It was reviewed in various newspapers nationwide as |...something new under the sun", "...a book more fascinating than the dictionary", "...a very valuable tool for the reference library", "...patient plugging away at dry statistics", "... a happy inspiration that set Joseph Nathan Kane at the task of producing so intriguing a volume." "The New York Times" on May 14, 1933, in an article wrote "a dogged resolution of almost superhuman force that kept him at work so incessantly grilling until it was finished".