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The New York Public Library has issued in its Bulletin a bibliography by Alpha Chaflin of "Political Parties in the United States, 1800-1914."

The History Club of the Higher Schools of Philadelphia met at the Philadelphia High School for Girls on February 8. A large number of high school teachers were present. Miss Helen Jaquette, of the Frankford High School, spoke upon the necessity of requiring history in all high school courses. Mr. Percival S. Strauss, of the Germantown High School, discussed the question as to what proportion of high school units should be devoted to history. Prof. A. E. McKinley, of the University of Pennsylvania, spoke upon recent changes in history teaching. The meeting adopted the following resolution: "That at least four units of history be offered in every course in every high school; that among those offered there should always be two years of European history and one year of American history and one year of civics and economics; that European history be taught by a system of selected topics."

NEW YORK CITY CONFERENCE.

The annual meeting of the New York Conference of the Association of History Teachers of the Middle States and Maryland was held February 12, at the Washington Irving High School.

Mr. Paine in his introduction spoke of certain recent attacks made on history as a subject not sufficiently vital for a place in the school curriculum. He warned history teachers to rally to its protection and demonstrate its great educational value by their work.

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Prof. Dawson, of Hunter College, touched aspects of the Washington meeting of the American Historical Association.

He spoke of the so-called insurgent movement, its rise and its effect on the Association.

He also discussed the work of the Committee on History in Schools. This committee is seeking to make history a real factor and power in the schools and to free history teachers from the deadening influence of examinations.

The committee desires to begin some process by which history may be made more definite. In order to obtain some selective topics a questionnaire is to be sent out to the schools. This method of obtaining information Prof. Dawson felt to be slow and cumbersome and lacking in effective result.

In finding some principle on which the selection of topics should be based, great difficulty had been experienced and little definite result attained. Prof. Dawson felt that every high school graduate should have some idea of the evolution of society, some ability to visualize the past, some sense of constructive idealism that would benefit the present-day world in which he lived.

The chief address of the meeting was then made by Prof. R. M. McElroy of Princeton University, Prof. McElroy presented in a delightful fashion the philosophy of the so-called "current events." His paper is printed elsewhere in this number of the MAGAZINE.

The discussion that followed Prof. McElroy's address was animated and vigorous. It drifted into a debate on patriotism, preparedness and the teacher's part in creating classroom public opinion.

The discussion was opened by Mr. Frank H. Miller who outlined the way he used newspapers and periodicals in school. Miss Harriet E. Wyckoff followed with an interesting and able presentation of the high school student's point of view as she found it in her classes and the necessity to teach some ideals of national service and national patriotism.

It developed in the commentaries that members of the Association made on Miss Wyckoff's paper that in many New York City high schools a high percentage of young students, especially among the Jewish and other foreign nationalities, had no feeling for America as a country, had no idea of any obligation of service or affection for the State and cherished the theory that the State or nation or city existed only to serve them-" what they could get out of it" as one boy frankly said.

The following persons were elected as officers for the ensuing year.

Chairman, Dr. Alfred C. Bryan, High School of Commerce, Manhattan; members of the Executive Committee, Mr. Frederick H. Paine, Eastern District High School, Brooklyn, Mr. H. F. Biddle, Plainfield High School, Plainfield, N. J., Dr. Don E. Smith, Morris High School, Bronx, Miss L. Louise Arthur, Bryant High School, Queens; secretary and treasurer, Mr. H. D. Steward, South Side High School, Newark, N. J.

BOOK REVIEWS

EDITED BY PROFESSOR WAYLAND J. CHASE,
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN.

BARKER, ERNEST. Political Thought in England from
Herbert Spencer to the Present Day. New York:
Henry Holt & Co., 1915. Pp. 256. 50 cents.

Those who are familiar with Mr. Barker's "The Political Thought of Plato and Aristotle" will find this little volume a decided contrast. The former is an intensive study of two of the great pioneers in political speculation, the latter is a bird's-eye view of the varied political theories of the last two generations. The title hardly covers the subject matter as continental writers who have influenced English thought are briefiy discussed and the dependence of English political thought on sociological and economic writing is reviewed. Obviously the treatment in so small a volume must be summary in character, and any attempt to give an evaluation to the theories of those who stand in such close relation to present-day politics as Mr. Mallock and Mr. Angell must involve an emphasis which succeeding generations may revise. These limitations apply to any work of this sort. The reader who seeks a guide to further study, and still more he who wishes a summary of recent political thought will find this little book well suited to his needs. Mr. Barker's reading is wide, his interpretation sympathetic and impartial. He does not confine himself to the review of what he considers orthodox thinking, but seeks to expound the principles of all the writers who have had wide influence upon political thought. It has become commonplace that the vitality of a doctrine may have no relation to its theoretical soundness-hence the justification for discussing what the author admits

