The New York Times/1900/8/18/Book Review: Italians of To-day

René Bazin, in his book on the "Italians of To-day," published by Henry Holt & Co., makes the somewhat astonishing statement, on the authority of Count Joseph Grabinski, that "the real and most dangerous agents of rural Socialism are the primary teachers." This would certainly tend to show that the Italian Government has more respect for free speech than Russia and Germany. Such a statement could hardly be made of primary teachers in either of these countries, and, perhaps scarcely here, when we call to mind the case of President Andrews of Brown. Bazin's book is a most timely one, and throws much light on the source of discontent in the peninsula.