Adams, Brooks, American lawyer and publicist; author of “The Law of Civilization and Decay,” and other works.
Adams, Henry, historian; author of “History of the United States”; “Life of Albert Gallatin,” and other works.
Allen, William H., is a prominent social worker and author, and is director of the Bureau of Municipal Research and National Training School for the study and Administration of Public Business, Author of “Woman’s Part in Government,” referred to in this volume.
Alger, Russell A., Major General of Volunteers in the American Civil War; Governor of Michigan and Secretary of War under President McKinley.
Bagehot, Walter, distinguished English publicist and economist; member of the English Bar; banker; editor of the Economist, and active for many years in business and politics. Author of “The English Constitution,” “Lombard Street,” “Physics and Politics,” “Literary Studies,” and “Economic Studies,” in the two former of which he describes the practical workings of the British governmental machine and the London money market respectively. The extracts herein given are from magazine articles written by him.
Benton, Thomas H., U. S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1820 to 1850; afterwards Member of the House of Representatives. Author of “History of American Government for Thirty Years.”
Bluntschli, Johann K., (1808-1881), Swiss jurist and politician; professor of constitutional law in Munich; author of a number of standard works on Constitutional and International Law.
Breen, Matthew, was a New York lawyer, state senator and municipal justice. Author of “Thirty Years of New York Politics,” referred to in this volume.
Bryce, James, Viscount, English historian and diplomat, was elected member of Parliament in 1880. Afterwards Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and President of the Board of Trade. He was one of the British members of the International Tribunal at the Hague; Chief Secretary for Ireland and Ambassador to the United States. His book, the “American Commonwealth,” is the result of a long and careful study of American politics made on the spot, is much used as a source and text-book, and is referred to and freely quoted in this volume.
Burke, Edmund, illustrious British statesman, orator, parliamentarian and writer.