HISTORY AND Civil Government of lowa BY H. H. SEERLEY, A.M., PRESIDENT OF THE IOWA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. AND L. W. PARISH, A.M., PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE IOWA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. FEB 6 1903 LIBRA THE STATE GOVERNMENT SERIES UNDER THE GENERAL EDITORSHIP OF B. A. HINSDALE, Ph.D., LL.D. Professor of the Science and the Art of Teaching in the University of Michigan; Author of "The American Government," "Studies in Education," etc. Price History and Civil Government of lowa........ $1.00 By H. H. SEERLEY, A.M., President Iowa State Normal School, History and Civil Government of Minnesota.......... 1.00 By SANFORD NILES, Ex-State Superintendent Public Instruction History and Civil Government of South Dakota....... 1.00 By GEO. M. SMITH, M.A., Professor of Greek and Pedagogy, History and Civil Government of Ohio....... 1.00 By DR, B. A. HINSDALE and MARY L. HINSDALE History and Civil Government of Missouri..... 1.00 By J. U. BARNARD, Formerly Professor in the State Normal History and Civil Government of Maine....... 1.00 By W. W. STETSON, State Superintendent of Public Schools By VIRGIL A. LEWIS, A.M., Ex-State Superintendent of Schools History and Civil Government of Louisiana 1.00 By JOHN R. FICKLEN, Professor of History and Political Science Copyright, 1897, by WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY FEB 6 1903 LIBRARY PREFACE. US28020.15 The recent revision of the Code of Iowa has caused somewhat important changes in the government of cities and in some of the State departments. These changes we have tried to make clear to the pupil, and we hope that the comparative tables and numerous outlines may prove helpful in fixing the information given in the text. Our book has grown out of the conviction that history and civics are correlative studies; that the story of civic development constitutes civil history; and that the civil government of to-day is most interesting and most profitable when viewed in the light of those events by which the organization of the State is being moulded and perfected. While we have given considerable space to the history of Iowa, we have confined ourselves strictly to civil history, and have tried, by numerous crossreferences, to emphasize the fact that present civic conditions are the result of past experiences and not infrequently of past prejudices. Hoping that this method of study may help in adding to American patriotis.n a much needed intelligence, |