COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION.

HON. JAMES NEILSON, New Brunswick.
GEORGE GLUYAS MERCER, Philadelphia.
REV. CHARLES F. DOLE, Boston,

C. A. HAVILAND, Brooklyn.

J. ALPHEUS VANSANT, Camden.

Z. F. SMITH, Pittsburg.

HENRY P. GODDARD, Baltimore.

CLINTON ROGERS WOODRUFF, Philadelphia,

INNES & SON, PRINTERS
PHILADELPHIA

Chairman and Editor.

INTRODUCTION.

The Louisville Conference for Good City Government may be said to mark the completion of the preliminary descriptive work of the National Municipal League, as the present volume contains what in all likelihood will be the last series of papers on the municipal conditions of American cities-papers that have proved to be so helpful, not only to the municipal reformer but to the general student of governmental problems, and which we feel have met a well-defined want. The adoption of the resolution providing for a Committee of Ten to report on the feasibility of a Municipal Program marks the inauguration of a policy of concrete, definite work, and all of the time of the next Conference will probably be required for the discussion of the report of this Committee, whose work has already progressed sufficiently to give indications that it will be a distinct and important contribution to the study of municipal government in America.

As heretofore, it is a pleasure to note the increasing demand for our publications on the part of libraries and colleges, showing a deepening appreciation of the League's work. In fact, the growth in sound public sentiment along municipal lines has