Excerpt from Civil Government: Of the United States and the State of Missouri When the State text-book Commission met in the year 1897 to adopt a series Of text-books for use in public schools, about thirty civil governments were submitted for adoption. None Of them was satisfactory. Thereupon members Of the commission who were acquainted with my School History Of Missouri suggested that I write and submit a manuscript Of a Civil Government. I did so, and it was adopted, and for five years after its publication it had a large place in the schools. Subsequently the book was entirely rewritten and a revised edition brought out in 1904, and with a few minor changes in the text made necessary by changes in laws and constitutions has been in general use ever since. Within the last year the book has been thoroughly revised again. In the natural evolution of the government Of a great people new institutions are added in the course Of a few years and things once unimportant assume large proportions; they call for new sections, and these have been added. Other things have become less important, and the discussion Of them has been accordingly reduced. Every sentence Of former texts retained in this has been rigidly tested, in order to bring it strictly up to date and make it accurately express the fact. The result is a book brought down in every sentence to the date Of publication. 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.