been made use of by the author. The works referred to are: The works of Thiers, Taine, Lamartine, Blanc, Mignet, Capefigue, Michelet, Guizot, Morley, Scherer, Lockroy, Hugo, De Tocqueville, and Sir Erskine May. "Histoire de la Civilisation Contemporaine en France," par Alfred Rambaud; "La France du Centenaire," par Edouard Goumy; "Journal Officiel;" "Les Constitutionsde la France," par Faustin Helie; "Les Orateurs de la Constituante, de la Legislative, de la Convention," par Aulard; "Histoire Parlementaire de la Revolution," par Buchez et Roux; "La France en 1789," par Pezard; "Le Centenaire de 1789," par E. D'Argill; "The Code Napoleon;" "Les Constitutions Européennes," par Demomlynes; "Les Constitutions Françaises," par Plouard; "La Constitution Française de 1875," par M. M. Bard et Robiquet; "Codes et Lois," par Roger et Sorel; "Droit Administratif," par Aucoc, and "Etudes Administratives," par Vivien.
In the preparation of Chapters V, VI, and VII, the author has, in his statement of the historic facts, drawn freely from the work of M. Planteau, but in such a manner as not to make that writer in any way responsible for the opinions of others that may have been added, or for the arguments or reflections that are expressed in that portion of this work.
On September 22, 1889, the quadrennial elections for deputies took place, under the provisions of the law of July 17, and resulted in a victory for the Government. The re-balloting which occurred October 6 further strengthened the party that favors the continuance of the Parliamentary Republic.
