Maps and Illustrations Oliver Wendell Holmes, by permission of Houghton, Mifflin & Co. xxi PAGE 468 468 470 472 The Washington Monument, from a photograph. J. A. Garfield, after a photograph Grover Cleveland, after a photograph. 566 567 568 574 576 581 SCHOOL LIBRARIES (The price of each book is given in parentheses. These figures are taken from the publishers' trade lists; often considerable reductions can be obtained.) For the teacher: Channing and Hart's Guide to the Study of American History. Boston: Ginn & Co. ($2.00.) THE SMALLEST LIBRARY Johnston's American Politics. New York: Holt. (80 cents.) Hart's Epochs of American History. 3 vols. New York: Longmans. (3 vols., $1.25 each.) Dodge's Bird's-Eye View of our Civil War. Boston: Houghton. ($1.00.) D. C. Heath's Smaller Outline Maps of the United States were prepared by Professor Hart and the present writer for work contemplated in the Suggestive Questions. Hart and Channing's American History Leaflets. 30 numbers. New York: Lovell. (10 cents each.) School histories of England and of France. A GOOD LIBRARY The books already mentioned and the following works: Higginson's Larger History. New York: Harper's. ($3.50.) Walker's Making of the Nation. New York: Scribner's. ($1.25.) Hinsdale's American Government. Werner School Book Co. ($1.25.) Fiske's New England ($2.00); American Revolution (2 vols. $4.00); Critical Period ($2.00). Boston: Houghton. Parkman's Pioneers. Boston: Little. ($1.50.) Or, Struggle for a Continent, edited by T. Edgar. Boston: Little. ($1.50.) Stanwood's Presidential Elections. Boston: Houghton. ($1.50.) Taussig's Tariff History. New York: Putnam. ($1.25.) New York: Dodd. (5 vols. $17.25.) Schouler's United States. "American Statesmen" (Boston: Houghton): Lodge's Washington and Webster, Morse's J. Q. Adams and Lincoln, Sumner's Jackson. ($1.25 each.) "Makers of America" (New York: Dodd): Wendell's Cotton Mather, Sumner's Robert Morris and Hamilton, Schouler's Jefferson. ($1.00 each.) Higginson's American Explorers. New York: Longmans. ($1.20.) Gardiner's Student's History of England, Green's Short History of the English People, Higginson and Channing's English History for Americans, Duruy's History of France. A VERY GOOD LIBRARY The books already mentioned and the following works: Winsor's Narrative and Critical History (8 vols. $5.50 each) and his Columbus ($4.00). Boston: Houghton. Carrington's Battles of the Revolution ($6.00), or his Washington. Lalor's Cyclopædia of Political Science. Chicago. (Subscription.) Stedman and Hutchinson's Library of American Literature, 13 vols., New York (subscription) (contains many selections from the books mentioned at the beginning of chapters under "Illustrative Material"). Larned's History for Ready Reference. (5 vols. $5.00 each.) These books are out of print, but Clarke's Anti-Slavery Days. McCulloch's Men and Measures. Quincy's Figures of the Past. may be obtained from dealers in second-hand books. Maclay's United States Navy. New York: Appleton. (2 vols. $7.00.) Gardiner's Puritan Revolution, Lecky's England (Vols. III and IV), Rose's Revolutionary Era, or Stephens's French Revolution. Fiske's Civil Government. Boston: Houghton. ($1.00.) Bryce's American Commonwealth, abridged edition. New York: Macmillan. ($1.75.) MacDonald's Documents illustrative of History of the United States. New York: Macmillan. ($2.25.) Rand's Selections illustrating Economic History since the Seven Years' War. New York: Macmillan. ($2.50.) The constitution of your state, and local documents. The United States issues two volumes entitled Charters and Constitutions of the United States, which may be obtained through members of Congress. Another useful work issued by the Government is J. D. Richardson's Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Current numbers of the Congressional Record, and the Manuals of the two Houses may also be obtained through Congressmen. The Land Office map- the best map for school use-can be obtained by sending eighty cents to the Financial Clerk of the Interior Department, and other maps, as the beautiful contour map, can be secured through members of Congress. Most of the books mentioned in this work will be found in the Public Library of the city or town in which the school is situated, and arrangements can often be made for the special use of particular books. Larned's Literature of American History will be of great service to all persons who are getting together selected libraries for towns and cities. IMPORTANT DATES The more important dates are printed in bold-faced type. With each date the student should associate as many events as possible. It is better to learn a few dates correctly than it is to remember many dates incorrectly. Another list may be found in the Guide, p. 157. 1492. Columbus (Discovery of America). 1497. John Cabot (Discovery of North America). 1513. Ponce de Leon (Florida) and Balboa (Pacific). 1524. Verrazano and Gomez (Atlantic coast). 1534. Cartier (the French in the St. Lawrence). 1539-1542. De Soto and Coronado (the Spaniards in the United States). 1588. Defeat of the Armada (Beginnings of English Colonization). 1604. Acadia (the French in the North). 1607. Virginia (the First Permanent English-American Colony). 1619. Representative Government and Slavery in Virginia. 1620. The Pilgrims at Plymouth (the First Permanent English Colony in the North). 1630. The "Great Emigration to Massachusetts." 1632. Maryland (the Calverts and Toleration). 1635. Connecticut (Constitutional Development). 1636. Roger Williams (Separation of Church and State). 1643. New England Confederation. 1649. Maryland Toleration Act. 1664. English Conquest of New Netherland. 1676. Bacon's Rebellion and King Philip's War. 1689. The "Glorious Revolution" in America. 1701. Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges. |