“His work is vigorous and suggestive, worth the attention of the officers, paid and unpaid, of charitable agencies of all kinds and of our governments. Undirected and misdirected benevolent impulses are common nowadays, and the wide circulation of Mr. Allen’s book would do much to check waste of money and energy and to prevent the discouragement which comes from the failure of good intentions.”
| + | Ind. 63: 39. Jl. 4, ’07. 760w. |
“Undoubtedly the most impressive characteristic of the volume in an intellectual sense is its significance in favor of the validity of the democratic principle of government, which in certain quarters is thought to have been impaired by recent economic developments.”
| + | Lit. D. 34: 961. Je. 15, ’07. 400w. |
“The most serious defect ... is found in the first chapter on ‘The goodness fallacy,’ which, briefly stated, argues that it is a false supposition to think a good man will make a capable officer. A very unworthy meaning of goodness is placed in opposition to a somewhat dangerous conception of efficiency.”
| + − | Nation. 84: 547. Je. 13, ’07. 750w. |
“It is a good book, and ought to do good.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 283. My. 4, ’07. 1160w. |
“He writes in a clear, lucid, epigrammatic style, perhaps with too great fondness for epigram. But the volume will be valuable to all men who are doing things if they will select from it what they specifically need, and will be especially valuable to students of the various social activities of our modern life.”
| + − | Outlook. 86: 479. Je. 29, ’07. 300w. |