“Whether Miss Clark has proved her thesis or no, she has made available to the general reader and the student of economics a mass of material not easily accessible otherwise. She has faced the difficult task of presenting a fair sample of her evidence, and has come well out of that searching trial, though reflection would no doubt cause her to admit that on occasion she has read more into her authorities than is quite admissible.” E. M. G.
+ − Ath p9 Ja 2 ’20 1000w
“Clearly and interestingly written.”
+ Booklist 16:328 Jl ’20
“Though Miss Clark’s book is technical in character, being based on a rigid plan, we may build up from it an enlightening picture of life in seventeenth century England.”
+ Boston Transcript p4 Je 9 ’20 350w
Reviewed by Dorothy Brewster
Nation 111:sup419 O 13 ’20 550w
“The exhaustive bibliography and the rigidly technical character of the investigation are the book’s outstanding virtues.”
+ Springf’d Republican p9a Jl 4 ’20 170w