X PREFACE 



who have expended equal talent and effort in other 

 and more restricted fields of activity may have 

 wrought as much permanent good to mankind. 

 The agricultural and industrial status of an epoch 

 may be of greater importance to the progress of 

 a people than the political complexion is. It is 

 a question if the habit of dwelling upon a few 

 very prominent names in a few fields of human 

 endeavor does not tend to obscure the really 

 fundamental movements and to distort historical 

 perspectives. At all events, the writer is glad of the 

 opportunity to give what prominence he may to 

 persons who have rendered a service to the national 

 welfare in fields which are little appreciated. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



Munich, Germany, April 15, 1898. 



