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Index to Periodicals Feminism.

"De I'Homme Consideré par la

Femme Anglo-Saxonne comme une Ne'cessité Bio

logique, sance Som'ale." mm's en meme By L. temps D. comme Journal unedu Eat-crois Droit International Privé, v. 38, nos. 7-10, p. 1169.

In a recent divorce case in San Francisco, the wife against whom the action was brought Publicly declared, "in my opinion man is a iological necessity, but at the same time a social excrescence."

In this article, for the

opinions of which the Journal disclams respon sibility, it is maintained that there are scientiﬁc grounds for this view, as may be deducted, for

example, from the social life of ants and bees. A fantastic picture is drawn of the future gynécocrclie or woman-ruled state, in which man will be effectually limited to the functions of difficult labor and of continuing the species.

affect every court, every public utility, every institution of government." See Feminism.

History. "General Lee and the Confederate Government." By Thomas Nelson Page. Scribner's, v. 50, p. 581 (Nov.).

"The Confederate Government had theories about cotton; theories about political economy in which

Case and Comment 237 (Oct.).

Treating of violations of the game laws which are legally justiﬁed, such as in defense of life or property; the power of the state to interfere with the enjoyment and disposal of reclaimed wild game by virtue of the police power is dis cussed. "The Rights of Amateur Sportsmen." By John B. Green. 18 Case and Comment 243 (Oct.). "A History of Game Legislation in the United States." By Walter A. Swan. 18 Case and Comment 248 (Oct.). Government. "Shall we Make our Consti tution Flexible?" By Prof. Munroe Smith, Columbian University.

North American Review,

v. 194, p. 657 (Nov.). The most important article of the month. See p. 636 supra. "American and Canadian Political Methods." By Henry Jones Ford. North American Review, v. 194, p. 685 (Nov.). "With the comparatively few measures that a Canadian legislature has to consider, business can, of course, proceed in regular order. Public licy is determined not in committee-rooms,

ut by public discussion on the floor of the House. Inasmuch as the drafting of bills is done by ex rts, questions of form do not occupy the time of the House, so there is time for real debate. The ability of a member is shown not by the number of bills he is able to pass or by the amount of appropriations he is able to get, but by his eminence as a debater and his sentences as a critic of ublic policy. This explains how it is that wor ingmen may rise to such high positions in English common wealths. . ..

"These differences in the organization of public authority have important consequences in every

department of public life. The concrete results impress everyone that crosses the border.

They

cotton

played

a controlling part;

theories about the necessity of the South s being recognized by the leading power of Europe. They held the opinion that not only the North, but Europe. was dependent on cotton — "King Cotton," as it was termed.

To control the sup

ply of cotton and withhold it from Europe was in their opinion, to compel the recognition of the Southern Confederacy by Great Britain and France.

Freedom of Speech. See Labor Legislation. Game Laws. "Excusable Violations of the Game Laws." By Almond G. Shepard. 18

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Thus, though the Southern armies

starved and supplies could have been had for cotton, the Government forbade the transac

tions which might have relieved the situation, and while the ports of the South were being steadily scaled up, one after another, by block ade squadrons, and the cotton was being cap tuned, abandoned, or burned, they still followed to the end the fatal s'gm's fatuus of foreign inter vention, and failed to utilize to the utmost their

own resources. The leaders were more high minded than practical. "The Confederate Government had theories of finance. . . . lnfact,the Confederate Govern

ment, by which is signiﬁed its officials, had theo ries about nearly everything, on which, indeed, they were quite willing to stake their lives, if

this would have done any good. Unfortunately, however, these views, whatever their soundness in the abstract, when put to the practical test

in the crucible of war, did not result in success, and the sincerity with which they were held did not add to their value. Lee's army starved and dwindled while the Confederate Congress debated and debated." "Cleveland's Administrations, II." By James Ford Rhodes. Scribner'x, v. 50, p. 602 (Nov.). "The interval between December 17 and January 2 was a gloomy period for patriotic and peace-loving Americans. The rospect of possible, even probable, war with’ England was dismal enough. I remember that on the evening of January 2, I asked General Francis A. Walker what way there was out of the situation when each nation had given the other an ultimatum. ‘One or the other,’ he said, ‘must crawl, but the news in tonight's paper shows the resolution of the "diﬂ‘iculty."' This was the report of Dr. Jameson's raid into the Transvaal. His capture and the congratu latory dispatch of the German Emperor to Kruger followed. Though the British govern ment had remained silent since Cleveland's message of December 17, the English press had been bellicose, but now the irritation of the public at the German Emperor's dispatch was so acute that Cleveland's offense was forgotten. Thenceforward things moved steadily to a harmonious settlement."