| Acad. 72: 368. Ap. 13, ’07. 180w. | ||
| + | Lit. D. 34: 509. Mr. 30, ’07. 240w. |
“The author designates his book a novel, but he would be better justified in calling it a novel once or twice removed.”
| − | Nation. 84: 341. Ap. 11, ’07. 290w. |
“The author, having arranged his pieces and set his problems, having made sundry moves as if he were going to play the game according to the rules, finally falls back on an act of God for his solution, which leaves the whole business where it began.”
| − | N. Y. Times. 12: 139. Mr. 9, ’07. 570w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 379. Je. 15, ’07. 180w. |
“While there are many homely scenes sufficiently true to life in this tale ... it lacks grace, and fails to awaken complete sympathy for the somewhat ordinary young preacher.”
| − − + | Outlook. 86: 340. Je. 15, ’07. 110w. |
Collings, Jesse. Land reform, occupying ownership, peasant proprietary, and rural education. *$4.20. Longmans.
7–2568.
This volume by “the well-known supporter of Mr. Chamberlain and president of the Rural laborers’ league ... opens with a discussion of the principles of the purchase of land bills, introduced into the house of commons by the author two years ago. Next follow seven excellent chapters containing a fairly full history of the origin and growth of the present English land system, and particularly of the gradual disappearance of peasant proprietorship. Lastly, a third division of nine chapters sets forth the arguments for and against the various proposals which have been made for the revival of British agriculture and the encouragement of small holdings.”—Nation.