The American Historical Review/Volume 23

THE

AMERICAN HISTORICAL
REVIEW

BOARD OF EDITORS

CARL BECKER
EDWARD P. CHEYNEY
CHARLES H. HASKINS

J. FRANKLIN JAMESON
JAMES H. ROBINSON
CLAUDE H. VAN TYNE

MANAGING EDITOR
J. FRANKLIN JAMESON

VOLUME XXIII
OCTOBER 1917 TO JULY 1918

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd.
1918

CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXIII

Number 1. October, 1917

ARTICLES

George L. Kittredge

A Case of Witchcraft

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1

Winfred T. Root

The Lords of Trade and Plantations, 1675–1696

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20

Herbert E. Bolton

The Mission as a Frontier Institution in the Spanish-American Colonies

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42

Carlton J. H. Hayes

The History of German Socialism Reconsidered

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62

NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS

William L. Westermann

The Trades of Antiquity as a Field of Investigation

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102

Evarts B. Greene

American Opinion on the Imperial Review of Provincial Legislation, 1776–1787

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104

Henry E. Bourne

Maximum Prices in France in 1793 and 1794

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107

DOCUMENTS—The New England Emigrant Aid Company and English Cotton Supply Associations, contributed by Percy W. Bidwell; Kearsarge and Alabama: French Official Report, 1864, contributed by Waldo G. Leland

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114

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

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124

COMMUNICATION

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226

HISTORICAL NEWS

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227

Number 2. January, 1918

ARTICLES

Worthington C. Ford

The Editorial Function in United States History

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273

Justin H. Smith

American Rule in Mexico

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287

James G. Randall

The Newspaper Problem in its bearing upon Military Secrecy during the Civil War

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303

Serge Goriainov

The End of the Alliance of the Emperors

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324

NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS

George W. Botsford

The Construction of a Chapter on the Greek Middle Age

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350

DOCUMENTS—The American Minister in Berlin, on the Revolution of March, 1848

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355

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

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374

HISTORICAL NEWS

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446

LIST OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS IN HISTORY

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486

Number 3. April, 1918

ARTICLES

The Meeting of the American Historical Association at Philadelphia

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505

Payson J. Treat

The Mikado's Ratification of the European Treaties

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531

William W. Pierson, jr.

The Committee on the Conduct of the Civil War

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550

Roland G. Usher

Austro-German Relations since 1866

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577

NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS

George B. Adams

Private Jurisdiction in England

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596

Henry J. Harris

Some Sources for Tracing Joint Resolutions of Congress

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602

Henry B. Learned

The Thompson Readership: a Forgotten Episode of Academic History

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603

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

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609

COMMUNICATION

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711

HISTORICAL NEWS

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713

Number 4. July, 1918

ARTICLES

Albert T. Olmstead

Oriental Imperialism

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755

William S. Ferguson

Greek Imperialism

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763

George W. Botsford

Roman Imperialism

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772

Charles H. Haring

The Early Spanish Colonial Exchequer

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779

Abbott P. Usher

Interpretations of Recent Economic Progress in Germany

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797

DOCUMENTS—The River Plate Voyages, 1798–1800, contributed by Charles Lyon Chandler; The Confederacy and the Declaration of Paris

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816

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

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836

HISTORICAL NOTES

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916

INDEX

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960

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