An Autobiographical Memoir

In teaching courses over the years in political thought, one comes to inquire about the nature of political things and how they are to be thought about. Political philosophy is concerned with its limits and what, if anything, lies beyond them, as the whole with politics concerns itself is not the whole of what is. An autobiographical memoir is a belated occasion to judge how one thought of these fundamental things.     

Memoir of Hungary

Memoir of Hungary 1944–1948. By Sándor Márai. Translated with an introduction and notes by Albert Tezla (Budapest: Corvina in association with Central European University Press, 1996) 427 pp. £11.99 paper.     

John Marshall Harlan's Political Memoir

Near the end of his life, John Marshall Harlan wrote a number of biographical essays, presumably at the request of his children. Most of the essays relate to his experiences in the Civil War. The essay reprinted here instead recounts Harlan's political career before he joined the Supreme Court. Although he rarely won any elections and only held a couple of offices, Harlan's political odyssey is significant in that it shows how his social views were formed. Harlan's transformation from a staunch anti‐abolitionist to a civil‐rights advocate can be viewed as a series of reactions against various opponents as he struggled to find his political identity after the collapse of the Whig party in the 1850s.     

年谱散论

年谱起源问题 ,学术界有不同看法 ,但从实际出发 ,年谱起源于宋 ,这是有其历史条件的。年谱的出现为谱学发展开辟了一条新的途径 ,是史学发展的一个重要方面。年谱有自撰年谱 ,有谱主的朋友 ,门人弟子和子孙为之撰写的 ,这些年谱有溢美掩恶的弊病 ,但年谱在研究历史人物 ,研究历史上 ,其重要学术价值是明显的。年谱的写作有很高的要求。     

张仁奎生平考略

张仁奎是中国帮会史上的重要人物,但对其生平事迹特别对其早年的军政生涯鲜有准确、具体的介绍。本文拟对其一生经历作一概述,并对其人生及在中国帮会史上的地位作一简要评价。     

中国近代机制币大师耿爱德生平简介——在华外籍人士小传（五）

在中国近代机制金银币的领域里,早期收藏方面谈得上丰富的很多,但能出书论述的就很少了,而其中资料详尽完整者,则以耿爱德(Eduard Kann,1880-1962)为佼佼者。耿氏发表之文章极多,为我国泉界保存大量的珍贵资料,所著之《中国币图说汇考》(Illustrated Catalog ofChinese Coins)更使中国钱币在国际上大放光芒,贡献至大不可磨灭。虽耿爱德之名常见泉界提及,但有关其生平叙述相当零散,因此许多同好仅有模糊的了解。1966年《中国币图说汇考》一书再版时,增加了介绍耿氏经历之序言,现特将该段述说予以整理译出,聊表对耿氏之微薄敬意。耿爱德生…