CONTENTS 



AMERICAN IDEALS 



I. AMERICAN IDEALS 17 



II. TRUE AMERICANISM 31 



III. THE MANLY VIRTUES AND PRACTICAL POLITICS 51 



IV. THE COLLEGE GRADUATE AND PUBLIC LIFE . . 63 



V. PHASES OP STATE LEGISLATION 78 



VI. MACHINE POLITICS IN NEW YORK CITY . . . 118 



VII. THE VICE-PRESIDENCY AND THE CAMPAIGN OP 



1896 149 



ADMINISTRATION CIVIL SERVICE 



I. Six YEARS OP CIVIL SERVICE REFORM . . . 177 



II. ADMINISTERING THE NEW YORK POLICE FORCE 203 



III. How NOT TO HELP OUR POORER BROTHER . 232 



IV. THE MONROE DOCTRINE 246 



V. WASHINGTON'S FORGOTTEN MAXIM 265 



VI. NATIONAL LIFE AND CHARACTER 289 



VII.-^-SociAL EVOLUTION 321 



VIII. THE LAW OF CIVILIZATION AND DECAY ... 347 



