H. T. Peck, Twenty Years of the Republic (1906)—readable work covering the period from Cleveland's first administration to 1905.
Edward Stanwood, History of the Presidency (1896 ed.). A second volume (1912) brings the work down to 1909 and contains the platforms of 1912—useful for political sketches and the platforms and election statistics.
The American Year Book, published since 1910, contains an annual survey of American political history and constitutional and social development.
For political and economic matters see the current publications and proceedings of the American Political Science Association, the American Economic Association, and the American Sociological Society.
Personal and Biographical Works
J. P. Altgeld, Live Questions (1890)—valuable for the radical movement within the Democratic party.
F. Bancroft, Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz (1913), 6 vols.
John Bigelow, Life of Samuel J. Tilden (1896).
G. S. Boutwell, Reminiscences of Sixty Years (1902).
Grover Cleveland, The Independence of the Executive (1900); Presidential Problems (1904)—particularly valuable for the Chicago strike and the bond issues; G. F. Parker, Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland (1892); A. E. Bergh, Addresses, State Papers, and Letters of Grover Cleveland (1909).