CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I. Introduction 9
CHAPTER II. The Federal Constitution 35
CHAPTER III. The Federal Assembly 65
CHAPTER IV. The Federal Council 85
CHAPTER V. The Federal Tribunal 104
CHAPTER VI. The Cantons 123
CHAPTER VII. The Landsgemeinde 148
CHAPTER VIII. The Referendum 164
CHAPTER IX. The Communes 174
CHAPTER X. Citizenship 191
CHAPTER XI. Land Law and Testamentary Power 209
CHAPTER XII. Military Service and Organization 226
CHAPTER XIII. Education 253
CHAPTER XIV. Technical and Industrial Schools 277
CHAPTER XV. Industry and Commerce 299
CHAPTER XVI. Peasant Home and Life 324
CHAPTER XVII. Natural Beauties and Attractions 353
CHAPTER XVIII. William Tell 391
CHAPTER XIX. Bern 411
CHAPTER XX. Switzerland the Seat of International Unions 430
CHAPTER XXI. Switzerland and the European Situation 450
Population and Soil, Census, 1888 469
Money, Weights, Measures 469
Census of 1888 470
Order and Dates of the Entry of the Twenty-two Cantons into the Confederation 471
Appendix 473