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...constitutional system and the growth out of that system of the federal republic of the United States. Mr. Taylor is a writer of the school of Freeman and Fiske, who find in constitutional history a gradual evolution of the principles of government. To students of American history the introductory chapter on the English origin of the federal republic of the United States will be of the greatest value. This aspect of our history has been but scantily treated hitherto. The first volume is further divided into three books treating first, of the old English commonwealth, secondly, the Norman conquest...
...Harvard chapter of the Delta Upsilon fraternity has taken the following action on the loss of Mr. G. W. Sawin as honorary member...
...chapter wishes to express its deep sorrow at the death of Mr. G. W. Sawin. In him the chapter has been deprived of a wise adviser and sincere friend. His readiness to advise any in difficulty and his well-known social qualities won for him the hearty respect of his acquaintances. He was a man of firm determination and great energy. The chapter recognizes his ability as an instructor in the college and his efforts, as member of the city council in the interest of good local government. The memory of his life will continue to exert a helpful influence...
...governing national elections is whown by, (a) Frands and corruption in elections in New York. "The Wig and the Jimmy on a Leaf in the Political History of New York," by J. J. Davenport. (b) Intimidation and illegal counting out in the south-Stanwood's History of Presidential elections, chapter 24; Forum, vol. v. p. 517; "Recent Elections in South Carolina," pp. 65, 365-366, 418-419, 447, and pp. 26 and 162-163 of the appendix. (c) By the late election in Montana-Public Opinion, October 26, and November...
...interest in the January Century centres in the artice on the death of Linclon and the pursuit and death of Booth, the assassin. The first is a chapter in Nicolay and Hay's great history, and the second is written by M. B. Ruggles and E. P. Doherty, both of whom were eye-witnesses. The "Present Day Papers" are continued by an article on Problems of the Family by Rev. Samuel W. Dike, and W. J. Stillman adds to his series on the Italian Old Masters by a paper on Andrea Mantegua, with a fine engraying by Timothy Cole...