CHAPTER V. LITERATURE OF THE SUBJECT-BIBLIOGRAPHY Our Universities and Colleges are beginning to devote attention to the education of students for our foreign service. Besides the general post-graduate course in international law, political economy, history, government and languages, given in many of our higher institutions of learning, three of the colleges in Washington have added lectures on the diplomatic and consular service; two have provided special courses on citizenship; and one has established a course giving special preparation and training for the diplomatic and consular service. To the student who aspires to a position in our foreign service but is not able to avail himself of the excellent advantages afforded in these institutions, a few suggestions concerning the course of study to be pursued to fit him for this work are appropriate. He wishes to know what books he should study and refer to, and the literature devoted to the subject. To meet this want the writer subjoins a list of approved authorities mostly American. Government Publications A large number of these works are Government publications. Among the most useful are the Annual volumes of Foreign Relations, which contain selected correspondence between the Department of State and our diplomatic representatives in foreign countries, and between the Department and the representatives of foreign governments in the United States. The publication of these volumes in their present form began in 1870. The period from 1861 to 1868 is covered by a similar publication under the title of "Diplomatic Correspondence." Prior to that date there was no systematic publication of our diplomatic correspondence, with the exception of six volumes of "American State Papers," covering only the period from 1789 to 1828. On account of the delay in publishing the volumes of Foreign Relations, they are not read by a very great number of persons, but they contain a vast deal of useful and interesting information concerning foreign affairs, and their careful perusal by the student may be made a matter of great profit. Treaties and Conventions between the United States and other Powers, 1776-1887. This contains some valuable Notes compiled by J. C. B. Davis, Assistant Secretary of State. A "Compilation of Treaties in Force," was published in 1899, with references to the decisions of the Federal courts in relation to treaties. A further Compilation of Treaties, prepared under the authority of Congress, was published in 1904. International Law Digest by John Bassett Moore, 8 volumes, 1906. This colossal work, nominally a revision of Wharton's Digest of International Law, is the result of nearly ten years labor and research by Professor Moore, who is recognized as the leading authority in the United States on International Law. Professor Moore was not satisfied to make a mere revision of Wharton, but adopted a new and independent plan, comprehending the entire field of international law. The monumental work which resulted is based upon diplomatic correspondence, treaties and other international agreements, international awards, decisions of municipal courts, the writings of jurists, messages by Presidents and Secretaries of State, and the opinions of the Attorneys-General. Instead of merely quoting extracts from state papers, etc., Professor Moore, with the thoroughness which characterizes all his work, gives the history of the cases in which the particular documents were issued and shows what was actually done and the opinion that finally prevailed. The work produced is much more than a digest. It is a treatise and may well be said to be one of the most important contributions to the literature of international law by any American author. It is indispensable alike to those who are officially concerned in international affairs and to the student. History and Digest of the International Arbitrations to which the United States has been a party, by John L |