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POLITICAL SCIENCE 

 QUARTERLY, 



A REVIEW DEVOTED TO HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND JURISPRUDENCE. 



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THE FIRST NUMBER TO APPEAR ABOUT MARCH 15, WILL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES: 



Introduction PROF. MUNROE SMITH. 



The American Commonwealth : Changes in its relation to the Nation, PROF. JOHN W. BURGESS. 



Legislative Inquests, FREDERICK W. WHITRIDGE. 



American Labor Statistics, PROF. RICHMOND M. SMITH. 



The Conference at Berlin on the West- African Question, . . DANIEL DE LEON, Ph.D. 



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The Constitution in Civil War and Reconstruction, The Negro in Politics, Self- Government and Civil-Service 

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 The Recent Constitutional Crisis in Norway, The American Expatriation Treaties. 



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