| + | A. L. A. Bkl. 3: 162. O. ’07. S. |
“The work is scientific as to method and popular in style, and forms a very useful handbook about the American population.”
| + + | Dial. 43: 122. S. 1, ’07. 340w. |
“Well fortified throughout by statistics, and evidencing a wide range of observation, the great merit of the volume is its sensibleness.”
| + + | Nation. 85: 229. S. 12, ’07. 340w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 300. My. 11, ’07. 100w. |
“Prof. Commons has managed to set forth an immense amount of condensed information about these many-colored threads that have gone into the weaving of our Joseph’s coat and has found room also to discuss, with a remarkable breadth of view and an unusual amount of common sense, the causes of immigration, the instruments of assimilation, and the effect of the new conditions upon the immigrants.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 427. Jl. 6, ’07. 240w. |
“Professor Commons has used the last census to good advantage, and gives much interesting information as to the constituent elements of this heterogeneous population, and also regarding the continuous displacing of one group by another with a lower standard of life.” G. Louis Beer.
| + | Putnam’s. 2: 742. S. ’07. 410w. |
“We do not recall another book of its size that presents so much important and essential information on this vital topic.”