“A monumental work of interest to a much larger class than farmers only.”
+ =A. L. A. Bkl.= 3: 117. My. ’07. (Review of v. 1.)
“Is indispensable to public and reference libraries, and it should be extensively purchased for circulating and school libraries in the rural districts.”
+ + − =Nation.= 85: 380. O. 24, ’07. 1000w. (Review of v. 1 and 2.)
+ − =Nature.= 76: 315. Ag. 7, ’07. 310w. (Review of v. 1.)
“A truly magnificent, coherent and exhaustive work.”
+ =N. Y. Times.= 12: 307. My. 11, ’07. 460w. (Review of v. 1.)
+ + =N. Y. Times.= 12: 720. N. 9, ’07. 200w. (Review of v. 2.)
Two motherless girls of contrasting types are joint heroines in this story. One happy hearted girl who had been brought up on fresh air, simple food, sunshine and flowers teaches the other child, cloyed with things of life to the point of youthful ennui, a wholesome life lesson.
=Bailey, William Bacon.= Modern social conditions. $3. Century.
“The field covered by this volume is part of that treated in Mayo-Smith’s ‘Statistics and sociology.’ The first chapter is an elementary treatise on the history of statistics. The other chapters give statistical information in relation to sex, age, conjugal conditions, births, marriage, death and the growth of population.”—Am. J. Soc.
“The author has rendered a service to students by bringing up the figures as nearly as possible to date.” C. R. H.
“Judged intrinsically the book not only justifies its appearance, but strongly commends itself to the use of every student of demography. The author’s style is simple, and the volume is crowded with information. In fact the data are often compelled to speak too largely for themselves. A stronger emphasis upon their interpretation and practical bearing would have heightened the interest of the book. On the other hand, the theoretical discussion avoids all irritating mathematical complexities.” George B. Mangold.
+ + − =Ann. Am. Acad.= 28: 473. N. ’06. 390w.
“It is undoubtedly the most excellent compilation of more or less familiar population statistics that has been done by an American. Yet the question may be seriously raised as to the essential value of such treatises for the student of social conditions. Several sections are included in the treatise under consideration, which are abstruse and difficult, and ... the reader is not led up carefully to a full comprehension of those sections.” J. C.