[348] Liquor Laws of the United States, p. 131. It is right to mention that the publication from which these particulars are taken was issued in 1877, since which time no doubt many changes have taken place in the liquor legislation of the various States, but these the author has been unable to learn from trustworthy sources. The tendency of legislation seems to be towards “local option” or “permissive prohibition.” [349] Greater Britain, vol. i. p. 202. By C. W. Dilke. Macmillan. [350] Prohibitory Legislation, &c. “Fortnightly Review,” Aug. 1871, p. 166. [351] This was, of course, some years after Mr. M’Carthy’s visit. [352] _Vide_ Third Report of the Lords’ Committee on Intemperance, pp. 211, 212. Evidence of Professor Leone Levi, where the essential part of the Consul’s report is given. [353] Mr Caine says that he has seen Boston under prohibition with nine hundred drink-sellers deliberately inserting in the Boston Directory their names and addresses _as_ drink-sellers, and a far greater number openly defying the law. He, however, favours “prohibition by local option.” [354] Reports on the Subject of a License Law, by a Joint Special Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1867. The author is indebted to the Secretary of State of Massachusetts for this and other valuable printed reports on the subject of the liquor traffic in that State. [355] Reports on the Subject of a License Law, &c., p. 16. [356] In his book on the German working man, the author of this treatise said (p. 109), “Beer” (meaning the German beer), “means sobriety; wine and spirits mean intoxication.” [357] Liquor Laws, p. 26. [358] Boston: Wright & Potter. [359] Report of Governor’s Address, p. 54. The circumstances are, however, we hope, different in the two countries, otherwise there is a poor chance for the American bill. According to the Third Report of the Lords’ Committee on Intemperance, p. 195 (Mr. Patterson’s evidence), in Liverpool, the town most in need of temperance reform, the aldermen, who in the U.S.A. decide the question of granting licenses, have in their body, besides a large wine and spirit merchant, two publicans who occupy between them from sixty-four to eighty-four public-houses. [360] Governor’s Address, p. 57. [361] Governor’s Address, p. 58. [362] The Maine Law Vindicated, p. 7. [363] Prohibitory Legislation, p. 174. [364] Ibid., p. 176. [365] Ibid., p. 169. [366] The Americans at Home, vol. ii. p. 315. [367] Third Report of the Lords’ Committee on Intemperance, p. 3; Evidence of Rev. R. M. Grier. [368] The Great Country, by George Rose, M.A. (Arthur Sketchley), Tinsley. A very graphic account of a visit to an inebriate asylum, extracted from the “Atlantic Monthly,” will be found in this work, pp. 385-401. [369] Alcohol, its Place and Power, pp. 46-109, &c. Glasgow: Scottish Temperance League.