Excerpt from Citizenship in Philadelphia There is visible everywhere in the United States an increasing interest in public welfare and in city govern ment which has so much to do with securing it. The usual text-book in civics naturally gives fuller treatment of the national government, which is uniform for the whole country, than of state and city, which are every where different. And even special texts in municipal government can give only a general survey of the field. Each city needs a book of its own. Moreover, the belief IS growing that the formal teach-r ing of the structure and legal powers of government has had its day in our schools. In its place is coming the instruction which concerns itself chiefly with the func tions of government; with what is done, and why; with the ways in which we all may help, individually. And in organized groups. There is need, accordingly, for books which emphasize the elements of public welfare. As a part of this new order of things there is coming a realization of the simple but important truth that the primary object of civic teaching is, after all, to make good citizens. It has well been said that good citizen ship - the sort that is good for something - means effi cient service in the community, be that community the city, the state, or the nation. There is need for books which give the sort of practical information about com munity activities that awakens live interest and stimulates to good citizenship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.