The Continental monthly

The Continental Monthly was founded shortly after the start of the Civil War, and strongly favored Lincoln and the Republican Party. Political in nature, the monthly provided a considerable amount of wit and humor, German writing, and fiction. Contributors included Charles Godfrey Leland (editor until April 1863), James Gilmore (the publisher), Henry Carey Lea, George H. Boker, N.L. Frothingham, Richard B. Kimball, and Martha Walker Cook (subsequent editor to Leland). Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900

Essays and essay-writing, based on Atlantic monthly models,

"Made up almost entirely of short, familiar essays published anonymously in the 'Contributors' club' of the Atlantic."--Pref.

Practical designing : a handbook on the preparation of working drawings.

Contributors: Alexander Millar, Arthur Silver, Wilton P. Rix, Owen Carter, R. Ll. B. Rathbone, Selwyn Image, H. Orrinsmith, George C. Haité.

The Analectic magazine [microform.]

Has added, engraved title page.

Analectic magazine and naval chronicle [microform.]

Title from caption.

Mixed-Member Electoral Systems in Constitutional Context : Taiwan, Japan, and Beyond /

After the electoral reform in 1994, Japan saw a gradual evolution from a multi-party system toward a two-party system over the course of five House of Representatives election cycles. In contrast, after Taiwan’s constitutional amendment in 2005, a two-party system emerged in the first post-reform legislative election in 2008. Critically, however, Taiwan’s president is directly elected while Japan’s prime minister is indirectly elected. The contributors conclude that the higher the payoffs of holding the executive office and the greater degree of cross-district coordination required to win it, the stronger the incentives for elites to form and stay in the major parties. In such a context, a country will move rapidly toward a two-party system. In Part II, the contributors apply this theoretical logic to other countries with mixed-member systems to demonstrate its generality. They find the effect of executive competition on legislative electoral rules in countries as disparate as Thailand, the Philippines, New Zealand, Bolivia, and Russia. The findings presented in this book have important implications for political reform. Often, reformers are motivated by high hopes of solving some political problems and enhancing the quality of democracy. But, as this group of scholars demonstrates, electoral reform alone is not a panacea. Whether and to what extent it achieves the advocated goals depends not only on the specification of new electoral rules per se but also on the political context—and especially the constitutional framework—within which such rules are embedded.

Refining Child Pornography Law : Crime, Language, and Social Consequences /

The legal definition of child pornography is, at best, unclear. In part because of this ambiguity and in part because of the nature of the crime itself, the prosecution and sentencing of perpetrators, the protection of and restitution for victims, and the means for preventing repeat offenses are deeply controversial. In an effort to clarify the questions and begin to formulate answers, in this volume, experts in law, sociology, and social examine child pornography law and its consequences. Focusing on the roles of language and crime definition, the contributors present a range of views about the increasingly visible role that child pornography plays in the national conversation on child safety, as well as the wisdom of the punishment of those who produce, distribute, and possess materials which may be considered child pornography.

Home energy costs and assistance in Illinois : 2001 annual report.

"Home Energy Costs and Assistance in Illinois, 2001 Annual Report, is a product of the Low Income Energy Assessment Project, an ongoing process within the Department of Natural Resources' Office of Realty and Environmental Planning, Division of Energy and Environmental Assessment. Annual reports on the costs of home energy and the effect of low-income residential energy assistance programs have been published under this initiative since the passage of the Energy Assistance Act of 1989."--P. [3].

Illinois Public Museum Grants Program : supporting museums throughout Illinois.

"The Illinois State Museum is a division of the Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources"--P. [2]

Epistolarum obscurorum virorum ad dom. M.Ortuinum Gratium,volumina duo... Accesserunt huic editioni epistola Benedicti Passavantii ad Petrum Lysetum et la Complainte de Pierre Lyset sur le trépas de son feu nez ad pidem editionis Londinensis (MDCCX) restituta.

Authorship of the Epistolae formerly attributed to Reuchlin, Erasmus, Hutten and others. More recent researches have made it almost certain that Crotus Rubeanus and Ulrich von Hutten were the main contributors. To Crotus are credited the first 41 letters: to Hutten the 7 letters added later to the original series and most of the 62 letters of the second series, with the possible co-operation of a third person, Hermann von dem Busche. The authorship of the rest remains doubtful.

Briefe, die neueste Litteratur betreffend. Geschrieben in den Jahren 1759 bis 1763. Vier und zwanzig Theile nebst doppelten Registern.

The chief contributors besides C. F. Nicolai, the editor, were Lessing, Moses Mendelssohn, Thomas Abbt, F. G. Resewitz, and Friedrich Grillo.

The Encyclopaedia britannica; or, Dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature.

Accompanied by "Index." (vii, 232 p. 29 cm.) Published: Boston, Little, Brown & co., 1860.

The Adventurer.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Adventurer ...

Originally published in 140 numbers from November 7, 1752, to March 9, 1754, with John Hawkesworth, Samuel Johnson, Richard Bathurst and Joseph Warton as the principal contributors.

The World. /

References: Winship, G.P., Jr. "The printing history of The World" in Studies in the early English periodical, edited by Richmond P. Bond (Chapel Hill, 1957), p. [183]-195.