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Chapman of " Causes and Consequences " in politics, 

 society, education, democracy, and government, 

 while " Unforeseen Tendencies of Democracy *' were 

 the theme of Edwin Lawrence Godkin. " A History 

 of the Presidency," by Edward Stanwood, while 

 based upon his " History of Presidential Elections," 

 published in 1884, contains much new matter and 

 many modifications of the original. Lauros G. Mc- 

 Conachie, in " Congressional Committees," made a 

 study of the origins and development of our national 

 and local legislative methods for the " Library of 

 Economics and Politics." "The Federalist " was 

 edited as a commentary on the Constitution of the 

 United States, by Paul Leicester Ford, with notes, 

 illustrative documents, and a copious index, and 

 " Washington vs. Jefferson : The Case tried by 

 Battle in 1861-'65," by Moses M. Granger, traced 

 the conflict between the two theories of our Govern- 

 ment. " The True History of the Missouri Com- 

 promise and its Repeal" was written by Mrs. 

 Archibald Dixon, and belongs to political rather 

 than general history. ''The Growth of Democracy 

 in the United States; or, The Evolution of Popular 

 Co-operation in Government and its Results," was 

 I raced by Frederic A. Cleveland ; " The Rights and 

 Duties of American Citizenship " were examined by 

 Westel Woodbury Willoughby ; Henry Gaullier made 

 a study of " The Paternal State in France and Ger- 

 many " ; and Bernard Moses delivered four lectures 

 on "Democracy and Social Growth in America." 

 " America's Foreign Policy " was the subject of 

 essays and addresses by Theodore Salisbury Wool- 

 sey, and " Mexico and the United States," a study 

 of subjects affecting their political, commercial, and 

 social relations made with a view to their promotion, 

 was from the pen of the late ambassador from that 

 sister republic, Matias Romero, than whom no one 

 was better prepared to give the information con- 

 tained in the work. " Social Elements, Institutions, 

 Character, Progress," were the theme of Charles 

 Richmond Henderson; ''Outlines of Sociology" 

 were supplied by Lester F. Ward, and from John 

 Henry Wilbur Stuckenberg we had an "Introduc- 

 tion to the Study of Sociology." " The Social 

 Crisis, the Duty of Government," came from Demp- 

 ster Ostrandcr, the author of "Social Growth," and 

 John Franklin Crowcll in "The Logical Process of 

 Social Development " laid a theoretical founda- 

 tion for educational policy from the standpoint 

 of sociology. George Edgar Vincent considered 

 "The Social Mind and Education," and Edward 

 Payson Payson made " Suggestions toward an Ap- 

 plied Science of Sociology." Part I of "The In- 

 dividual and his Relation to Society as reflected 

 in British Ethics," by James H. Tufts and Helen B. 

 Thompson, in the "University of Chicago Contribu- 

 tions to Philosophy," dealt briefly with " The Indi- 

 vidual in Relation to Law and Institutions." 

 " Popular Progress," by Thomas Donohue, D. D., 

 examined the cause of agricultural and industrial 

 depression and the remedy, while Laurence Gron- 

 lnnd. in " The New Economy," found a peaceful 

 solution of the social problem. "How to Right a 

 Wrong, the Ways and the Means,"accordingto Moses 

 Samelson. was by a single graduated tax on surplus 

 wealth; Alfred R. Justice proposed "An Equitable 

 Exchange System " ; and " Tendencies in American 

 Economic Thought" were the themeof Sidney Sher- 

 wood in the "Johns Hopkins University Studies." 

 " The Workers : An Experiment in Reality ; the 

 West," by Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff, supplements 

 his previous volume on the East ; " Labor Co- 

 partnership," by Henry Demarest Lloyd, was the 

 title of notes of a visit to co-operative workshops, 

 factories, and farms in Great Britain and Ireland ; 

 " Industrial Experiments in the British Colonies of 

 North America" were described by Eleanor Louisa 



Lord in the " Johns Hopkins University Studies " ; 

 James W. Crook gave a history of the development 

 of "German Wage Theories," and Prof. John David- 

 son showed " The Bargain Theory of Wages," a 

 critical development from the historic theories. 

