memory. Direct methods of investigation of government are suggested. The book is interesting and pedagogical. It is well organized in its respective divisions and has satisfactory footnotes, also supplementary readings at the close of each chapter. For purposes of illustration, the authors use primarily the national government of the United States, but references are made to other governments for purposes of comparison. The book is divided into four parts: Part I, Chapters I-III, introduces the study of the principles and problems of government, including theories as to the origin of the state, definition of political terms, and the relation of the study of government to other subjects. Part II, Chapters I-III, discusses the problems of public control of government, including public opinion, political parties, and the merit system. Part III, Chapters I-VI, develops the principles and problems of government organization and administration, including constitutions and constitution making, principles and problems of federal government, parliamentary versus presidential system of government, problems of legislative organization, problems of executive organization, and problems of judicial organization. Part IV, Chapters I-IV, presents some special problems in the operation of government, including the budget, the regulation of public utilities, international relations, and the functions of government. The reviewer is of the opinion that part one should include a chapter on sovereignty and one on forms of government, and that the chapter on the functions of government should be transposed from part four to part one, thus laying a better foundation for the subsequent chapters. The supremacy of the judiciary in the governmental organization of the United States is not given due emphasis, and international relations should be given more prominence. J. F. MCDONALD. The Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. INDEX 40 ... 125 ..... Administrative reorganization in Arkansas, A proposed plan for 302 Annual meeting of the Association 343 ..... Arkansas, A proposed plan for administrative reorganization in, 40 Article eight, league of nations covenant, and the Washington 302 Berdahl, Clarence A., War powers of the executive in the United States, rev. by C. P. Patterson Binkley, W. C., News and Notes The current interest in state constitutional conventions... rev. of James, Local government in the United States 363 79 .... 79 21 279 274 Blakeslee, George H., Mexico and the Caribbean, rev. by H. G. 361 Book reviews ..99, 274, 361 ..... ...... Budget, The executive, in the light of Oklahoma's experience, Coan, C. F., News notes from New Mexico Commons, John R., Trade unionism and labor problems, rev. by W. M. W. Splawn 280 Constitutional conventions, state, The current interest in, by W. C. Binkley 79 Cox, A. B., The size of farms 203 Crampton, Ethel M., The legislative department in the Latin- 161 The judicial department in the Latin-American constitutions.. 239 C. Binkley 79 .... Dealey, James Q., The state and government, rev. by H. G. James 101 Dickason, Gladys, News notes from Oklahoma .... 185 .51, 161, 239, 318 Dow, Grove Samuel, Introduction to the principles of sociology, rev. by M. S. Handman Estill, Emma, A single house legislature Patterson Executive budget in the light of Oklahoma's experience, The, Farmer, State tax reform and the, by E. T. Miller 152 Farms, The size of, by A. B. Cox 203 Federal system of the Argentine Republic, The, by L. S. Rowe, rev. by H. G. James .... 361 Federal tax revision law of 1921, The, by E. T. Miller 223 318 First year of the League of Nations, The, by George G. Wilson, 282 Friedman, Elisha M., America and the new era, rev. by A. B. Graham, Stephen, Europe-whither bound? rev. by C. P. Pat- 363 Gray, L. C., The problems of agricultural settlement and resettle- 125 Hackett, C. W., The new regime in Mexico 51 ... 366 Hammett, H. L., Notes from Louisiana 184 Introduction to the principles of sociology, Grove S. Dow, rev. Hunter, Merlin Harold, Outlines of public finance, rev. by E. T. Handman, Max Sylvius, rev. of Dow, Introduction to the prin- 100 278 Jackson, W. A., rev. of Kimball, State and municipal govern- 318 100 .... 365 rev. of Jones, Mexico and its reconstruction rev. of Blakeslee, Mexico and the Caribbean Local government in the United States, rev. by F. F. Blachly.. 279 .... 106 361 101 H. G. James rev. of Rowe, The federal system of the Argentine Republic.. 361 361 Ethel M. Crampton Judicial department in Latin-American constitutions, The, by Kimball, Everett, State and municipal government in the United ..... States, rev. by W. A. Jackson 318 .51, 161, 239, 318 by Ethel M. Crampton Venezuela. ..78, 255 Latin-American constitutions, The legislative department in the, Latin-American constitutions, The judicial department in the, 161 by Ethel M. Crampton 239 302 Legislative department in the Latin-American constitutions, The, 161 Legislature, A single house, by Emma Estill 311 ... Local government in the United States, by H. G. James, rev. by F. F. Blachly 279 McDonald, J. F., rev. of Haines and Haines, Principles and prob- lems of government 366 Members of the Association 353 Mexico, The new regime in, by C. W. Hackett 51 Mexico and its reconstruction, by Chester Lloyd Jones, rev. by Mexico and the Caribbean, by George H. Blakeslee, rev. by 361 Miller, Edward T., The federal tax revision law of 1921..... 223 |