“It is not the part of wisdom to state that all of our problems can be traced to such an artificial thing as the gold supply. On the whole, however, the book is well written, and represents a valuable compilation of knowledge in this field.”
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Holt, Henry. On the civic relations. *$1.75. Houghton.
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Mr. Holt’s “Talks on civics” has been “much amplified, modernized and actualized” (Putnam’s) to produce the present revised edition. The book has been written in the hope of “doing a little something to develop in young people a character of mind which is proof against political quackery—especially the quackery which proposes immediate cures by legislation for the abiding ills resulting from human weakness and ignorance.”
“Those who do not ‘desire to be deceived’ will find much ‘dry light’ in Mr. Holt’s pages on current and burning questions, concerning which there is much more of heat than of light in most current discussion.” Montgomery Schuyler.
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“The author takes no pains to conceal his real opinion of the abilities of a very large part of ‘so-called civilized’ mankind, especially that part that labors with its hands for a living. This contempt steams up from every page until it nearly suffocates the appetite of the expectant reader. Yet there is an abundance of food in Mr. Holt’s book for readers with a suitable digestion.” Edward E. Hill.