remains only to add that he pleads for practical education which would turn out good carpenters and good citizens, and has no patience with modern ideas that, as he considers, have put the majority of working-men ‘in open rebellion against the plainest economic laws.’”—Ath
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“Seems rather an outburst of annoyance than a constructively thought out criticism.”
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“As an experienced writer he can express himself vigorously in from two to a dozen ways, can produce many interesting, many wise, many suggestive, many amusing, and many provoking paragraphs. But if one is looking for help in dealing with either educational problems or the problems of state, he will find many smaller books much more helpful.”