[*] Hunt, Rev. William, and Poole, Reginald Lane. Political history of England. 12v. ea. [*]$2.60. Longmans.
This twelve volume work on English political history is announced under the following authorship: Volume I. 1066, Thomas Hodgkin; II. 1066-1216, Professor George B. Adams; III. 1216-1377, T. F. Tout; IV. 1377-1485, C. Oman; V. 1485-1547, H. A. L. Fisher; VI. 1547-1603, A. F. Pollard; VII. 1603-1660, F. C. Montague; VIII. 1660-1702, R. Lodge; IX. 1702-1760, I. S. Leadam; X. 1760-1801, Rev. W. Hunt; XI. 1801-1837, Hon. G. C. Broderick and J. K. Fotherham; XII. 1837-1901, Sidney J. Low.
[*] “The professed student will revel in this book, in its accurate scholarship, in its clearness of style and arrangement, in its maps and indexes, and, above all, in the invaluable appendix which Dr. Hunt’s unique knowledge of the original authorities of the period has enabled him to draw up.”
| + + | Acad. 68: 1097. O. 21, ‘05. 510w. (Review of v. 10.) | |
| * | + + | Ath. 1905, 2: 569. O. 28. 1050w. (Review of v. 10.) |
[*] “There is not much that is new or startling either in Mr. Hunt’s narrative or in his opinions; it is on his sober and wholesome common sense that the reputation of this book will depend, and this is not the least important recommendation of such a series as the present.”
| + + | Lond. Times. 4: 346. O. 20, ‘05. 1380w. (Review of v. 10.) |
[*] “A very useful book, in which the sense of proportion, the volume of information, and the continuity of narrative are good.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 429. N. 23, ‘05. 870w. (Review of v. 10.) | |
| * | N. Y. Times. 10: 716. O. 21, ‘05. 210w. (Review of v. 10.) |
Hunter, (Wiles) Robert. Poverty, [**]$1.50. Macmillan.
The author has been actively engaged for ten years in university-settlement work in New York, Chicago, and London, and his book aims to awaken the unthinking and unseeing to a realization of the grim and terrible conditions existing among our poor. He describes evils, points out remedies, and sets forth the pitiful struggles of the underpaid and underfed wage-earners. The book is divided into seven chapters: Poverty, The pauper, The vagrant, The sick, The child, The immigrant, and Conclusions.