THE

CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM

MOVEMENT.

BY

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W. E FOSTER,

Author of "The Literature of Civil-Service Reform in the United States."

BOSTON:

PRESS OF ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, 39 ARCH STREET.

1881.

ΝΟΤΕ.

THE following study of some of the distinguishi features of the civil-service reform movement was und taken by the writer, chiefly for the purpose of defin the grounds of his own belief. It has been thought| the executive committee of the Boston Civil-Serv Reform Association that its publication would be of s vice to others who may be studying the subject. In 1 hope that it may contribute, in some degree, to a m intelligent consideration of the subject, the writer has co sented to its publication.

PROVIDENCE, R. I., Nov. 1, 1881.