. The literary digest. JUSTIN WINSOR. an independent work, but in reality forms the close of a series ofthree books by the same author, the other two of which are :Cartier to Frontenac and The Mississippi Basin. The Atlan-//f .^l/o«M/y says of The Westward Movement: It brings thestory of our Western expansion down to the close of the last cen-tury, and establishes more firmly than ever the authors right tobe considered preeminently the historian of the geography of thecontinent. Of the three works named above, as well as of Christopher Columbus and of the eight volumes con-stituting

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. The literary digest. JUSTIN WINSOR. an independent work, but in reality forms the close of a series ofthree books by the same author, the other two of which are :Cartier to Frontenac and The Mississippi Basin. The Atlan-//f .^l/o«M/y says of The Westward Movement: It brings thestory of our Western expansion down to the close of the last cen-tury, and establishes more firmly than ever the authors right tobe considered preeminently the historian of the geography of thecontinent. Of the three works named above, as well as of Christopher Columbus and of the eight volumes con-stituting his Narrative and Critical History of America, B. , writing in The Dial, says: These works all bear the same well-known marks—thorough original investigation, strong grasp of material, especially carto-graphy, and admirable synthesis of historical and scientific ele-ments. These are all very great merits in an historical writer;In his chosen field no one denies, but all admit. Dr. Winsorseasy superiority

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