5–26752.
Descriptive note in December, 1905.
“Solidly packed with facts.”
| + | Am. Hist. R. 12: 706. Ap. ’07. 30w. |
Petrie, William Matthew Flinders. Janus in modern life. (Questions of the day, no. 106.) *$1. Putnam.
7–37957.
A development in some measure from Professor Petrie’s recent Huxley lecture. The study looks before and behind and deals with such present day problems as race and immigration, communism, philanthropy, and individualism in relation to historical philosophy. The burden of what the author has to say is “that all our modern efforts for the bettering of the race by saving the weaker individual rigors of competition tend to degrade the race.” (N. Y. Times.)
“Janus, indeed, is a clever double-headed professor, who treats rather amateurishly—that is to say, confidently and assertively—many subjects as to which we suspect that his knowledge is not very profound.”
| − | Acad. 73: 185. N. 30, ’07. 1440w. |