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addition to the reports of Congress, the following series of documents have been 

 indexed : the Senate Executive Journal, for diplomatic and consular appointments 

 and treaty ratifications ; the Opinions of the Attorneys General, for decisions on 

 questions of international controversy; the Statutes-at-Large, for acts and resolu- 

 tions relating to international affairs ; and the Congressional. Globe and its prede- 

 cessors for speeches and correspondence. The text of the latter, it was found, does 

 not always correspond with the text as printed in the House and Senate documents. 



No. 258. ROWE, L. S. Federal System of the Argentine Republic. Octavo, xin 

 +157 pages. In press. 



The purpose of this work is not merely to describe the constitutional organiza- 

 tion of the Argentine Republic but also to present an analysis of the actual operation 

 of the political system. The political ideas on which the present Argentine system 

 rests have their roots in the colonial system. The author first reviews the colonial 

 development and then proceeds to a study of the early growth of the federal idea 

 in Argentina. A considerable portion of the work is devoted to an analysis of the 

 relation between the federal and the provincial governments, in order to ascertain 

 to what extent the federal idea embodied in the constitution of 1853 has been pre- 

 served. After a study of the executive, legislative, and judicial organization of the 

 government, and of the actual relations that have developed between these three 

 authorities, the author proceeds to a study of the protection of individual personal 

 and property rights in the Argentine system. 



No. 39. Handbook of Learned Societies and Institutions America. Octavo, 

 vin+592 pages. Published 1908. Price $4.00. 



The above gives a practically complete list of the important learned societies and 

 institutions of North and South America, with their locations and addresses, fol- 

 lowed in most cases by a brief statement of the history and object of the society 

 concerned, and including data with regard to meetings, membership, publications, 

 research funds, and prizes. 