 " Workingmen's Insurance," by William Franklin 

 Willoughby, appeared in the "Library of Economics 



and Politics." In the "Columbia University Studies " 

 we had "Sympathetic Strikes and Sympathetic 

 Lockouts," by Frederick S. Hall, and "The Centrali- 



zation of Adm inistration in New York State," by John 

 Archibald Fairlie ; "Economic Studies" included 

 " The Housing of the Working People in Yonkers," 

 by Ernest Ludlow Bogart; "Economic Aspects of 

 Railroad Receiverships," by H. II. Swain ; "Govern- 

 ment by Injunction," by William H. Dunbar; "The 

 Ohio Tax Inquisitor Law," by T. N. Carver; and 

 " The American Federation of Labor," by Morton 

 A. Aldrich. " Density and Distribution of Popula- 

 tion in the United States at the Eleventh Census,'' 

 by Walter F. Willcox, was published for the Amer- 

 ican Economical Association, the " Handbook" of 

 which for 1898 was issued, and from George Sanders 

 we had " A Reality ; or, Law and Order vs. Anarchy 

 and Socialism," a reply to Edward Bellamy's 

 " Looking Backward " and " Equality." " The 

 City Wilderness: A Settlement Study," by residents 

 and associates of the South End House, Boston, was 

 edited by Robert A. Woods. " Thirty Years of 

 American Finance " was a short financial history of 

 the Government and people of the United States 

 since the civil war, by Alexander Dana Noyes ; 

 Henry B. Russell explained the purposes, character, 

 and results of " International Monetary Confer- 

 ences": William Brough discussed "Open Mints 

 and Free Banking"; "Money and Bimetallism" 

 was the theme of Henry A. Miller, and from John 

 M. Gould and Edward II. Savary we had " The 

 War Revenue Law of 1898 Explained," while 

 " Financial Management of a War," by Henry C. 

 Adams, was reprinted from " Public Debts." The 

 "Finances of New York City" were treated at 

 length by Edward Dana Durand, and Perry Bel- 

 mont asserted the " Republican Responsibility for 

 Present Currency Perils." "The Philopolist; or, 

 City Lover," came from Charles F. Goss, the author 

 of " The Optimist " ; Josiah Strong, D. D., made 

 suggestions for " The Twentieth Century City " : 

 the " Municipal History and Present Organization 

 of the City of Chicago " was the subject of a thesis 

 submitted for the degree of doctor of philosophy 

 in the department of political science of the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin by Samuel Edwin Sparling ; 

 Part I of " Charters of the City of Chicago," by 

 Edmund J. James, covered " The Early Charters. 

 1833-'37," and a second edition was issued of 

 " Special Assessments," a study in municipal 

 finance, by Victor Rosewater in the "Columbia Uni- 

 versity Studies." "Rules of Parliamentary Pro- 

 cedure " were laid down by John L. Branch, and 

 "Advanced Rules for Large Assemblies " was in- 

 tended as a supplement by Mrs. Harriette Shattuck 

 to her "Woman's Manual of Parliamentary Law." 

 " The History of the Woman's Club Movement in 

 America" was by Mrs. Jane Cunningham Croly: 

 Charlotte Perkins Stetson in " Women and Eco- 

 nomics" presented a study of the economic rela- 

 tion between men and women as a factor in social 

 evolution, likely to meet the approval of the IDOM 

 " advanced " of what Helen Watterson Moody 

 terms " The Unquiet Sex." " The Negro in Amer- 

 ica, and the Ideal American Republic," were the 

 subject of eight essays by Thomas J. Morgan, D. D., 

 and '-Civilization the Primal Need of the Race" 

 was the themt of the inaugural address of Alex- 

 ander Crummel, D. D., before the American Negro 

 Academy, of which he was president, bound, in 



