A history of the United States for schools . s best knownwork is his Treatise onthe Will, a marvelloussjjecimen of deep andpowerful reasoning, abook which no studentof philosophy, for manya year to come, can af-ford to neglect. As apreacher, also, Edwardsholds an eminent placein the brilliant list ofpulpit orators which be-gan with John Cotton,and has in recent timesincluded such names as Henry Ward Beecher andPhillips Brooks. The excellence of American books on law and juris-prudence early attracted attention in Europe, wherethe names of Kent and Greenleaf and Story have longbeen famous. Whea
A history of the United States for schools . s best knownwork is his Treatise onthe Will, a marvelloussjjecimen of deep andpowerful reasoning, abook which no studentof philosophy, for manya year to come, can af-ford to neglect. As apreacher, also, Edwardsholds an eminent placein the brilliant list ofpulpit orators which be-gan with John Cotton,and has in recent timesincluded such names as Henry Ward Beecher andPhillips Brooks. The excellence of American books on law and juris-prudence early attracted attention in Europe, wherethe names of Kent and Greenleaf and Story have longbeen famous. Wheatons work on International Law isrecognized throughout the world as of the highestauthority, and it has been worthily supplemented bythe learned and elegant writings of the late PresidentWoolsey, of Yale. The work of Wharton on MedicalJurisprudence is that of a finished master of the subject,jurispru- The dccisions of Chief Justice Marshall aredence. among the most far-reaching that have ever been given by an English-speaking judge. In this. PHILLIPS BROOKS. § I7S. SOME FEATURES OF PROGRESS. 5OI connection should be cited The Federalist, a volume ofessays written in 1788 by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay,to explain to our people the meaning and intention ofthe new Constitution, This book can never be out-grown or superseded, and should be studied by everyAmerican citizen who wishes to take part in the workof legislation. Of American names in literature, the most illustriouswere mentioned in the course of oiir narrative of events(§§ 126, 131, 159). To those may be added the exqui-site poets, Cranch and Parsons, and their younger suc-cessors, Aldrich and Gilder; nor should we forget JuliaWard Howe, author of the stirring Battle Hymn of theRepublic. As delightful essayists and critics may benamed Thoreau, Stedman, Higginson, Dudley Warner,Burroughs, and Thomas Sergeant Perry. Among novel-ists should be mentioned Brockden Brown (1771-1810), arare genius, whose works, for a while for
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