“This is an instructive and a much needed work.”
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“It is written in a clear, concise style and contains a large amount of descriptive material within brief compass. Its main defect is that it fails to leave upon the mind of the reader a clear impression of the development of the principal industries of the country.” Robert Morris.
+ + – J. Pol. Econ. 14: 62. Ja. ’06. 140w.
“The lines of conception ... are broad, and bold, but not fully matched by firmness in execution.” Carl Russell Fish.
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“As a first attempt it is entitled to considerable measure of commendation. The great defect of the book is that those ‘essential elements’ of our economic history are not only not brought out clearly so that the reader may be sure to grasp them, but they are apparently not comprehended by the author herself.” G. S. C.
+ – Yale. R. 15: 324. N. ’06. 1150w.
Commons, John Rogers, ed. Trade unionism and labor problems. *$2.50. Ginn.
The second volume of the “Selections and documents in economics” being brought out by Professor W. Z. Ripley of Harvard university. There are twenty-seven essays, mostly reprints from current scientific magazines on a variety of aspects of the social and economic situation, which aim to furnish collateral reading for college classes.