“Altogether, we must regard this book as materials collected with a view to the production of a definite theory, rather than any coherent statement of such a theory.”
+ – Nation. 82: 436. My. 24, ’06. 310w.
“It is also highly suggestive, penetratingly analytical, and rich in information useful to the economist, jurist, and legislator; and if it is impossible wholly to agree with Dr. Davis’s findings as to facts or to deem his influences always sound, it is equally impossible to deny the value of his work as an aid to the more intelligent consideration of its important subject.”
+ + – Outlook. 82: 566. Mr. 10, ’06. 1440w.
Reviewed by Henry R. Seager.
+ Pol. Sci. Q. 21: 553. S. ’06. 860w. + + Sat. R. 101: 465. Ap. 14, ’06. 1150w.
“The work as it stands, is of very high merit, and covers a vast range of ground. It is a work that every library which wishes to be well equipped in the side-lights of history must possess, for, apart from the independent research and clear thought that distinguish it, it comprises the views and research of most modern thinkers on the difficult and often obscure subjects with which Dr. Davis deals.”
+ + Spec. 97: sup. 468. O. 6, ’06. 820w.
“As a whole, the work, while it shows careful thought and much reflection, lacks proportion, and is too plainly bent to a preconceived theory.” Simeon E. Baldwin.
– + Yale. R. 15: 88. My. ’06: 740w.