Review of reviews and world's work . ions and methods that first came tomaturity in England and now seem destined to shape thefixture of the Such are the just and brilliant sentences with whichMr. Fiske concludes this splendid contribution to ourunderstanding of history. His work, like those of , meets all the criteria of the higher historicalUterature. It is derived from the most scholarly study oforiginal sources, it is characterized by the loftiest philo- sophical power, and it is enriched by the Avidest collateralresearches and observations. Moreover, while truly sci-enti
Review of reviews and world's work . ions and methods that first came tomaturity in England and now seem destined to shape thefixture of the Such are the just and brilliant sentences with whichMr. Fiske concludes this splendid contribution to ourunderstanding of history. His work, like those of , meets all the criteria of the higher historicalUterature. It is derived from the most scholarly study oforiginal sources, it is characterized by the loftiest philo- sophical power, and it is enriched by the Avidest collateralresearches and observations. Moreover, while truly sci-entific and truly philosophical, it meets the requirementsof creative art, is admirable in style and finished workmanship, and is therefore literature in the best sense. Itshould be added that these two volumes take the firstplace in the chronological scheme of Mr. Fiskes projectedhistory of America. He has already published in twovolumes his work on the American Revolution, which wasfollowed by a volume on The Critical Period of Ameri-. can History, 1783-1789, and a volume on the Beginningsof New England, dealing with the Puritan theocracy inits relations with civil and religious liberty. Mr. Fiskeshistorical writing has never a dnW line. Every page isfresh and sparkling, and the wide-awake high-school boyor the plain citizen and man of business can draw as muchpleasure from them as the philosopher or the special country that can produce historical literature of suchscope and quality as Francis Parkman and John Fiskehave given us in this i>ast month has no reason to be de-jected on the ground that America brings forth no greatbooks. RECENT AMERICAN AND ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS. BIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS. Men and Events of Forty Years. By the late JosiahBushnell Grinnell. Octavo, pp. 442. Boston: Company. $ When time has lent the distance that gives true perspec-tive the makers of the great commonwealths Ijeyond thejVIississippi will be as highly honored as the
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