| + + | Dial. 38: 327. My. 1, ‘05. 80w. |
Ringwalt, Ralph Curtis. Briefs on public questions, with selected lists of references. [*]$1.20. Longmans.
A book which “is sure of favor with the young debating community, but is also well calculated to enlarge the understanding and settle the convictions of journalists and legislators. Its themes are logically ordered under three heads, Politics, Economics, and Sociology.” (Nation.) Twenty-five individual topics are treated, among them Naturalization, Woman suffrage, Negro suffrage, Restriction of immigration, Reciprocity with Canada, Government ownership of railways, single tax, etc.
| + + | Ann. Am. Acad. 56: 594. S. ‘05. 170w. |
“Great judgment and fairness have been displayed by the author, who has been able to sink personal considerations to a marked degree in his effort to impartially present a brief outline of the principal arguments on each subject discussed.”
| + + + | Arena. 34: 329. S. ‘05. 250w. |
“High-school and college students will give this book a warm welcome.”
| + + | Dial. 38: 423. Je. 16, ‘05. 50w. |
“The scheme and the execution are to be commended, and Mr. Ringwalt has had in mind in his bibliography the resources of ordinary public libraries.”
| + + | Nation. 80: 481. Je. 15, ‘05. 150w. | |
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 361. Je. 3, ‘05. 1160w. |