Educ T 729.10.455 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF GINN & COMPANY MARCH 17, 1927 COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY CHARLES DEFOREST HOXIE. COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY. ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL, LONDON. CIVICS FOR NEW YORK STATE. W. P. I' Preface No text-book, however good, can take the place of the teacher. The book may supply materials for study, furnish an outline and guide for the student, stimulate him to original thought and inquiry; but it is the teacher, after all, who must vitalize the subject. It is the aim of Civics for New York State to help the teacher in his efforts to help the boys and girls of New York to an understanding of the several governments, local, State and national, under which we live; to arouse in their minds an interest in the work which the different gov. ernments are called upon to perform; and to inspire our young people with a love not only for their country and State, but also for the city or other local division in which they live, and a desire to see its public business wisely and justly administered. To accomplish these purposes the author has aimed, first of all, to make the subject-often looked upon as a somewhat dry one-alive with interest; secondly, to develop it in accordance with true pedagogic principles; thirdly, to treat it historically, so that present forms and institutions may be traced to their historic origins; and fourthly, to combine all with a full and comprehensive summary of the latest general laws and principles underlying the governments affecting the people of New York, and an account of our more important public officers, their powers and duties. 3 |