. Review of reviews and world's work. o the investigation ofspecific prol)lems,—notably those connected with taxa-tion and finance. The material thus gathered is madeavailable to the general reader in this interesting vol-ume of hundred pages. Most text-books on civics in this country have beenconfined to a discussion of the forms and functions ofgovernment. Dr. S. E. Formau, in a volume on Ad-vanced Civics (Century), i)refaces his analysis of theform and functions with a discussion of the essentialprinciples of the American Government,—that is tosay, its spirit. About one-fourth of the b
. Review of reviews and world's work. o the investigation ofspecific prol)lems,—notably those connected with taxa-tion and finance. The material thus gathered is madeavailable to the general reader in this interesting vol-ume of hundred pages. Most text-books on civics in this country have beenconfined to a discussion of the forms and functions ofgovernment. Dr. S. E. Formau, in a volume on Ad-vanced Civics (Century), i)refaces his analysis of theform and functions with a discussion of the essentialprinciples of the American Government,—that is tosay, its spirit. About one-fourth of the book is givenup to this discussion, the remainder being devoted to ageneral description of local. State, and federal govern-ments, with many suggestions for further reading. Dr. Washington Gladdens protest against the com-mercializing of government, of education, and of reli-gion is voiced in a little volume entitled The NewIdolatry (McClure, Phillips & Co.). Dr. Gladdens fa-mous essay on tainted money is one of the papers in-. JUDGE WALTER C. NOYES. THE NEIV BOOKS. 125
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