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the suggestion that they should be arranged according to subject and printed as an Appendix. In this form they are likely to be of more use. The second part of the Appendix treats, almost wholly in the words of primary authorities, of a number of practical questions bearing on the modern and quite recent and prospective conduct of foreign policy, in illustration of the text and as a supplement to the notes.
At the beginning of 1916 I wrote a very few pages intended to help towards the study of international relations. They were written for The Historical Association of Scotland, and were reprinted for The Historical Association (of England). In the course of this work I have made use of what I then wrote.
