For the text of State constitutions see B.P. Poore's _Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Lows of the United States_, in two vols. (1877), published by the government. For further information regarding State constitutions consult Davis' _American Constitutions_, in the Johns Hopkins University Studies, Series III; Jameson's _Introduction to the Constitutional and Political History of the States_, Johns Hopkins University Studies, Series IV; and Hitchcock's _American State Constitutions_ (Putnam's "Questions of the Day" series). See also of course Bryce's _American Commonwealth_. For _Recent Tendencies in State Activities_, see paper by W.F. Willoughby, to be published in the "Papers of the American Historical Association," Vol. V., and articles by Dr. Albert Shaw, entitled _American State Legislatures_, in Contemporary Review, October, 1889, and _The American State and the American Man_, in the same review for May, 1887. The _Forum_ for November, 1890, contains an interesting description of the _Six New States_, by Senator Cullom. For histories of the individual States, see the series of "American Commonwealths," edited by H.E. Scudder, and published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Those for Connecticut, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, California, Maryland, Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Colorado, Oregon, and Virginia, have already appeared. Local Government. Among authorities on Local Government are various monographs upon this subject in the several States, contributed to the _Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science_. See also Bryce and Bannatyne. City Government. See J.H.U. _Studies_, Vol. IV, Nos. 4, 10; Vol. V, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4; Vol. VII, Nos. 1, 3, 4. Also supplementary volume, _Philadelphia, 1681-1887: a History of Municipal Development_, by Allinson and Penrose. Simon Sterne has an able article on "Cities" in Lalor's _Encyclopaedia_. See also chapters in Bryce's great work, and articles in the Political Science Quarterly for June, 1887, and June, 1889; Forum, Vol. II, pp. 260, 539; and Quarterly Journal of Economics, January, 1890. The report of the New York Commission on "_A Plan for a New Government of New York_," 1876, is valuable, as are also several of ex-Mayor Hewitt's messages. Prof. Gniest has a suggestive article on Berlin, the best governed city in the world, in the _Contemporary Review_, Vol. 46. Shaw's article on Glasgow in the Century, March, 1890, is likewise instructive. Spofford's _City of Washington and Growth of United States Cities_ is interesting. Ely's _Taxation in American States and Cities_ contains many excellent suggestions for improvements in our methods of municipal administration. See also Ely's _Problems of To-day_. Putnam is publishing a series entitled _Great Cities of the Republic_. The Stories of New York, Boston and Washington have thus far appeared. Government Revenue and Expenditure.