. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. F THE UNITED STATES INRHYME. By Robert C. Adams. i2mo,pp. 72. Boston, 1884. D. Lothrop & is a companion volume to Mr. Adamsclever little History of England in Rhyme,published a year or two since. The authorclaims for it no special literary merit, but hasaimed to impress dates, names, and eventsupon the minds of young readers by the aid ofagreeable rhymes. We are sorry to see somenotable errors which should not be perpetuatedamong the children ; but the principle of con-densation in such rhyming is good. The bestpart of the work
. The magazine of American history with notes and queries. F THE UNITED STATES INRHYME. By Robert C. Adams. i2mo,pp. 72. Boston, 1884. D. Lothrop & is a companion volume to Mr. Adamsclever little History of England in Rhyme,published a year or two since. The authorclaims for it no special literary merit, but hasaimed to impress dates, names, and eventsupon the minds of young readers by the aid ofagreeable rhymes. We are sorry to see somenotable errors which should not be perpetuatedamong the children ; but the principle of con-densation in such rhyming is good. The bestpart of the work is the summary of Colonies andStates, which closes the book. THE BAY STATE MONTHLY. Nos. I.,II., III. A new Massachusetts number contains sixty-four pages of excel-lent reading matter, a steel engraving and otherillustrations. It promises to develop the ro-mance in Massachusetts Colonial and Statehistory ; and also to illustrate descriptions ofmanufacturing towns, their rise, growth, andpresent status with many other valuable WILLIAM III. OF ENGLAND.(l689—1702.) MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY Vol. XI MAY, 1884 No. 5 THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE A GROUP OF VIRGINIA STATESMEN THE Virginia Convention, which assembled at Williamsburg in May,1776, committed the whole country to revolution. If a properlylimited monarchy is the best form of government and was still attain-able, the statesmen of the time blundered. If a properly limited republic,which they had in view, is the best, they were the soundest politicalthinkers of history. Their action precipitated the issue. A small bodyof farmers in a provincial town not only declared war against an empire,but brought on the definite conflict between the monarchic and republicanideas, which is the great political feature of the modern world. The phrase properly limited was used by Jefferson in a letter toJohn Randolph in August, 1775. I would rather be in dependence onGreat Britain properly limited, he
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