“A series of child verse with agreeable qualities.”

+ Ind. 61: 1411. D. 13, ’06. 30w. + – R. of Rs. 34: 765. D. ’06. 120w.

Dyer, G. W. Democracy in the South before the Civil war. $1. Pub. house of the M. E. ch. So.

“A strong protest against the theory usually advocated by our historians, that affairs in the South in ante-bellum times were largely controlled by an oligarchy of slave-holders, who kept down the average white man, who made labor disdained, who kept the South agricultural, while the great mass of the people were idle, illiterate, and lazy.”—Am. J. Soc.


“While its substance is of very uneven value, the style and thought are vigorous, and the book deserves attention as a product of its time.” Ulrich B. Phillips.

+ – Am. Hist. R. 11: 715. Ap. ’06. 450w.

“The syllabus suggests a most interesting line of work, which, if carried out without prejudice or passion, of which unfortunately there are traces, ought to yield results of great value to the student of American social and economic history.” J. W. Shepardson.

+ – Am. J. Soc. 11: 699. Mr. ’06. 180w.