PREFACE In addition to the authorities to which reference is made in the text, the author would acknowledge her indebtedness to Hearn's "Government of England," Todd's "Parliamentary Government," Coxe's "Institutes of English Government," Traill's "Central Government," Dicey's "Privy Council," and to the histories of Stubbs, Hallam, Macaulay, Stanhope, Lecky, and May. Particular acknowledgments are due to the author's Oxford tutor, Mr. J. A. R. Mariott, who suggested the work and read the manuscript so far as it was completed in England, and to Professor F. York Powell, who also read the earlier chapters of the manuscript and made valuable suggestions. |