The most popular document in the free-silver propaganda was W.H. Harvey, _Coin's Financial School_ (_c._ 1894). This was replied to by Horace White, _Coin's Financial Fool; or the Artful Dodger Exposed_ (_c._ 1896); and the same author, in _Money and Banking_ (4th ed., 1911), discusses the economics of free silver. The best economic arguments for free silver came from the pens of Francis A. Walker and E. Benjamin Andrews. The Reports of the International Monetary Conferences (at Paris, 1867 and 1881, and at Brussels, 1892) are useful upon the attempt to establish a currency ratio by international agreement. There is no good biography of William McKinley, although the external facts of his career may be obtained in the _Annual Cyclopaedia_, and in _Who's Who in America_ (a biennial publication which, since its first issue in 1899-1900, has been the standard source of biographical data concerning living Americans). These may be strengthened by D. Magie, _Life of Garrett A. Hobart_ (1910). The best biography of the period is H. Croly, _Marcus Alonzo Hanna_ (1912), which gives an illuminating survey of Republican politics, although based on only the public printed materials and personal recollections. The opposition may be studied in W.J. Bryan, _The First Battle_ (1896). The platforms, as always, are in Stanwood, and there are useful narratives in Dewey, Latane, Andrews, and Peck. From this period the _Outlook_ (January, 1897), and the _Independent_ (July, 1898), take on a modern magazine form and are to be added to the list of valuable newspaper files, while the _Literary Digest_ begins to play the part carried by _Niles's Register_ in the early part of the century. They may generally be trusted as intelligent, honest, and reasonably independent. The Venezuelan affair, besides stimulating diplomatic correspondence (_q.v._, in Foreign Relations Reports), led to the writing of W.F. Reddaway, _The Monroe Doctrine_ (1898), which is still one of the most judicious discussions of the topic. J.B. Henderson, _American Diplomatic Questions_ (1901), is useful also. CHAPTER XV THE "COUNTER-REFORMATION"