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Monarchy;" the last five are preceded by brief introductions. The six chapters with the connecting introductions deal with the fortunes of the French monarchy from the meeting of the States General in May, 1789, to the death of Louis XVI in January, 1793. The subject-matter is highly dramatic, and the book ought to be interesting. It is interesting; "Mr Belloc is always interesting; " Mr. Belloc is an artist.

A careful examination of the book, however, makes clear that Mr. Belloc's style cloaks a multitude of historical sins; he is profoundly unscientific and inaccurate. This is a fatal defect, is it not, in an historical work? For a novel, even an historical novel, it would not be fatal, but Mr. Belloc is supposed to have written a history, and if history is not true, of what value is it? University of Nebraska.

FRED MORROW FLING.

■ RUSSEL, LINDSAY (EDITOR). America to Japan. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. Pp. 318. $1.25. According to the title page, this is "a symposium of papers by representative citizens of the United States on the relations between Japan and America, and on the common interests of the two countries," published by the Japan Society organized about 1905 for the purpose of - promoting friendly relations between the two countries. Among the fifty-three contributors are to be noted names of prominent Americans like ex-President Roosevelt, former Secretaries of State Root and Bryan, several college presidents-Butler, of Columbia; Eliot, formerly of Harvard; Jordan, of Leland Stanford; Wheeler, of California, as well as others perhaps better qualified for expressing an opinion, like Thomas J. O'Brien, an exAmbassador from this country to the island kingdom, and George Kennan. The short papers by the last two are

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✓ perhaps among the more instructive. There is no attempt at any continuity of thought or purpose further than emphasis on the good things to be said in behalf of the rela

2tions of the two countries to each other. This little volume ought to do much, if read by the people on both sides of the Pacific, to allay any possibly hostile feelings between them. H. M. HENRY.

Emory and Henry College, Virginia.

✓ WILLIAMS, SHERMAN. New York's Part in History. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1915. Pp. ix, 390. $2.50. New York is becoming conscious that her history has been neglected. The New York Historical Society, situated in New York City, has a fine building, a splendid collection of Egyptian relics, and some genealogical lore; but it has ✓ not taken seriously the history of the State, which would seem to some to supply its only just raison d'etre. Despite

✓ this seeming neglect, however, there are those in the State who are awake to the fact that while New York has made no small part of the history of the United States, she has left to Massachusetts and to other States the main part of the writing of it. A Committee of Nine, with no less a historian among them than Prof. Herbert L. Osgood, has recently issued a pamphlet calling attention to this ✓ neglected field of patriotic endeavor; and offering a series of prizes for the best efforts at its cultivation.

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The volume before us is not in competition for any of these prizes apparently, but it is an offspring from this awakening. Mr. Williams is president of the New York State Historical Association, which is making some serious effort to perform the function for which it exists, and he has written this book not with the expectation of making any considerable contribution to historical scholar

ship, but with a view to emphasizing, as the title indicates, some incidents in the history of New York which have been passed over with too little attention by historical students. He thinks that the Battle of Golden Hill is comparable to the Boston Massacre; that the Battle of Oriskany may be classed with that of Bunker Hill; that the New York counterpart of the Boston Tea Party should not be forgotten; that Zenger's Trial with its resulting victory for freedom of the press should be given fair recognition in narratives of the Revolutionary movement. If you, gentle reader, happen to know nothing of these items, you will find them interestingly discussed in Mr. Williams' book. You will also find the views of a New Yorker with regard to the great importance of Sir William Johnson's handling of the Indian question; to Seward's purchase of Alaska; to Burgoyne's campaign, and to New York's part in the promotion of free public education.

One who expects in this book a finely proportioned product of finished historical scholarship will be disappointed; but he who looks for a new point of view with reference to some topics which have been more or less passed over in the writing of State history may find here some interesting reading. EDGAR DAWSON.

Hunter College.

THOMPSON, ROBERT J. England and Germany in the War. Letters to the Department of State. Boston: Chapple Publishing Co., Ltd. Pp. 127. $1.00.

