Book Reviews : Das Internationale Privatrecht Deutschlands. By MARTIN WOLFF. (3d ed.; Berlin-Goettingen-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 1954. Pp. ix, 254. DM 24.60.) (Owing to editorial changes the review of this book in the December issue of the Quarterly was garbled. It is here printed as Dr. Wolfe wrote it.)

• Published date: 01 March 1956
• Date: 01 March 1956
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/106591295600900159
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Presidential Ballots 1836-1892. By W. DEAN BURNHAM. (Baltimore: The
Johns Hopkins Press. 1955. Pp. xix, 956. $10.00.)
This massive volume provides a treasure-trove for all students of long-
term trends in presidential balloting. The author and compiler has fol-
lowed generally the methods of statistical presentation that were worked
out in Edgar E. Robinson’s The Presidential Vote: 1896 to 1932, pursuing
the subject back into history to the earliest point for which county returns
could generally be found. Finding these country returns involved visits to
many of the state capitols and the exhuming of data &dquo;from misplaced cigar
boxes and various statehouse subterranean storerooms long since aban-
doned.&dquo;
The bulk of the book results from the fact that it undertakes a complete
presentation of county returns in presidential elections for the period
covered. But it also includes 162 pages of review and analysis of the elec-
tions from 1836 to 1892. This material would constitute a substantial and
extremely valuable monograph in its own right. It greatly illuminates the
characteristics of the Whig-Democratic two-party system of 1836-52, clari-
fies the breakdown in the party system between 1852 and 1860, covers the
period during which the two-party system was restored to working order,
and ends with the election in which the Populist party polled its greatest
vote.
It can safely be assumed that students of party history will be mining
data from Mr. Burnham’s book for years to come. This is not the kind of
venture that will do much to reduce any publisher’s deficit, but it con-
tributes directly to the advancement of knowledge and will be immensely
useful as a tool of research.
PAUL T. DAVID.
The Brookings Institution.
Das Internationale Privatrecht Deutschlands. By MARTIN WOLFF. (3d ed.;
Berlin-Goettingen-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. 1954. Pp. ix, 254. DM
24.60.)
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Owing
to editorial changes the review of this book in the December
issue of the Quarterly...