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 592 Reviews of Books thing like the same way as that in which they view the western expan- sion of the North. This may be clearly seen in Dr. Hart's treatment of the anne.Kation of Texas. It is made a sub-section under " Slavery and Abolition." It was natural that a former generation should see the episode in this guise ; but must we not now see that the relation of the annexation of Texas to the extinction of slavery is only one-half of the Texan story ? No one can read the narratives of the earlier Texans, such for instance as are constantly appearing in the Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, without perceiving that, in the main, the Republic of Texas stands on the same basis as the short-lived republics of West Florida, California and Hawaii, and that the move- ment toward the occupation of that country is, independently of slavery, a wholly natural and very interesting part of the great epic of American expansion. A few pieces exhibiting Southwestern development would help to make all this clear to the youthful mind. It is probably right, though it is certainly disagreeable, to mention some small defects in the practical introduction which is prefixed to this excellent book. P. 2, Bancroft's Constitution "reprinted with docu- ments as a sixth volume," etc., should of course be "reprinted with- out the documents." It is a great pity that in the bibliography and in the text the edition of Jefferson's writings cited should be the old one by Professor Washington and not the new one by Mr. Paul Ford. One cannot complain so much that W. C. Ford's Washington is ignored in favor of Sparks' s. It is not enormously better. But the earlier edition of Jefferson was distinctly bad ; and the student surely ought rather to be referred to Mr. Ford's admirable collection. One does not know what to make of the characterization of Maclay's Journal ?& " the most valu- able periodical journal of the period" (p. 10). Indeed, we must think it a mistake to give so much prominence to Maclay in so brief a biblio- graphy (pp. 10, 12), and to give two long pieces from him in the text, without declaring emphatically the reserves with which his opinions must be taken. Maclay was a contemptible creature if there ever was one, and if we are forced, because the other senators did not keep diaries, or their descendants have failed to produce them, to see things through his jaun- diced eyes, the young among us are entitled to a warning, to account for the strange colors they see. A History of Political Parties in the United States. By J. P. Gordv, Ph.D. In four volumes. Vol. I. (New York : Henry Holt and Co. 1900. Pp. 598.) Political Parties in the United States, iS^6-iS6i. By Jesse Macv, A.M., LL.D. [The Citizen's Library.] (New York: The Macmillan Co. Pp. viii, 333.) A History of Political Parties in the United States. By James H. Hopkins, formerly Representative in Congress from Pennsyl- vania. (New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1900. Pp.477.)