“Though the book is full of suggestive and helpful thoughts and on the whole is a valuable contribution to social progress, it is far inferior, we think, to Mr. Henry George’s latest work ‘The menace of privilege,’ in which democracy is treated in a far more fundamental and able manner.”
+ – Arena. 36: 680. D. ’06. 580w.
“We need an accurate, clear and thoroughgoing description of actual social conditions, and a sound, practical, restrained indication of ways in which we may better ourselves. To the satisfaction of the first of these needs, Mr. Dole has made a worthy and suggestive contribution, but we cannot think that his treatment of the second has permanent significance.”
+ + – Nation. 83: 355. O. 25, ’06. 880w.
“Its style is clear; its principles are simple and put with great simplicity. It embodies many wise suggestions. But it lacks intellectual coherence. On the whole, the book must be described as an expression of the author’s social and political ideals, many of which are admirable, rather than as an interpretation of historical facts or a study of fundamental social principles.”
+ – Outlook. 84: 383. O. 13, ’06. 450w. R. of Rs. 34: 759. D. ’06. 130w.
Dole, Nathan Haskell, comp. Latin poets: an anthology. $2. Crowell.
“The selections from the various English translators have been most judiciously made.”
+ Critic. 49: 285. S. ’06. 110w. + R. of Rs. 33: 122. Ja. ’06. 80w.