Dunbar, Charles Franklin. Economic essays. [**]$2.50. Macmillan.
“The volume now before us brings together fifteen essays which had been published in various journals, chiefly in the Quarterly journal of economics, and adds thereto five others which have never before seen the light. With the former, the task of the editor was comparatively simple; the latter, by the pious care of a disciple, have been brought ‘as nearly as possible into the form which the author would have wished’ to give them. The introduction by Professor Taussig, carefully avoiding mere eulogy, is the fit tribute of a student to a revered master. While the book cannot repair, except in slightest measure, the loss which economic science suffered in Professor Dunbar’s death, it is a worthy memorial to one who contributed so much, as teacher, editor, and investigator, to the progress of economic study in the United States.”—Nation.
“Especially helpful are the chapters on the panic of 1857 and the description of the state banking systems in the middle of the century. Serve as admirable examples of interesting and intelligible generalizations based upon trade and banking statistics.” D. R. D.
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“Some of those essays are models of careful research. The easy literary style in which they are written should make the volume one of unusual interest to the general public as well as of value to the student.”
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“He separates fact from fancy, and presents the results of scientific inquiry, largely in the field of banking and currency, in an eminently judicious and scholarly manner.” Arthur B. Woodford.
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“While it does not do full justice to his attainments, the present volume gives sufficient evidence of Professor Dunbar’s firm hold upon his science in its broadest relations, his skill in handling questions of the day, and his special aptitude for patient and fruitful historical research. All [the five now printed for the first time] display the nice workmanship of the author, and must be reckoned with by him who would write the definitive history of our banking system.”
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