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“A thoroughly entertaining and at times instructive volume. The reader is grateful for the care with which Mr Franck has handled his facts. At no point does he attempt to be picturesque, sentimental or theatrically effective.” L. M. R.

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“Franck’s book is eminently readable, his possession of comparisons from other visits to Germany, his keen knowledge of German and his great fund of information upon all the countries of the world going to make it unique in character and filled with worthwhile incident. It lacks sympathy even with the wretched populace of the fatherland.” F: O’Brien

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“He gives no statistics, but the evident desire to avoid exaggeration and the studied fairness with which he reproduces opinions compel confidence in the accuracy of his report on economic and political conditions.” C: Seymour

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FRANCK, TENNEY.[[2]] Economic history of Rome to the end of the republic. $2.50 Johns Hopkins 937

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“In contrast to the practices of certain contemporary historians who have analyzed Roman economic conditions, Professor Frank has wisely laid down the principal that ‘a priori methods of interpreting historical development by means of generally accepted economic and psychological maxims must be applied to Roman history only with great reserve.’ He therefore follows closely the evidence furnished by the inscriptions, by archaeology, and by literature. Under Etruscan domination industry and commerce developed in Latium to some extent. The treaties with Carthage and the history of Roman coinage show that trade declined after the explusion of the Etruscans, and that the Romans turned again to their farms. The deforestation of the Volscian mountains and the gradual exhaustion of the soil made it impossible for the dense population of Latium to win a livelihood from their own land, and the pressure was relieved by territorial expansion. If relief had not come in this way manufacturing, commerce and the arts might have gained a better foot in Rome. The two chapters on industry constitute one of the most valuable contributions which the author has made to our knowledge of Roman economic conditions.”—Am Hist R