[*] “No summary, however, can do justice to the wealth of thought that this little book contains, to the freshness and power with which familiar themes are handled, and to the width of outlook which every page reveals.” G. P. Gooch.
| + + + | Int. J. Ethics. 15: 499. Jl. ‘05. 1890w. |
“All the first part of the book, giving an account of the Reaction and its causes, is excellent. We do not remember to have seen anywhere, in so small a compass, a better analysis of the extraordinary changes in sentiment and opinion produced in the last thirty years. As to the great body of Liberal doctrine, the author is on firm ground.”
| + + — | Nation. 80: 254. Mr. 30, ‘05. 1070w. |
“To one who believes, as we do, that the present conditions in England and America, both industrial and political, are those of a higher stage of intellectual and moral progress than those of the first half of the nineteenth century, the volume is chiefly valuable as an exposition of perils which attend this progress, and of which society needs to be warned, and against which it needs to guard itself.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 502. F. 25, ‘05. 160w. |
“He writes moderately, and does not mar his argument by any of those personalities which are too freely indulged in by writers of his way of thinking. His book is, indeed, in its way, scientific.”
| + + | Spec. 94: 119. Ja. 28, ‘05. 340w. |
“This is a book which furnishes abundant material both for the active politician and the student.”
| + + | The Westminster Review. 163: 106. Ja. |