+ + – Am. J. Soc. 11: 851. My. ’06. 490w.
“One need not agree with all the conclusions of the author to profit by his arguments. The volume deserves careful study.”
+ + – Ann. Am. Acad. 27: 418. Mr. ’06. 300w.
“No more important work dealing with the grave problems that confront the American republic to-day has appeared in months than Mr. George’s strong, clear and logical work.”
+ + Arena. 35: 438. Ap. ’06. 4700w.
“In the analysis of social conditions, it is not a whit in advance of ‘Progress and poverty.’” Winthrop More Daniels.
– Atlan. 97: 844. Je. ’06. 460w.
“Mr. George’s book is to be chiefly condemned, not because it is essentially an aggregation of all sorts of material, largely gathered from newspapers and magazines, but because this miscellaneous stuff has been arrayed and employed, with no little rhetorical skill and dexterity, to simulate an honest investigation and a comprehensive discussion of the great questions with which the author professes to deal.” R. W. Raymond.
– – Cassier’s M. 29: 510. Ap. ’06. 2680w.
“It is a challenge clothed with dignity, as well as a plan of reform that is not devoid of charm. If the work may serve to awaken the public seriously to the tendencies which are so fraught with danger, one will readily pardon the faults of logic and exaggerated inferences which it contains.”