Pliny the Younger, on Tacitus, [9].
Plutarch, North’s translation, [1]; on Thucydides, [19].
Poetry, and history, [1].
Politics, Godkin on decline, [296], [297]. See also Civil service, Congress, Elections, Newspapers, Presidential office, and parties by name.
Polk, J. K., as President, [211].
Polybius, as historian, [6].
Popularity, and historical writing, [44].
Presidential office, essay on, [203]–[241]; flexibility of powers and duties, [204]; under Washington, control of treaties, [205]–[207]; John Adams to J. Q. Adams, extension of power, [207]–[209]; and annexations, [208]; and Monroe Doctrine, [209]; under Jackson, era of vulgarity, spoils system, [209]–[211]; Van Buren to Buchanan, annexations and slavery, [211]–[213]; period of weakness, [213]; under Lincoln, war power, [213]–[216]; under Johnson, nadir, [216]; and cabinet government, [217], [240], [263]; under Grant, [217]–[219], [262]; veto power, [219]; Kent on dangers in elections, [219]; contested election of 1876, [219], [254]; under Hayes, [220]–[222], [245]–[264]; under Garfield, civil service reform, [222]; under Arthur, [222]; under Cleveland, advance in power, [223]–[226]; under Harrison, [226]–[228]; under McKinley, [229]–[234]; and public opinion, [231]–[234]; character of Roosevelt, [235]; business, interruptions and their remedy, [236]–[239]; appointments, number of presidential offices, [236]; contact with Congress, [237]; criticisms, [238]–[240]; success of system, [240]–[241].
Pritchett, H. S., on McKinley and Philippines, [233].
Public opinion, newspapers as guide, [31], [89]–[92]; backing of Lincoln’s extra-legal actions, [215]; influence on Presidents, [231]–[234].