26. May you ever become an officer of the law? Would you as a citizen be justified in withholding from an officer that obedience and moral support which you as an officer might justly demand from every citizen? BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. The State.--For the founding of the several colonies, their charters, etc., the student may profitably consult the learned monographs in Winsor's _Narrative and Critical History of America_, 8 vols., Boston, 1886-89. A popular account, quite full in details, is given in Lodge's _Short History of the English Colonies in America_, N. Y., 1881. There is a fairly good account of the revision and transformation of the colonial governments in Bancroft's _History of the United States_, final edition, N.Y., 1886, vol. v. pp. 111-125. The series of "American Commonwealths," edited by H.E. Scudder, and published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., will be found helpful. The following have been published: Johnston, _Connecticut: a Study of a Commonwealth-Democracy_, 1887; Roberts, _New York: the Planting and Growth of the Empire State_, 2 vols., 1887; Browne, _Maryland: the History of a Palatinate_, 2d ed., 1884; Cooke, _Virginia: a History of the People_, 1883; Shaler, _Kentucky: a Pioneer Commonwealth_, 1884; King, _Ohio: First Fruits of the Ordinance of 1787_,1888; Dunn, _Indiana: a Redemption from Slavery_, 1888; Cooley, _Michigan: a History of Governments_, 1885; Carr, _Missouri: a Bone of Contention_, 1888; Spring, _Kansas: the Prelude to the War for the Union_, 1885; Royce, _California: a Study of American Character_, 1886; Barrows, _Oregon: the Struggle for Possession_, 1883. In connection with the questions on page 183, the student is advised to consult Dole's _Talks about Law: a Popular Statement of What our Law is and How it is Administered_, Boston, 1887. This book deserves high praise. In a very easy and attractive way it gives an account of such facts and principles of law as ought to be familiarly understood by every man and woman. CHAPTER VII. WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS.