H. J. Ford, "The Cost of Our National Government" (1910). A fine
account of congressional bad housekeeping.

MARY C. Follett, "The Speaker of the House of Representatives"
(1896).

Woodrow Wilson, "Congressional Government" (1885). Most
interesting reading in the light of the Wilson Administration.

L. G. McConachie, "Congressional Committees" (1898).

On Special Topics:

C. R. Fish, "Civil Service and the Patronage" (1905). The best
work on the subject.

J. D. Barnett, "The Operation of the Initiative, Referendum, and
Recall in Oregon" (1915). A helpful, intensive study of these
important questions.

E. P. Oberholtzer, The Referendum in America (1912). The most
satisfactory and comprehensive work on the subject. Also
discusses the initiative.

J. R. Commons, "Proportional Representation" (1907). The standard
American book on the subject.

R. C. Brooks, "Corruption in American Politics and Life" (1910).
A survey of our political pathology.