A Selection from the
Catalogue of
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
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Economics.
Hadley's Economics. An Account of the Relations between Private Property and Public Welfare. By Arthur Twining Hadley, Professor of Political Economy, in Yale University. 8°, $2.50 net. - The work is now used in classes in Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Amherst, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Vanderbilt, Bucknell, Bates, Leland Stanford, University of Oregon, University of California, etc. "The author has done his work splendidly. He is clear, precise, and thorough.… No other book has given an equally compact and intelligent interpretation."—American Journal of Sociology.
The Bargain Theory of Wages. By John Davidson, M.A., D Phil. (Edin.), Professor of Political Economy in the University of New Brunswick. 12mo, $1.50. - A Critical Development from the Historic Theories, together with an examination of Certain Wages Factors: the Mobility of Labor, Trades Unionism, and the Methods of Industrial Remuneration. "This able volume is the most satisfactory work on Distribution that has yet appeared. Prof. Davidson's theory appeals to our common sense as in harmony with actual conditions, and he has worked it out with convincing logic in accordance with the principles of economic science. We recommend it all students of economics as the most important contribution to the science of Political Economy that has recently appeared."—Interior.
Sociology. A Treatise. By John Bascom, author of "Æsthetics," "Comparative Psychology," etc. 12°, $1.50. - "Gives a wholesome and inspiring word on all the living social questions of the day; and its suggestions as to how the social life of man may be made purer and truer are rich with the finer wisdom of the time. The author is always liberal in spirit, generous in his sympathies, and wise in his knowledge,"—Critic.
A General Freight and Passenger Post. A Practical Solution of the Railroad Problem. By James L. Cowles. Third revised edition, with additional material. 12°, cloth, $1.25; paper, 50 cts. - "The book gives the best account which has thus far been given in English of the movement for a reform in our freight and passenger-tariff policy, and the best arguments in favor of such reform,"—Edmund J. James, in the Annals of Political and Social Science. "The book treats in a very interesting and somewhat novel way of an extremely difficult subject and is well worth careful reading by all students of the transportation question."—From letter of Edw. A. Moseley, Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D.C.
Fields,
Factories, and Workshops
or
Industry Combined with Agriculture, and Brain Work with Manual Work
By PRINCE KROPOTKIN
"Prince Kropotkin possesses the general scientific temper.… He seems to have been everywhere and to have read everything so that his observations have certainly been widely extended.… A book that should set people thinking and should lead them to try by practical experience to lessen soma of the acknowledged evils of the present system."—The Times, London.
"Our readers are recommended to read carefully Kropotkin's survey of manufacturing progress in foreign countries.… This is clear and concise and presents just the kind of summary required by those who, without time for intricate details, must rest content with a general statement of the world's industrial movement. Particularly interesting is the description of the wonderful advance now being made in agricultural methods.… The book is a most valuable contribution to the discussion of a problem of national and of world-wide importance."—The Daily News, London.
"A book which is an admirable example of its author's lucidity of style and of his capacity for making vital with human interest dry statistical and industrial facts.… A work that presents a new outlook in social economics and is at the same
time most forcible in its demonstration of fact."—London Westminster Gazette.
By CHARLES A. CONANT
A History of Modern Banks of Issue
"No better volume can be recommended to the general reader who wishes to familiarize himself not only with the theory of banking, but with the history and actual experience of this great agency of industrial progress."—Chicago Evening Post.
"We can only express our hearty appreciation of the book as a whole. It is extremely interesting. It cannot but be useful, and to us it is very cheering. Mr. Conant's book, from beginning to end, is a proof that sound currency is evolved necessarily from the progress of an industrial and commercial people,"—N. Y. Times.
Wall Street and the Country
"The author shows a comprehensive grasp of economic and financial problems, and the capacity for a clearness of statement.… His book should be in the hands of all who are interested in the important subjects discussed."—Wall Street journal.
"Charles A. Conant is an able apologist for the functions and the methods of Wall Street. The book is most intelligent and full of pertinent information."—Indianapolis News.
By James Albert Woodburn (Professor of American History and Politics, Indiana University) - The American Republic and Its Government. An Analysis of the Government of the United States, with a Consideration of its Fundamental Principles and of its Relations to the States and Territories. Octavo (by mail, $2 20) net, $2 00
- "A sounder or more useful commentary has never before seen the light. Even Mr. James Bryce's study of the 'American Commonwealth' must on the whole be deemed less fruitful. Not a single page should be overlooked."—M. W. Hazeltine in the N. Y. Sun. "Every citizen that wishes to obtain a clear and comprehensive knowledge of the government under which he lives can hardly forego acquaintance with this work, and its orderly arrangement and lucid style will make the acquaintance a pleasure as well as a profit."—Indianapolis News.
- Political Parties and Party Problems in the United States. A Sketch of American Party History and of the Development and Operations of Party Machinery, together with a Consideration of Certain Party Problems in their Relations to Political Morality. Octavo (by mail, $2 20)net, $2 00
- "An exceptionally clear, interesting, and impartial history of American political parties, a lucid explanation of the workings of party machinery, and a strong statement of the moral evils now debasing our political life, and the remedies which an awakened public conscience may apply. A thoroughly good book for the school and for the study."—Outlook.