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 Sources 857 Forum (New York, 1886- ).— Many discussions by public men. Harper' s Magazine (New York, 1850- ). correspondence and reviews or many diplomatic questions. National Geographic Magazine (Washington, 18S8- ). — Excel- lent accounts of boundary controversies. Niks' s Weekly Register (75 vols., Baltimore, 1812-1849). — An in- valuable repository of current documents and discussions. North American Revieiu (170 vols, to 1900, Boston and New York, 181 5- ). — For sixty years abounding in the ablest discussions of public affairs. Political Science Quarterly (New York, 18S6- ). — Many articles on foreign relations ; and valuable chronological summaries of current events. Statesman's Year Book (London, 1S64- ). — An annual survey of the political and statistical situation of the world. devoted to foreign news from all over the world. Can be exploited by means of a special annual summary. The Yale Review (New Haven, 1896- ). — Discussions of colo- nization and occasionally of diplomatic questions. The following foreign international law periodicals from time to time print discussions on American international questions. Bulletin de la Societe de Legislation Comparce (Paris, 1872- ). '^ Revue Generate de Droit International Public (Paris, 1894- ). Revue d' Histoire Diplomatique (Paris, 1887- ). Revue de Droit International et de Legislation Comparee, 32 vols, to 1900 (Paris, 1869- ). IV. SOURCES. The abundant sources of American diplomatic history have as yet been too little explored : for convenience they may be classified into collections of treaties and documents ; official correspondence ; and private biography, memoirs and correspondence. A. Treaties. On the pre-constitutional treaties affecting American affairs, see a synoptical list in Woolsey's Intentatiojtal Law, 6th ed., pp. 406-408, with a list of the collections of treaties. The following titles are especially serviceable for the diplomacy of the colonial period. George Chalmers, A Collection of Treatys between Great Britain and Other Powers, 2 vols., (London, 1790). Jean Dumont, Corps Universel Diplomatique du Dioit des Gens, contenant un Recueil des Traites, Capitulations Imperiales et Royales, etc., 8 vols., (1726-1731). — Contains documents from 800 A. D. to 1730. Many pieces besides treaties are included. All the texts ex- cept the Latin are translated into French. An alphabetical index to the whole at the end of Volume IIL, supplement. VOL. VI, — 56.
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