Two important works of recent date
dealing with the history and character of political
parties in Germany are C. Grotewald, Die Parteien
des deutschen Reichstags. Band I. Der Politik des
deutschen Reiches in Einzeldarstellungen (Leipzig,
1908); and O. Stillich, Die politischen Parteien in
Deutschland. Band I. Die Konservativen (Leipzig,
1908), Band II. Der Liberalismus (Leipzig, 1911).
The second is a portion of a scholarly work planned
to be in five volumes. A brief treatise is F.
Wegener, Die deutschkonservative Partei und ihre
Aufgaben fuer die Gegenwart (Berlin, 1908). An
admirable study of the Centre is L. Goetze, Das
Zentrum, eine Konfessionelle Partie; Beitraege zur
seiner Geschichte (Bonn, 1906). The rise of the
Centre is well described in L. Hahn, Geschichte des
Kulturkampfes (Berlin, 1881). On the rise and
progress of the Social Democracy see E. Milhaud, La
democratie socialiste allemande (Paris, 1903); C.
Andler, Origines du socialisme d'etat en Allemagne
(Paris, 1906); E. Kirkup, History of Socialism
(London, 1906); W. Sombart, Socialism (New York,
1898); W. Dawson, Bismarck and State Socialism
(London, 1891); J. Perrin, The German Social
Democracy, in _North American Review_, Oct., 1910.
Under the title "Chroniques politiques" there is
printed in the _Annales_ (since 1911 the _Revue_)
_des Sciences Politiques_ every year an excellent
review of the current politics of Germany, as of
other European nations. Other articles of value
are: M. Caudel, Les elections allemandes du 16
juin, 1898, et le nouveau Reichstag, in _Annales de
l'Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques_, Nov., 1898;
J. Hahn, Une election au Reichstag allemand, in
_Annales des Sciences Politiques_, Nov., 1903; G.
Isambert, Le parti du centre en Allemagne et les
elections de ja