Berryman, J. R. “Constitutional Restrictions upon Legislation about Municipal Corporations.” American Law Review, May-June, 1888, vol. 22, p. 403.
Bowles, Samuel. “Relation of State to Municipal Governments, and the Reform of the Latter.” Journal of Social Science, vol. 9, p. 140.
A paper read in Saratoga, September 7, 1877.
Bradford, Gamaliel. “Municipal Government.” Scribner’s Magazine, October, 1887, vol. 2, pp. 485-493.
Browne, G. M. “Municipal Reform.” New Englander, February, 1886, vol. 45, p. 132.
Bryce, James. “The American Commonwealth.” Lon. and N. Y., 1888.
This well known work contains the following chapters on municipal government: chapters 50 and 51, “The Government of Cities;” chap. 52, “An American View of Municipal Government in the United States,” by Pres. Seth Low; chapters 59-64 explain the working of party machinery; chap. 88, “The Tweed Ring in New York City,” by F. J. Goodnow, and chap. 89, “The Philadelphia Gas Ring.”
Cambridge Civil Service Reform Association. “Prize Essays on Municipal Reform.” 1884.
Contents:—“The Selection of Municipal Officers: their Terms and Tenures,” by T. H. Pease, of Chicago, Ill.; “The Appointment of Municipal Officers,” by John Prentiss, of Keene, N. H.; and “The Selection and Tenure of Office of Municipal Officers,” by Prof. H. T. Terry, of the University of Tokio, Japan.