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This book comprises a series of letters addressed to the Secretary of State by the author, recently United States Consul at Aachen, Germany. These letters were first printed serially in the Chicago "Tribune" in February, 1915. In the second letter the writer alleges that he resigned his office because the State Department at Washington ordered him to cease investigations and discontinue reports about the murder of German soldiers by Belgian villagers. He seems to believe that the German treatment of the Belgians was wholly justifiable by way of reprisal. Then successive letters deal with the issues of the war, discussing such subjects as Germany's Rise and England's Decline,” “Diplomacy's Isolation of Germany," "Sea vs. Land Militarism," "German Culture," "Atrocities on the Field and in the Press," and "The Attitude and Duty of America." In these letters he shows a strong anti-British feeling. He declares that he does so only because he desires to see fair-play and because he is convinced that the stories of German atrocities are basely false. The letters contain a number of inaccuracies and inconsistencies. In one place he blames England strongly for bringing about the war; in another place he says he does not believe either Germany or England wanted war. In one place he declares that Germany did not want more land at all, but elsewhere he voices the German desire for places in the sun." The letters were written from Aachen, and they certainly give the German point of view, but they naively disregard facts as to the responsibility for the war which are amply proved by the official documents of the various nations, including Germany and Austria. The author closes with a strong plea for peace and a world federation against war. It is doubtful if the book will be of any great value for school libraries. Ohio State University.

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CLARENCE PERKINS.

HASKINS, CHARLES HOMER. The Normans in European History. Boston: The Houghton Mifflin Co., 1915. Pp. viii, 258. $2.00.

By inviting Haskins to lecture on the Normans, the trustee of the Lowell Institute has placed all lovers of history in his debt. For the first time the work of the Normans "as founders and organizers of States and contributors to European culture " has been accurately described. Haskins' fitness for this task has long been known to specialists; in a succession of learned articles he has illuminated many of the dark corners of our knowledge. Again and again he has visited the Norman countries, observing keenly the geographical features and the architectural remains, delving among the records in the archives. Now, with striking characterizations and apt literary allusions, he has presented his subject so skilfully that only the specialist will fully realize the amount of learning and research on which the treatment is based. Full justice is done to other workers in the field, whose happy phrases are often quoted, but the lectures are based throughout

Lewis, Theodore G., compiler. History of Waterbury, Vt., 1763-1915. Waterbury, Vt.: H. C. Whitehill. 286 pp. $2.00.

McGehee, Jacob O. Causes that led to the war between R the states. Atlanta, Ga.: A. B. Caldwell Pub. Co. 108 pp. (31⁄2 pp. bibl.). 50 cents.

Morris, Charles. Outlines, recreations, and questions in the history of the United States. Altoona, Pa.: H. R. Myers. 130 pp. 25 cents.

New York [Colony). An abridgment of Indian affairs contained in four folio volumes, transacted in the colony of New York from the year 1678 to the year 1751. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. 128 + 251 pp. $2.00, net.

Site and Relic Society of Germantown, Pa. Germantown history. Germantown, Pa.: The society. 384 pp. $6.00, net.

upon an intimate knowledge of the sources whose very U. S. Treaties, etc. [Wilson]. Treaty between the United words are often woven into the text. The bibliographical notes are models of repression, avoiding all parade of learning, but giving all necessary guidance; no essential

work is omitted.

This is a book which all teachers of history should read; and they will find it a pleasure, not a task. For collateral reading in medieval and English history it is one of the indispensable volumes. DANA CARLETON MUNRO.

Princeton University.

BOOKS ON HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES FROM DECEMBER 25, 1915, ΤΟ JANUARY 29, 1916.

LISTED BY CHARLES A. COULOMB, PH.D.

American History.

Audubon, John W. Illustrated notes of an expedition through Mexico and California. New York: J. W. Audubon, 1852.

Tarrytown, N. Y.: W. Abbatt. 83 pp. ("Mag. of Hist.," Extra No. 41.) $5.25, net.

Bolton, Herbert E. Texas in the middle eighteenth century. Berkeley, Cal.: Univ. of Cal. 499 pp. (24 pp. bibl.). $3.25.

Cohen, Sidney J. Three notable ante-bellum magazines of South Carolina. Columbia, S. C.: Univ. of S. C. 63 pp.

Cottman, G. S., and Hyman, M. R. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana. Indianapolis: M. R. Hyman. 464 pp. $8.00.

Fanning, Clara E. The United States since the Civil War, a study outline. White Plains, N. Y.: H. W. Wilson Co. 10 pp. (3 pp. bibl.). 25 cents.

