+ Yale R. 14: 445. F. ’06. 90w.
Leroy-Beaulieu, Pierre Paul. United States in the twentieth century. **$2. Funk.
The author of this work comes of a family of thinkers and writers, being the son of Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, and nephew of Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu. The work is a review from the study of American documents of the economic resources of the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. The work is treated under four heads: pt. I. The country and the people; pt. II, Rural America; pt. III, Industrial America; pt. IV. Commercial America.
“It is not too much to say that this is one of the three or four most important books yet written by Europeans to give to fellow-citizens an idea of the United States and its possibilities.”
+ + + Ann. Am. Acad. 27: 422. Mr. ’06. 430w.
“That he is a foreigner who sees us at a peculiar angle and from a view-point different from our own, only augments the interest with which he invests his volume.” Winthrop More Daniels.
+ + Atlan. 97: 849. Je. ’06. 330w.
“When he ventures, as he occasionally does, a criticism, he offers it in so friendly a spirit, and gives so many solid reasons for his opinion, that not even prejudice itself could find cause for resentment. Exceedingly able and instructive work.”
+ + + Cath. World. 84: 107. O. ’06. 1460w.