Municipal government. A history of American city government. By Ernest S. Griffith. The fonnation of traditions 1775-1870 (co-authored with Charles R. Adrian), The Consfiicuous Failure, 1870-1900 and The Progressive Years and Their Aftermath, 1900-1920. Published for the National Municipal League by Praeger Publishers, 200 Park Avenue, New York 10017, 1974-1976. 238 pp., 320 pp., and 362 pp. $10 each