First published in 1881.
With this is bound: The term and tenure of office, by Dorman B. Eaton. Documents relating to the removal from office of General N. M. Curtis and to his indictment for levying and receiving political assessments. [by] Civil service reform association, New York. Civil service reform in the New York custom-house, by Willard Brown. The "spoils" system and civil service reform in the custom-house and post-office at New York, by Dorman Bridgman Eaton. Purposes of the Civil-service reform association. The danger of an office-holding aristocracy, by E. L. Godkin. Report on the expediency of asking candidates for public office their views of civil-service reform. With the resolutions adopted by the Executive Committee of the National Civil-Service Reform League. Proceedings at the annual meeting of the National Civil-Service Reform League. What the competitive examinations really are. The beginning of the "spoils" system [by] James Parton. Purposes of the Civil-service reform association. Report of the executive committee of the Civil-service reform association.