CONTENTS. PREFACE, TO TEACHERS, TO STUDENTS, PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. GOVERNMENT: WHAT IT IS AND WHY IT IS, PART I.--GOVERNMENT WITHIN THE STATE. CHAPTER. I.--THE TOWN: WHY AND HOW ORGANIZED, ETC., II.--PRIMITIVE MODES OF ADMINISTERING JUSTICE, III.--PROCEEDINGS IN A JUSTICE COURT, IV.--THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE, V.--THE CITY, VI.--THE COUNTY, VII.--ESTABLISHING JUSTICE IN THE COUNTY, VIII.--HISTORICAL, PART II.--THE STATE. IX.--STATES: WHY AND HOW CREATED, X.--STATE CONSTITUTIONS, XI.--DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT, XII.--THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT, XIII.--THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, XIV.--OTHER STATE OFFICERS, XV.--THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT, XVI.--RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT, PART III.--THE NATION. XVII.--THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION, XVIII.--THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, XIX.--THE ORIGIN OF THE CONSTITUTION, XX.--THE CONSTITUTION: PREAMBLE, XXI.--STRUCTURE OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, XXII.--POWERS OF CONGRESS, XXIII.--THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, XXIV.--THE JUDICIAL BRANCH, XXV.--THE RELATIONS OF THE STATES, XXVI.--MODES OF AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION, XXVII.--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS, XXVIII.--RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION, XXIX.--THE AMENDMENTS, PART IV.--GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL. XXX.--FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, PART V.--COMMERCIAL LAW. XXXI.--CONTRACTS, XXXII.--AGENCY, XXXIII.--PARTNERSHIP, XXXIV.--CORPORATIONS, XXXV.--COMMERCIAL PAPER, APPENDIX. A.--FORMS, B.--TABLES, C.--HOW SOME THINGS ARE DONE, D.--SOME PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, E.--DOCUMENTS, GENERAL INDEX,