“This is a very suggestive book. Its one weakness is that, though it does not quite neglect the ethical and spiritual standards of life, it allows them to be overshadowed by the economic and the merely utilitarian.”
| + + − | Cath. World. 85: 677. Ag. ’07. 960w. | |
| Current Literature. 42: 417. Ap. ’07. 1080w. |
“As an immediate and effective solution of the main problem indicated by its title, this treatise may well prove less successful than as a manual of instruction in methods of mutual service and a plea for mutual sympathy and good-will.” Percy F. Bicknell.
| + + | Dial. 42: 246. Ap. 16, ’07. 1530w. | |
| + | Ind. 62: 855. Ap. 11, ’07. 280w. | |
| Lit. D. 84: 433. Mr. 16, ’07. 370w. |
“Miss Addams’s observations are so acute, and her criticisms often so well aimed, that her book is worth reading. We cannot but wish, however, that she had ploughed a little deeper, and shown us more clearly how the evils on which she dwells are to be removed.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 247. Mr. 14, ’07. 720w. |
“It is the expression of an exceptional citizen on subjects that concern everybody. Whatever may prove to be its concern for the student of literature, it should be tolerantly read by the student of affairs, for whom it was written.” Olivia Howard Dunbar.
| + + | No. Am. 184: 763. Ap. 5, ’07. 1490w. |
“‘Newer ideals of peace’ is not a felicitous title for Jane Addams’s interesting and suggestive volume. It is imperfect because she has studied only one phase of our national life, and, in American fashion ... she draws too large generalizations from her too specialized observations.”
| + + − | Outlook. 85: 720. Mr. 23, ’07. 300w. |