+ + + Arena. 36: 557. N. ’06. 9730w.
“The merits of Mr. Parsons’s book are in its thorough and compendious presentation of the various evils that have come to pass in the making of railway rates. If the treatment is open to criticism, it is along the line of the genesis of these conditions.” John J. Halsey.
+ + Dial. 41: 35. Jl. 16, ’06. 1350w.
“As a critic of existing conditions, the author has done his work well.” William Hill.
+ J. Pol. Econ. 14: 575. N. ’06. 250w.
“The book is a readable collection of single instances of railroad enormities. In the hands of one acquainted with the essentials of transportation, it may prove of service; in the hands of a novice, it is likely to engender prejudice and disseminate error.”
+ – Nation. 83: 17. Jl. 5, ’06. 850w.
“The book is a useful one and brings the subject down to date, but it casts only the scantiest light ahead.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 287. My. 5, ’06. 790w.
Parsons, Henry de Berkeley. Disposal of municipal refuse. $2. Wiley.