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Chicago and the Middle West. Its importance is indicated by 

 the fact that it is issued under the auspices of the Geographic 

 Society of Chicago, and has been prepared by two of the best 

 known weather experts in the country. It includes discussions 

 of a great variety of subjects, such as temperature, precipitation, 

 atmospheric moisture, cloudiness and sunshine, wind direction 

 and velocity, barometric pressure, and storm tracks; and among 

 the interesting appendixes to the book are one on the weather of 

 holidays and another containing journal entries relative to the 

 great Chicago Fire of 187 1. 



The volume contains also a remarkable series of tables with 

 reference to temperature, precipitation, atmospheric moisture, 

 and atmospheric pressure — one hundred and forty-seven in all, 

 with more than one hundred figures and plates. 



Unpopular Government in the United States. By Albert M. Kales, 



Professor of Law in Northwestern University. 



272 pages, i2mo, cloth; $1.50, postage extra (weight 1 lb. 8 oz.) 



This volume by a prominent member of the Chicago bar is 

 an especially timely book, presenting with great clearness and 

 cogency some of the political needs of the country, particularly 

 the necessity of the short ballot. The author defines unpopular 

 government as one of centralized power which is able to main- 

 tain itself in the face of popular disapproval. 



The first part of the volume deals with the rise of the "polito- 

 crats' ' ; the second discusses various expedients for restoring the 

 American ideal of democracy; while the third considers con- 

 structive proposals like the commission form of government for 

 smaller cities, and the application of the principles underlying 

 this form to larger cities and the state, and to the selection of 

 judges.^ The book has already attracted wide attention and 

 discussion. 



Chicago Tribune. Albert M. Kales, Professor of Law in Northwestern 

 University, has written a book which ought to be read wherever 

 citizens are perplexed by the intricacies and distressed by the failures 

 of government. 



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