Source material, use by Thucydides and Tacitus, [12][16]; modern, [20], [22]; newspapers, [29][32], [83][97]; manuscript, [85], [91], [143], [294].

South Carolina, overthrow of carpet-bag government, [248]; feeling of Union army towards, [306].

Spanish War, newspapers and cause, [89]; McKinley’s course, [233]; attitude of Godkin, [286].

Speaker of House of Representatives, power, [227].

Spectator, on McKinley’s diplomacy, [234].

Spedding, James, Gardiner on, [145].

Spencer, Herbert, on aim of education, [77]; on age as factor in evidence, [85]; Bryce on, [293].

Spoils system. See Civil service.

Staël, Madame de, parents, [137]; on Gibbon, [137] n.

“Stalwarts,” origin of name, [249].