“His speculations and asservations would, however, bear more weight if he were less prone to trace results to their causes along the lines that suit his thesis, and if he had less of a slap-dash way of drawing inferences from statistics.”
– + Nation. 82: 513. Je. 21, ’06. 1910w. N. Y. Times. 10: 789. N. 18, ’05. 330w.
“There are many assertions and fancies set forth in Mr. Eltzbacher’s handy volume with which one must be allowed to differ. He appears to the reviewer to arrive at weighty conclusions, now and then, based on flimsy or at least insufficient premises. But of this there can be no doubt, his book is interesting and full of virile thought.” Wolf von Schierbrand.
+ – N. Y. Times. 11: 469. Jl. 28, ’06. 1670w.
“In view of the new tariff which is going into effect on the first of March, Mr. Eltzbacher’s book will receive a timely welcome. Mr. Eltzbacher writes as a protectionist, and his argument is of extreme interest; to the general student, however, his book might have been more valuable if he had devoted more space to the arguments of his opponents. We note his fairness, nevertheless.”
+ + – Outlook. 82: 325. F. 10, ’06. 360w.
“A very keen and informing study of the German Empire. Mr. Eltzbacher writes in a clear, suggestive style, and has added an excellent index and bibliography to complete his text.”
+ + R. of Rs. 33: 381. Mr. ’06. 190w.
“This survey of the German’s industrial life is extremely well done, and we do not know any book which within such moderate limits enables one to estimate the ability and energy which are devoted by the State to the purpose of furthering the material prosperity and power of the German people.”
+ + Sat. R. 100: 851. D. 30, ’05. 440w.