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..,.on deserving with Jay and with their
ortounorarv profound gratitude for

".,or contemporary profound gratituoe ior
r'',osuanlike and fruitful discussion In The
s,o,alist" is not perhaps. as pomp"us as Jay.
-, no too. was the possessor Of needlessly
''.o,ate STYLE the index to mind which II
.'..v fertile and well trained, was also rather
''" onnlace and praCmatc. and certainly in
.h,o e the ;oftiest flights. His pages in THE
n,a,aIist" are marked by the honorable pur-
ub;cb was of course inseparable from any
- three in this strenuous enterprise He
W. hoe suggestions for the present day. Yet,
how th.v are not notably original or in
s,,;rg II is Hamilton. and always Hamilton,
cves the KEY One forgets his colleagues
.,,ls,elv for all their good qualities, il read
40 fragment like the following:
81 will in mis- place hazard an observation
-h;ch will not be the less just because 10 some
, may appear new which is that the more the
.oorations OF the National authority are inter
singled in the ordinary exercise OF government,
,,s more the citizens are dccustomei to meet
,h Il in the common occurrences Of their po-
,,;oo, life. the more il is familarized to their
.;,ht and to their feelings; the further il enters
10 those objects which touch the most sensible
lords and nut in motion the most active springs
- tho human heart; the greater Will be the
,,ohahilitv that it will conciate the respect
and attachment of the community"
roro,Iers in Europe are we'll aware OF the
Units Of rigid application OF this idea to gov
.,rment they recall what Capitalization ana
..,.,ont espionage have done for France, what
Maternal methods everywhere on the Continent
have accomplished. They recall these things not
sIways with pleasure. But that is because they
mics abroad the moral force which was part or
pamjltons deal. an element active in the
rederalist" from beginning TO end. II 10 on
that moral element that the reader naturally
nauses He recognizes in this famous polemic
M, alone the sagacity OF statesmen. but the
,,rength and inspiration OF noble PATRIOTISM.
In taking leave Of the volume we cannot re-
train from warm commentator OF Mr. Fords
editing which is nothing less than perfect On
the well-worn question OF the authorship OF Ger
tain Of the papers there will continue to De no
doubt differences Of opinion, though MT Fords
Judgment in the matter seems to US to be SOUND
Besides traversng the text with reference To
this point he has added many notes. which
bring the arguments closer than ever to the
present time; he has appended various docu-
ments covering important steps in the constitu-
tional experience OF the Nation. and he has
supplied a full index. Printed handsomely and
published in a convenient size this is an in
valuable edition, calculated TO be Of service not
only to the politician and lawyer. but to every
thoughtful citizen.
We may appropriately mention at this point
Professor Mac1onald's Select Documents Illus
trative Of the History Of the United States"
and the second volume in Professor Albert
Bushnell Harris American History Told by
The former work embraces
our history from the Declaration of Indepen-
dence to the eve Of the Civil War. 1t Is purely
political IN scope, and will be of chiefly to
political students In schools. For them Profess
Dor Macdonald has labored with great discre-
ton giving them the cream OF the laws state
documents, speeches and similar data OF the
epoch. This constitutes f1rst-rate little libra
~ OF reference in Its field. Professor HART
volumes are not only political. but social IN sub
3ect. To the first Of them dealing with the Era
Of Colonization we have already faVorabiy re-
ferred The present instalment. which 10 con-
eerned with the Building Of the Republic. ex-
tends from 1859 to 1888 The contemporary
record Of events or picture Of manners ID not
only authoritative but often picturesqe ana
r.cy The great merit Of Professor Harris pages
lies in the warmth and color which they draw
from their early sources Linking his citations
together with much ingenuity the editor OF this
series Is making 1t one OF the best ever devised
for the assistance Of teacher and pupil
Mr. Gladstone's tribute to his early friend
Arthur Henry Hallam, his last contribution
TO the press 1t was printed in The youth S
Companion" and the managers OF that peIioo-
eal have just reprinted the article III an attra'-
i've little pamphlet.
II is from this article that We gather valuapie
testimony 10 one Of the causes OF young Hal