1. Characteristics of city populations. W. B. Munro, The Government of American Cities, pp. 29-52.
2. The city and the state. C. A. Beard, American City Government, pp. 31-51.
3. The city charter. H. G. James, Local Government in the United States, pp. 304-311.
4. The position and powers of the mayor. W. B. Munro, The Government of American Cities, pp. 207-237; R. M. Story, The American Municipal Executive, passim.
5. The mayor as a human being. Brand Whitlock, Forty Years of It, especially pp. 205-236.
6. The most striking mayor of his day. Tom L. Johnson, My Story, pp. 108-143; Carl Lorenz, Tom L. Johnson, pp. 21-66.
7. The city council. F. J. Goodnow and F. G. Bates, Municipal Government, pp. 179-229.
8. Parties and politics in city government. W. B. Munro, The Government of American Cities, pp. 153-179.
9. The selection and training of city administrators. Henry Bruère, The New City Government, pp. 335-361.
10. How our cities have improved during the past twenty years. W. B. Munro, Principles and Methods of Municipal Administration, pp. 1-29.