The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-22
Messages and Papers of the Presidents Compiled In a
 Series of Eleven q :. Volumes.
gn Encyclopedia Index Sets Forth important Questions of GoV-
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INSTRUCTION FOR YOUNG
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 WhananaauasnfaI clement of good cit-
 Sshapr in . republic Is knowIedgU of WlDD origin and development of the gov aFmmanE. an understanding of the du- asam which devolve upon the electors ,iwbd their representatives and knowl- Na%e oR the relations of the govern imant to our industrial. financial and aRvae life. This is true knowledge of .she history of the country in its best suenG most halpful phase.
 Such . work is the Messages and 4mpsrs of the Presidents" a series of nAbven volumes. containing a.e4S large octaxO pages
 - ,EG is believed. that our readers will welcome somewhat detailed review @4 this unu6uaI American library. Such arevisw win of itself inspire greater anearast fn our institutions and awaken R renewed spirit of patriotism.
 The drst ten volumes embrace the messages and papers of the presidents. arranged in chronological order. from George Washington down to a recent date in President Taffs administra- efon Tn these messages every phase Of the development. of American prog ress from the laying of the foundation is discussed by the respective presi- dents. Each president in turn through his various official addresses. procla- mations. and messages reviews the past. depicts the present and forecasts the future of this country in a way that fs most entertaining and most VI taI to the prosperity of the nation and the success and welfare of it's individ- uaIs.
 It win thus be seen that this work really constitutes a first hand authori- ty history of the United States chrono- logically written in relays. each sec x1on by the particular man most suited Go the task. to whom the information. mubIic and secret. Ia most aVailab ble and apon whon-rezRs for the dme being hIS@ most profound responsibility mnmsay. the president of the United NIEates.
 %he presidents of the United States. n ether words. haze coIlaborated in muaedng the history of the country. Tsha eleventh volume is n historical neyclOpedie -treatisa of the United @emten. besides being a complete croea gDAaeuueo index to the contents of the 9tAer ten voIumes- We find on the wubtfEIs Dags preceding each adminisr nznEson . statement which pretty well mn@cEIbas the eleventh volume, which bpw quote as follows:
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 IWeauHn0 n Co not only index to ehs wE1asr volumes. not only a key that un- Cen. bue it is in Itself an alphabe dcally mgTaagsd brief history or story of the wF1aa controlling sventS constituting the hlgtory Oe the United state9
 r'- Under It's proper alphabetical classthca- G1on tho 'Btery ls told of every subject re- esFre4 Co by any of the presidents in their DdBsaal meAsagen. and at che end of each story tho somcfal utteranees of the pres S6esrts thelnssIves are cited upon the sub anc&, 70 that you may readily turn to the pmmo ln ths Body of the work itself for 91es original information
 &axt to ths posseSalon oe knowledge is BABs iB tO De found
 I Th0 list of subjects. treated in al- ghabetIcaI order. Is much too large to onunsrats In this review. A few Of tho mora important. however. are our hmnking system. our judiciary system. che taFi6. Monroe- doctrine. Panama canal. postal savings banks. the pro- posed parcels post. pOstomce system in Rensral. interstate commerce. the right of franchiss. including woman suf- Arage: digest of all the treaties be- tween the United States and foreign ccGntriea. foreign relations. neutrality. 1nterventi0n. important supreme court decisions. establishment of the judi c1ary. origin and, use of various bu- reaus and departments. every war, Gvary battle. biograph of statesmen. ps@ sa< VsrOus governmental deDart- ments In various pursuits, such as az. ricuIture. L-~uuIacIurIng and labor. and so on indefinitely.
 If b a great privilege for an Amer ean citizen to possess this work. be cause it Is fhe reservoir of historic; knowledge. and it will inspire patrio ism to greater degree in any one wi reads it or occasionally refers to it.
 It In q matter of pride to American to know that Uncle Sam. sits at th, head of the diplomatic table of the world
 Part of the creed of an American is