“An immense bibliographical index at the end of the third volume completes the usefulness of the work as a book of reference, and it is as a book of reference that it will be chiefly used and valued.”
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Howard, John R., comp. See One hundred best American poems.
Howe, Frederick Clemson. City: the hope [*] of democracy. [**]$1.50. Scribner.
“A novel interpretation of municipal affairs.... Mr. Howe ascribes most of the ills to which the American city is heir to economic and industrial, rather than to political or ethical causes.... Mr. Howe’s remedy for the present evil conditions consists in offering opportunity to labor, in taxing monopoly, and in the abolition of privilege.”—R. of Rs.
[*] “Mr. Howe’s main arguments in favor of municipal ownership are strong, and much of his abstract reasoning in favor of the single tax is well put, although less convincing to most people; but the author is too sweeping in his advocacy of the adoption of these measures and in his claims for resulting benefits.”
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[*] “Dr. Howe, in a spirited and striking description of the American city, interprets its myriad phases from the economic standpoint.”
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[*] “Is a good deal of a theorist, but, happily also, he is very much of a student. Mr. Howe’s book, we fear, will not advance that result as much as it might have done had it been more soberly written.” E. C.