The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-10
HISTORY.
Modern Fra nee.

II will be convenient for such stu
dents as canno use French to turn
to Prof. q. II. q. Wr!ght's / His
tory Of the Third FrcuCh RepHbii.
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substance a Chronological list 81.
events. some important. others not.
with n running explanation. the au-
thor even mentions the succcsslv,
changes OF ministries, lie accepts tn"
conventional judgments on most Of
the men he mentions. lie gives much
more attention 10 the mechanical OPP
Grafton OF internal politics than he
does 10 the development OF the people
and o: national life during the half
century. II is the sort Of history
that was common years e and that
has fingered longer in France perhaps
than In other countries. but the facts
that are collected Will he useful after
the manner Of n table of dates and
anne
constitutional Decisions.
A valuable and interesting common
tary on the Constitution OF the United
States has been compiled by Charles
w. Bacon in The American Plan Of
Government &C. p. Putnam's sons.
After a brief sketch OF the Colonial
governments and the formation of
the Constitution he takes up that
document phpase by phrase and shows
how the meaning OF each has been
developed by judicial decisions and
other authoritative action. The larger
portion OF the text .s devoted to the
Interpretation Of the powers OF ell
grees: the sections on the executive
and the judiciary are hrlcfcr. There
is 10 attempt to develop any theories
the author may hold; he has re-
stricted himself TO the statement OF
what the Constitution FIRST said and
OF how hat meaning has been altered
in each instance by subsequent
amendments or by the decisions of
the courts. 1t is an honest and SER
viccable piece of well done work. in II
the author has been assisted by
Franklyn s. Morse. while George Cor.
don Battle writes an introduction,
The single Tax.
The story OF an interesting eco
nomic theory, which In Its day had
considerable political influence in the
United States that Is o wholly ex-
tinct In some parts. and which is now
seriously considered by economists
and ~sociologists, Is told by Arthur
Nichols Young IN The Single TdI
Morcmcnt IN the United states
Urinceton University Press, Prince
ton. y. j.. It IL unavoidably In the
main a political biography OF Henry
George, which makes It very interest
ing. The author. however. proceed.
10 investigate the survival and III,
development Of the idea In every part
OF the United States since his death
to tell Of the various attempts to intro
duce II nowadays and also 10 present
the objections that have been made tC
the plan. He has written a thorough
instructive and interesting monograph
Nationality.
The history Of the new idea thai
prevailed IN the political life OF tn
nineteenth century IL related by J
Holland Rose in Nationality In Modern
History (Macmillans). He is remark
ably impartial under tho circum'
stances, hut II Is TO be regretted that
his lectures were not delivered hefor,
the war broke out. He tells the stor,
OF the national movement In each o
the chief European countries, France
Italy, Spain, Germany and the Sla,
countries, and at tho end dwells or
the development shown by the wa
and touches on the international
movement. The book will be a grea