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But why , Lady Dacre , this excessive show of modesty , or rather this most unpardonable piece of affectation ? Glaeser ’ s new book , “ A World of Difference , ” co-authored with Albert Alesina , examines the oft-noted disparity between poverty reduction efforts and social welfare systems in the United States and Europe . Ironically , in the context of procurement crises involving Iraq and Hurricane Katrina , Congress has been willing to appropriate additional funds for staff to identify and investigate mistakes after they have been made - - but not to appropriate funds to hire contracting officers to prevent mistakes from being made in the first place : Almost 500 Inspector-General , General Accounting Office , and auditing staff were assigned to post-Katrina oversight ( much though not all regarding contracting ) , while FEMA 's total contracting staff nationwide numbered a mere 40 . " We had been looking with much impatience for the republication of these volumes , and hencefoward we shall look with still greater anxiety for any thing announced as under the editorial supervision of Lady Dacre . Nearly twenty years ago he became known to the public by his Universal Gazetteer , a second edition of which , at the present time , we agree with the North American Review in thinking would be highly acceptable to the public . We repeat that Lady Dacre has given conclusive evidence of talent and skill , in the final sentences of the Countess of Nithsdale - - evidence , however , which will not be generally appreciated , or even very extensively understood . There can be no doubt that Lady Dacre is a writer of infinite genius , possessing great felicity of expression , a happy talent for working up a story , and , above all , a far more profound and philosophical knowledge of the hidden springs of the human heart , and a greater skill in availing herself of that knowledge , than any of her female contemporaries .