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The writer discusses means of scientific Democracy. "The Old Order Changeth—II, Beginnings of the Change." By William Allen elimination of the saloon evil and proposes White. American Magazine, v. 67, p. 407 to substitute the Gothenburg system as a means of reducing the number of saloons, by (Feb.). the establishment of refreshment houses giv Treating of the newer democracy which has arisen particularly in the West, attach ing equal prominence to the display of non ing hopeful significance to the adoption of the alcoholic beverages. He thinks this system initiative and referendum and other popular might well be transplanted from England to America, inasmuch as "it has stood the test measures. of forty years' trial in Sweden and of ten Immigration (Chinese). "The Problem of years' trial in England on a small scale." the Chinese in the Philippines." By Russell Moroccan Situation. "The North African McCulloch Story. 3 American Political Science Question and Its Relations to European Poli Review 30 (Feb.). tics." By George Frederick Andrews. 3 The author expresses the opinion that it American Political Science Review 20 (Feb.). will be unwise for the United States to invite An essay upon the Moroccan situation and a conflict between the Chinese and the Fili the prospects of France in Northern Africa. pinos until it is itself willing to open its doors Tariff. "Perplexities of Tariff Revision." freely to the labor of China. To admit the Chinese to the Philippines now would invite By Albert H. Washburn. North American Review, v. 189, p. 203 (Feb.) . a disturbing social and economic factor. Tariff. "The Future of the Tariff." By Kentucky Night Riders. "They That Ride by Night." By Eugene P. Lyle, Jr. Hamp Robert P. Porter. North American Review, 'v. 189, p. 194 (Feb.). ton's Magazine, v. 22, p. 175 (Feb.). Advocates the appointment of a permanent A realistic story of the Night Riders of Ken commission to suggest to Congress from time tucky and their part in the tobacco war. to time needed changes in the tariff law. Labor Problems. "The Industrial Dilemma University of Wisconsin. "Sending a State —I, Labor and the Railroads." By James O. to College." By Lincoln Steffens. American Fagan. Atlantic Monthly, v. 103, p. 145 (Feb.). Magazine, v. 67, p. 349 (Feb.). Presenting some vital information about Describes the methods of the University the relations between railroads and their of Wisconsin, which President Eliot called employees. the leading state university, and incidentally Liquor Problem. "The Scientific Solution indicates the part which this University takes of the Liquor Problem." By Henry Smith in shaping legislation by means of the billWilliams, M.D. McClure's Magazine, v. 32, drafting services performed by Dr. Charles p. 419 (Feb.). McCarthy, its lecturer on political science.
Reviews of Books AMERICAN IDEALS Ideals of the Republic. By James Schouler, LL.D. Little, Brown & Co.. Boston. Pp. 304. (11.50 net I THE historian James Schouler announces the purpose of this volume to be "to trace out those fundamental ideas, social and politi cal, to which America owes peculiarly her progress and prosperity, and to consider the application of those ideas to present condi tions." The book derives its material from lectures given at Johns Hopkins University in 1906—8, to close a connection of seventeen years with its historical department.
The book starts with an enunciation of fundamental rights of the Constitution and traces their general application to modern problems and to modern American life. About the author's observations there is an atmos phere of ripened judgment founded upon close familiarity with the facts of history, and of forbearing kindliness and good humor in the discussion of tendencies with which he is not in sympathy. Because of the broad, human scope of the book and its wealth of reflection, it is one which no lawyer would mind adding to his library shelves, finding
