the belief that his immediate identification with these interests and institutions qualified him to treat them more intimately and adequately. The entire history, however, has been written under the supervision of the editor who has spared no effort in verifying the facts presented.

In the treatment of these several subjects some of which are primary and basic in the city's growth and development, the authors have aimed to go beyond the mere recital of facts and events by bringing cause and effect into play and in drawing from them permissible and warrantable deductions and conclusions.

The Editor.

An American city! What splendid forces-latent and active-are implied in that name! Let us miss no opportunity to bring to our service the best thought and experience of the world in city planning, city building and city living. Let us not only proclaim a place among our sister cities of the Great Republic, but deserve to be arrayed with the most progressive among them. Only by exemplifying the truest and best in American urban life shall we render ourselves worthy of being an integral part of the greatest nation on earth.

WILLIAM GEORGE BRUCE.