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254 the first part, after having told about the day of March 18, he relates the process that followed, after the repression of the Versaillais.

The second part is devoted to the “ Dictature du Comité central ” in the days that followed. The third part treats of the “ Commune révolutionnaire ;” the fourth part, of the “ Tragédie des otages.” This last part will be concluded in the second volume.

La Commune vécue is a work fully documented and with many an anecdote which tells of the mentalities of the actors of those events. M. G. Hanotaux should read this book to correct his panegyric of M. Thiers. A..

this paper Dr. Gustav Herzfeld, of Berlin, discusses ” The Position of American Charity Organizations.” The writer's thorough familiarity with the methods of charity both in Germany and America adds weight to words that will be read with interest and pleasure on this side of the water. Dr. Herzfeld was particularly impressed by the facilities afforded for practical education in charity work in the United States — university instruction, the New York Summer School in Philanthropic Work soon to be expanded into a two-year course, residence in settlements, training in connection with charity-organization societies, clubs for the study of philanthropic activities, etc., etc. Germany's deficiency in this respect is not concealed, nor the fact that proportionally the German field offers far less opportunity for the employment of technically educated charity administrators. One consequence of this is that investigations into cases applying for relief is much less thorough in Germany than in America, particularly where non-salaried agents are employed. ” There are reasons,” writes Dr. Herzfeld, ” why we should earnestly consider the question whether, leaving the fundamental principles of the Elberfeld system untouched, we should not instal a number of salaried investigators and inspectors in public poor-relief work, as has already been done with success in a number of [German] cities.”

The question as to whether, and how far, a charity-organization society itself should give relief is also considered. Mr. Charles F. Weller's position on this subject, as expressed at the Charity