Fritsch, William A. German settlers and German settlements in Indiana. Evansville, Ind.: [The Author.] 61 pp. 50 cents.

Fuller, Grace P. An introduction to the history of Connecticut as a manufacturing state. Northampton, Mass.: Smith College. 64 pp. 50 cents.

Ichihashi, Yamato. Japanese immigration, its status in California. San Francisco: Marshall Press. 69 pp. (5 pp. bibl.). 50 cents.

Jenkins, Charles F. The guide book to historic Germantown prepared for the Site and Relic Society. [3d ed.] Germantown, Pa.: [The Society.] 166 pp. 50 cents. Kip, Lawrence. The Indian council in the valley of WallaWalla, 1855. Tarrytown, N. Y.: W. Abbatt. 45 pp. ("Mag. of Hist.," Extra No. 39.) $3.25.

Lamb, Martha J. R. N. History of New York City. In 3 vols. N. Y.: A. S. Barnes. $7.50, net; formerly $20.00, net.

Laveille, E. The life of Father De Smet, S. J., 1801-1873 [missionary]. [Pictures the Middle West at the time of the coming of the white man.] N. Y.: P. J. Kenedy & Sons. 450 pp. $2.75.

Monnette, Orra E., compiler. California chronology, 1510[The compiler, 308 S. Broad

1860. Los Angeles, Cal.: way]. 52 pp. $2.00.

States and China, Sept. 15, 1914. Wash., D. C.: Gov.
Pr. Off. 6 pp. Treaty series, No. 619.

Walker, Charles I., compiler. The romance of lower Carolina. [Incidents of the colonial and revolutionary eras in South Carolina below the falls of the rivers.] Charleston, S. C.: Art Pub. Co. 161 pp. $1.00.

Ancient History.

Edmonds, C. D. Greek history for schools. N. Y.: Putnam. 330 pp. $1.25, net.

Kuhn, Albert. Roma; in 18 pts. Pt. 12. N. Y.: Benziger. Each 35 cents.

McKinley, Edna M. The Roman people; study outline.

N. Y.: Am. Book Co. 144 pp. 75 cents. Mattingly, Harold. Outline of Ancient history from the earliest times to... A. D. 476. N. Y.: Putnam. 482 pp. $3.00, net.

Radin, Max. The Jews among the Greeks and Romans. Phila.: Jewish Pub. Soc. of America [608 Chestnut St.]. 421 pp. $1.50.

Shaeffer, Henry. The social legislation of the primitive Semites. New Haven: Yale Univ. 245 pp. $2.35, net. Smith, Grafton E. The migrations of early culture. Ν. Υ.: Longmans. 143 pp. (811⁄2 pp. bibl.). $1.25, net. English History.

Fanning, Clara E. England and Scotland, history and travel, a study outline. White Plains, N. Y.: H. W. Wilson Co. 10 pp. 25 cents.

Johnson, Winifred. Genealogical chart of the rulers of England and Scotland with allied lines. Chicago: A. J. Nystrom & Co. 38" x 48". $1.25.

European History.

Chambers, Howard. European entanglements since 1748, chronologically arranged. N. Y.: Longmans. 56 pp. 40 cents, net.

Claes, Jules. The German mole. [Collection of evidence as to the German efforts to effect a peaceful penetration of Belgium.] N. Y.: Macmillan. 143 pp. $1.00,

net.

Essen, Leon van der. A short history of Belgium. Chicago: Univ. of Chic. 168 pp. $1.00, net.

Hall, Maj. Sir J. R. General Pichegru's treason. N. Y.:

Dutton. 362 pp. $4.00, net.

Harvey, W. J., and Reppien, Christian. Denmark and the

Danes. N. Y.: Pott. 346 pp. $3.00, net.

Marriott, J. A. R., and Robertson, C. G. The evolution of Prussia, the making of an empire. N. Y.: Oxford Univ. 449 pp. (bibls.). $1.75, net.

Marshall, Logan. The world war. Phila.: Winston. 349 pp. $1.00. Morris, John E. A history of modern Europe from the middle of the sixteenth century. N. Y.: Putnam. 281 pp. 90 cents, net.

Noel, Leon. Louvain, 891-1914 [in French). N. Y.: Oxford Univ. 241 pp. $1.15, net.

Powell, E. Alex. Vive la France! [Account of author's second and third visits to the front in the present war in Europe.] N. Y.: Scribner. 254 pp. $1.00, net.

