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Biography (Taft). "The Incoming of Taft's Administration." By Henry Litchfield West Forum, v. 41, p. 199 (Mar.). BiogTaphy (Taft). "Turning Points in Mr. Taft s Career: I, He declines to be considered for the Presidency of Yale; II, He accepts the appointor er.-t on the Philippines Commission." Century, v. 77, p. 685 (Mar.). Biography (Vanderbilt). "Commodore Vanderbilt and the Hand-made Gentleman." By Irving Bacheller. American Magazine, v. 57, p. 46 (Mar.). An extract from the unpublished manu script of Mr. Bacheller's new novel, relating a true story of Mr. Vanderbilt's first planning to combine the railroads forming the New York Central system. Biography (Wright). "Daniel Thew Wright, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia." See "Personalities," Hampton's, v. 22, p. 408 (Mar.). Canada. "The Place of the Bar in the Public Life of the Dominion." By A. B. Morine, K. C. 29 Canadian Law Times 152 (Feb.). China. "The Empress Dowager of China and her Court." By Isaac Taylor Headland. Cosmopolitan, v. 46, p. 483 (Apr.). Church and State. "The Church and the Republic." By Cardinal Gibbons. North American Review, v. 189, p. 321 (Mar.). "While the union [between church and state] is ideally best, history assuredly does not prove that it is always practically best. There is a union that is inimical to the inter ests of religion, and consequently to the state; and there is a separation that is inimical to the interests of religion, and consequently to the state; and there is a separation that is for the best interests of both. In our country separation is a necessity, and it is a separation that works best for the interests of religion, as Mr. Trtft recently stated, as well as for the good of the state." Conservation of Resources. "The New Union among the States." By W. J. McGee. American Review of Reviews, v. 39, p. 317 (Mar.). The Secretary of the United States Inland Waterways Commission describes the recent movement to conserve the natural resources of the country, and to make a stronger nation "on the broader basis of all the sources of prosperity to which states and citizens owe their homes and hopes."

Cost of Living. "The British Board of Trade's Investigation into Cost of Living." By Wesley C. Mitchell. Quarterly Journal of Economics, v. 23, p. 345 (Feb.). A short summary of the findings of the British Board of Trade with reference to cost of living of the working classes in prin cipal towns of United Kingdom and of the German Empire. Cost of Living. "Where Every Penny Counts." By Ida.M. Tarbell. American Maga zine, v. 57, p. 437 (Mar.). Sets forth clearly the meaning of present prices of trust-made and tariff protected articles of common consumption, and the difficulties faced by the seven millions of American families supported on wages of $500 a year or less. Cotton Industry. "The Remedy." By Daniel J. Sully. Cosmopolitan, v. 46, p. 546 (Apr.). A subsidized merchant marine and a gov ernment subsidy on cotton, says the writer, would advance the cotton industry and make financial panics impossible. Democracy. "The Old Order Changeth— III, Certain Definite Tendencies." By Wil liam Allen White. American Magazine, v. 57, p. 506 (Mar.). Tendencies of the newer democracy are indicated, such as those of government con trol of corporations and railroad rate regu lation, and reforms of the past few years, including new laws resulting from the tem perance movement, are indicated. Democratic Party. "The Future of the Democratic Party." By William Jennings Bryan. Munsey's, v. 40, p. 752 (Mar.). No one need think that the Democratic party is dead, for "it is the reform party of the country, and it not only stands for re forms, but is strong enough to give to the reformer a reasonable prospect of seeing his hopes realized." Disarmament. "The Delusion of Militar ism." By Charles Edward Jefferson. Atlantic Monthly, v. 103, p. 379 (Mar.). An eloquent article, setting forth the author's diagnosis of militarism and his discovery in it of proofs of a morbid insanity. Disarmament. "The Two-Power Stand ard." By Prof. H. Stanley Jevons. Contem porary Review, v. 95, p. 129 (Feb.).