In 1916, Davenport published a book review of Fetter's /Economic  
Principles/. This followed the publication in the previous year of a  
suprisingly nasty book review by Fetter of Davenport's /Economics of  
Enterprise/. Fetter, given an opportunity to reply to the Davenport  
review, wrote an articled entitled "An Appeal to the Sober Reader" and  
referred in his first statement to "a record-breaking, fifty-page  
review."(1916, p. 596) Basically, Fetter claimed that Davenport  
misinterpreted his views and quoted him out of context. He did not  
answer Davenport's detailed, substantive points. He ended his reply with  
the sentence: "Certainly Davenport has added a new terror to the grave  
if economists must expect their thought to be mangled in this way after  
they are no longer able to raise their voices in protest."(605) 
 
Davenport, H. (1914) Economics of Enterprise. New York: Macmillan. 
 
Davenport, H.(1916) "Fetter's 'Economic Principles.'" Journal of  
Political Economy 24 (April): 313-362. 
 
Fetter, F.(1914) "Davenport's Competitive Economics." Journal of  
Political Economy 22 (June): 550-65. 
 
Fetter, Frank, Economic Principles, Vol. 1, New York: Century Co., 1915. 
 
Fetter, F.(1916), "An Appeal to 'the Sober Reader'," Journal of  
Political Economy 24 (June): 596-605 
 
--  
Pat Gunning 
Feng Chia University, Taiwan