CONTENTS.

[PART I.—AMERICA.]
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[I.]The State as Saloon Keeper[9]
[II.]Rum and Politics[21]
[III.]Forty Years of Prohibition[32]
[IV.]Prohibition in Kansas[45]
[V.]The Law that Failed[53]
[VI.]High Licence in Pennsylvania[67]
[PART II.—GREATER BRITAIN.]
[I.]Prohibition and Local Option in Canada[75]
[II.]Local Control in New Zealand[92]
[III.]Licensing in Australia[104]
[PART III.—THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE.]
[I.]The State as Distiller[112]
[II.]The Gothenburg System[122]
[PART IV.—ENGLAND.]
[I.]The Growth of the Licensing System[133]
[II.]Proposed Reforms[147]
[III.]The Problems of Reform[169]
[IV.]The Path of Progress[191]
APPENDICES.
[I.]The Condition of Working Men in Maine[199]
[II.]The Gin Act, 1736[200]