CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.American Ideals 1
II.True Americanism 15
III.The Manly Virtues and Practical Politics 35
IV.The College Graduate and Public Life 47
V.Phases of State Legislation 63
VI.Machine Politics in New York City 102
VII.Six Years of Civil Service Reform 134
VIII.Administering the New York Police Force 160
IX.The Vice-Presidency and the Campaign of 1896 189
X.How Not to Help our Poorer Brother 214
XI.The Monroe Doctrine 228
XII.Washington’s Forgotten Maxim 247
XIII.National Life and Character 271
XIV.Social Evolution 303
XV.The Law of Civilization and Decay 329
XVI.[1]Reform Through Social Work 355

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Reprinted through the courtesy of the S. S. McClure Co.