THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH 

 THOUGHT 



A Study in the Economic Interpretation of History 



By SIMON N. PATTEN, Ph.D. 



Professor of Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania 



Cloth Crown 8vo $3.00, net 



COMMENTS 



"What is perhaps most remarkable about the general treat- 

 ment of the subject is the breadth of view kept in mind having 

 constant regard to the higher moral, religious, and intellectual 

 aspects of English life quite as much as its more material charac- 

 teristics. ... It is decidedly one of the best written and most 

 thoughtful of recent books." Tribune , Chicago. 



" Keen in its analysis, novel in its positions, and striking in its 

 relationships of fact and principle is the author's discussion. . . . 

 To a subject full of interest in these days the author has brought 

 a novel point of view, which finds expression in seeming para- 

 doxes and an abundance of pithy aphoristic propositions which 

 surprise and delight the reader." The Philadelphia Times. 



" The economic interpretation of history is a distinctly modern 

 idea. It has had a place in numerous recent books, but we do 

 not recall any volume of importance where it is applied with the 

 searching philosophical thoroughness of the present work. The 

 author's logic and his observation are alike sound, and his grasp 

 of the broad aspect of English development appears in every chap- 

 ter. The presentation of the subject is scholarly, the terminology 

 is accurate, the definitions are clear and almost always satisfactory, 

 and the impression left on a thoughtful reader's mind is that of 

 admiration at the scope and method of the work and interest in 

 its intellectual offering." The Transcript, Portland, Me. 



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