“In one respect, the reader of historical proclivities may be inclined to find fault with ‘The launching of a university.’ President Gilman resolutely keeps back all references to the occasional misfortunes and unpleasantnesses which harassed him and his colleagues.” Robert C. Brooks.
+ + – Bookm. 24: 358. D. ’06. 1020w. + + Critic. 48: 479. My. ’06. 240w.
Reviewed by F. B. R. Hellems.
+ + – Dial. 40: 289. My. 1, ’06. 2320w.
“Cicero would have given his approval to this book.”
+ + Ind. 60: 1104. My. 10, ’06. 230w.
“Taken as a whole, President Gilman’s book is notable alike as a history of the university with which he was so long connected, as a discussion of some vital questions of the day, and as a contribution to the story of American educational progress.”
+ + Lit. D. 32: 531. Ap. 7, ’06. 810w. Nation. 82: 240. Mr. 22, ’06. 140w. + + Nature. 74: 123. Je. 7, ’06. 880w.
Reviewed by Edward Cary.