REQUIRED READINGS

1. Williamson, _Readings in American Democracy_, chapter v.

Or all of the following:

2. Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. ii, chapters ci, cxiv,
cxix, and cxxii.

3. Dunn, _The Community and the Citizen_, pages vii-xii.

4. McLaughlin, _Steps in the Development of American Democracy_,
chapter viii.


QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. What, according to Lord Bryce, are the essential intellectual
traits of the masses of the American people? (Bryce, pages 825-826.)

2. Lord Bryce says that "there are elements in the life of the United
States which may well make a European of any class prefer to dwell
there rather than in the land of his birth." What are these elements?
(Bryce, pages 870-873.)

3. What comment does Lord Bryce make upon the quality of humor in the
American character? (Bryce, page 876.)