. Review of reviews and world's work. es as they have been developed in our mod-ern life. A study of Mr. Dawsons conclusions shouldenable any prospective insurant to decide for himselfthe kind of insurance which meets his immediate is nothing sensational in the book, but it is a fairpresentation of the whole subject. An elementary book on sociology has appeared inthe Citizens Library, edited by Prof. Richard T. Ely(Macmillan). The author of the work is Prof. FrankW. Blackmar, of the University of Kansas. The bookpresents only a brief outline of the subject, since it isintended to b
. Review of reviews and world's work. es as they have been developed in our mod-ern life. A study of Mr. Dawsons conclusions shouldenable any prospective insurant to decide for himselfthe kind of insurance which meets his immediate is nothing sensational in the book, but it is a fairpresentation of the whole subject. An elementary book on sociology has appeared inthe Citizens Library, edited by Prof. Richard T. Ely(Macmillan). The author of the work is Prof. FrankW. Blackmar, of the University of Kansas. The bookpresents only a brief outline of the subject, since it isintended to be aAvorking manual for the student andhas no room for the ela])oration of theories and discus-sions. References are given at the close of each chapterfor comparative reading, and the book is so constructedthat it may well serve as an introduction to the subjectfor university extension classes and other groups of stu-dents and readers. Photograph by Pirie Mac Donald. MILES MENANDER DAWSON. 124 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REI^ M|{S. FLORENCE KELLEY. Mrs. Florence Kelley, the general secretary of theNational Consumers League, contributes a volume tothe Citizens Library of Economics, Politics, and Soci-ology (Macmillan), entitled Some Ethical Gainsthrovigh Legislation. The topics treated in this bookhave been suggested to the writer, or made subjects ofspecial study by her, during many years of settlementwork in Chicago and New York. Much of the materialwas gathered while the writer was special agent for theBureauof Labor Statistics of Illinois and chief inspectorof factories of that city. The chief topics of discussionare,—the regulation of child labor, the right to lei-sure, the right of women to the ballot, and the rights ofpurchasers. In the ai)pendices are printed the texts ofa number of important judicial decisions, which illus-trate in a pertinent manner the general subject of eth-ical gains through legislation. A most timely publication, in view of the railroadd
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