A history of the United States for schools . A HISTORY OFTHE UNITED STATES FOR SCHOOLS BY JOHN FISKE, , PRnFF<;qOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY (nON-RESIDENt) IN THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYAT ST LOUIstFORMERLY INSTRUCTOR IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY AND LECTURER ONPHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITYFELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESMEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICALSOCIETY, THE MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS, THt ESSEXINSTITUTE, THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICANVoLK-LORE SOCIETY, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF MASSACHU-SET
A history of the United States for schools . A HISTORY OFTHE UNITED STATES FOR SCHOOLS BY JOHN FISKE, , PRnFF<;qOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY (nON-RESIDENt) IN THE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYAT ST LOUIstFORMERLY INSTRUCTOR IN MEDIEVAL HISTORY AND LECTURER ONPHILOSOPHY IN HARVARD UNIVERSITYFELLOW OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESMEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICALSOCIETY, THE MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS, THt ESSEXINSTITUTE, THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICANVoLK-LORE SOCIETY, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF MASSACHU-SETTS, CONNECTICUT, VIRGINIA, MISSOURI, MINNESOTA,CALIFORNIA, ONEIDA COUNTY, N. Y., ETC. WITH TOPICAL ANALYSIS, SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONSAND DIRECTIONS FOR TEACHERS BY FRANK ALPINE HILL, Litt. D. FORMERLY HEAD MASTER OF THE ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL W CAMBRIDGEAND LATER OF THE MECHANIC ARTS HIGH SCHOOL IN BOSTON. BOSTON, NEW YORK AND CHICAGO HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY ^be iiiiUer^iDe pre??, CambriDoe Copyright, 1894, 1895, 1898, and 1899,By HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Ca TRANS PETB^ O, PUBLIC LIBRAJWSEPT. 40 CO CJ TRANSFERRED FROM PUBLIC LIBRARY 609085 PREFACE. About thirteen years ago I was solicited at once byhalf a dozen publishing houses to write a school-bookfor the study of American history, and in all these re-quests the same reason was alleged. The desire wasexpressed for a book from a professional hand insteadof the mere compilations formerly in use. In responseto one of these requests I had formed a definite planfor writing such a book, when I was deterred by theappearance of two or three new and excellent text-bookswhich seemed likely to make mine superfluous. Theplan was accordingly abandoned, and I thought no moreof it for several years. In 1889
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