Ridder, Herman. Hyphenations; a collection of articles on the world war of 1914, which have appeared in the New-Yorker Staats-Zeitung. N. Y.: M. Schmetterling [344 Bowery]. 268 pp. $1.00.

Ritchie, Moore. With Botha in the field. N. Y.: Longmans. 68 pp. 75 cents, net.

Sampson, Philip J. The capture of De Wet, the South African rebellion, 1914. N. Y.: Longmans. 274 pp. $3.00, net.

Terry, Charles S. A short history of Europe. Vol. 3 From the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire to the outbreak of the German war, 1806-1914. N. Y.: Dutton. 602 pp. $2.00, net.

Washburn, Stanley. The Russian campaign, April to August, 1915. N. Y.: Scribner. 347 pp. $2.00, net. Wilkinson, H. Spencer. The French army before Napoleon.

N. Y.: Oxford Univ. 157 pp. $1.75, net.

Williams, G. Valentine. With our army in Flanders [author correspondent of London Times]. N. Y.: Longmans. 347 pp. $3.50, net.

Medieval History.

Robinson, James H. The middle period of Europe, a history from the breakup of the Roman Empire to the beginning of the eighteenth century. Boston: Ginn. 421 pp. (9 pp. bibl.). $1.20.

Miscellaneous.

John Crerar Library. A list of books on the history of industry and the industrial arts. Chicago: The Library. 486 pp.

Goldsmith, Philip H., compiler. A brief bibliography of books in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, relating to the republics commonly called Latin-American. N. Y.; Macmillan. 107 pp. 50 cents, net.

Ploodsell, Willystine. A history of the family as a social and educational institution. N. Y.: Macmillan. 588 pp. (bibls.). $2.00, net.

Huntington, Ellsworth. Civilization and climate. New Haven. Yale Univ. 333 pp. $2.50, net.

Mothery, Guy C. The A. B. C. of Heraldry. Phila.: Jacobs. 359 pp. $2.00, net.

Scully, W. C. A history of South Africa. N. Y.: Longmans. 327 pp. $1.00, net.

J. S. Lib. of Congress. A list of American doctoral dissertations printed in 1914. Wash., D. C.: Gov. Pr. Off. 157 pp. 30 cents.

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recently published sources of the Table Talk. Boston: Pilgrim Press. 260 pp. $1.00, net.

Corrie, Hiram D., and others. The Tragedy of Abraham Lincoln, by H. D. Torrie.

Lincoln as a story teller, by W. C. Church.

The Assassination of Lincoln, by Newman Hall. Tarrytown, N. Y.: W. Abbatt ("Mag. of Hist.," Extra No. 40). $3.95.

Government and Politics.

Dealey, James Q. The growth of American state constitutions from 1776 to the end of the year 1914. Boston: Ginn. 308 pp. $1.40.

Hart, Albert Bushnell. The Monroe Doctrine; an interpretation. Boston: Little, Brown. 445 pp. (15% pp. bibl.). $1.75, net.

Iyndman, Henry M. The future of Democracy. N. Y.: Scribner. 220 pp. $1.00, net.

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In addition to other courses of instruction covering nearly all branches taught in the high school, and arranged with special reference to the needs of Teachers, the following courses will be offered in History, Government, Economics, and Social Problems.

"American Government and Politics;" "American History, 1815-1816;" PROFESSOR J. P. BRETZ.

"Greek and Roman History;'" "European History since 1814;" PROFESSOR H. A. SILL.

"Mediaeval History of Europe;" "English History to 1485;" "Seminary in English History; " PROFESSOR W. E. LUNT.

"Methods of Teaching History and Civics in the High School;" PRINCIPAL JAMES SULLIVAN, Boys' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.

"Principles of Economics;" "Money and Banking;" PROFESSOR A. A. YOUNG.

Richards, Sir Henry E. International law: some problems of the war. N. Y.: Oxford Univ. 36 pp. 50 cents,

net.

"Economic Problems;" "Corporation Finance, and The Trust Problem;" PROFESSOR J. R. TURNER.

"General Problems of Industrial History;” ;" "Economic Background of Modern World Politics;" PROFESSOR A. P. USHER.

Full program will be sent on application to
The Registrar, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Talley, G. A. The Panama Canal; the elucidation of its
governmental features as prescribed by treaties. Wil-
mington, Del.: Star Pub. Co. 234 pp. $1.75.

Wise, Jennings C. Empires and armament. N. Y.: Put352 pp. (4 pp. bibl.). $1.50, net.

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