Essays, Political and Historical . By Charlemagne Tower , Ph. D.  (Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott Company. 1914. Pp. 306.  $1.50 net.)

This volume is a collection of seven essays, five of them on different phases of the diplomatic history of the United States and two of them historical—“The European Attitude Toward the Monroe Doctrine” explains, what every student knows, that Europe (and one may add America, as well, except the United States) considers the Monroe Doctrine as merely a declaration of the foreign policy of the United States, and by no means as international law; “The Treaty Obligations of the United States Relating to the Panama Canal” briefly reviews our trans-isthmian canal relations, and points plainly to the conclusion that American shipping is entitled to no special privilege in the use of the canal; “Diplomacy as a Profession” describes some of a diplomat's duties and pleads for the establishment by the United States of a trained diplomatic service; “Some Modern Developments of International Law” briefly traces the development of international law from Grotius and comments on its influence in ameliorating the horrors of war; “The Relations of the United States to Arbitration for the Settlement of International Disputes” is largely a summary of the two Hague conferences; “Lord Cornwallis in America” and “General Howe's Campaigns in the Revolutionary War” are presumably by-products of the author's well known work on the Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution. The essays are interesting and readable, but are in no sense contributions to their respective subjects.

Eugene C. Barker .

How to cite:
Barker, Eugene C., "Essays, Political and Historical", Volume 018, Number 3, Southwestern Historical Quarterly Online, Page 335. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/publications/journals/shq/online/v018/n3/review_24.html
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