Root, Elihu. Citizen’s part in government. (Yale lectures on the responsibilities of citizenship.) **$1. Scribner.
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“Secretary Root discusses (1) the task inherited or assumed by members of the governing body in a democracy; (2) the function of political parties as agencies of the governing body; (3) the duties of the citizens as a member of a political party; and (4) the grounds for encouragement.”—R. of Rs.
“It is a vigorous and stimulating book, well worth addition to Bishop Goodsell’s list.” Edward A. Bradley.
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 417. Je. 29, ’07. 830w. |
Reviewed by Montgomery Schuyler.
| + | Putnam’s. 3: 226. N. ’07. 310w. |
“Mr. Root’s sensible and well-proportioned treatment of these topics is precisely what is needed by the young American who aspires to have a real part in making the political conditions around him better.”
| + + | R. of Rs. 36: 382. S. ’07. 290w. |