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CINCINNA TI ENQUIRER, April 24, 1920.—" Such superficial hooks as thatof J. M. Keyues are the work of most dangerous pseudo-idealists or hidebound' liberals.' Nine times out of ten their authors are disgruntled, egotistical, clever' mugwumps' with that tyrannous, schoolniasterish habit of mind which prefersthe real or apparent enforcement of its ' cure-alls' to the attainment of plaintruth and justice."

DETROIT FREE PRESS, Nov. 21, 1921.—"Only once have I seenViviani go into action gradually. It was after his last trip to the United States .He was talking in a subdued conversational tone when suddenly he thought ofJohn Maynard Keynes 's book, The Economic Consequences of the Peace. Hisface, hitherto motionless, twitched a little. His words accelerated slowly. Thecurrent of his emotion spread curiously through the muscles of his whole body,until the figure which had been relaxed from head to foot became tense in everyfibre. In a moment he was denouncing, with the sonorous blast of his anger, thebook which he said he had encountered in every country in the New World,as ' a monument of iniquity,' a monster which confronted him everywherein South or North America , and which for some (to him) incredible reason everyone seemed to believe as the gospel truth about the pact of Versailles."

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THE TIMES. —" His hook will certainly add to his reputation, and is, indeed,in our opinion, the best book he has yet written."

THE SCOTSMAN. —" Difficult as the subject is, Mr. Keynes 's exposition of itis a masterpiece of clearness, and it is possible for the general reader to follow hisargument with little difficulty."

MANCHESTER GUARDIAN.—"Nr. Keynes 's book is undoubtedly oneof first-rate importance, and it is especially valuable on account of the extension ofits subject beyond the hounds of purely mathematical probability."

NEW STA TESMAN—"Bis book will at once be ranked among the mostimportant contributions to the subject."

NEW WITNESS. —"The average reader who dips into Mr. Keynes 's latestvolume will put it down hastily. On nearly every page there are fearsome-looking mathematical formulae and algebraic equations. . . . And the averagereader will do himself and Mr. Keynes an injustice."

SPECTATOR. —"Professor Keynes 's equations demand a mental activitywhich does not accord well with reading. . . . Hut if the book is in some waysforbidding, it contains a great deal that the general reader will find both interestingand exhilarating."

Prof. PlGOUin ECONOMIC JOURNAL. —"The problems which Mr. Keynes has touched he has not only illuminated with a marvellous lucidity of style, buthas also substantially advanced."