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ferior races, and to the mental and social condition of savage tribes."
C. K. Adams.

PATTEN, Simon Nelson.

Development of English thought; a study in the economic interpretation of history. 1899.....

...901 P31

"The fundamental thesis of the book is this, that to understand the de-
velopment of English thought it is necessary to understand the eco-
nomic conditions that have influenced the thinkers-not only those con-
ditions that have been contemporaneous, but those that have gone be-
fore and have shaped the national character." American historical
review, 1900.

READE, William Winwood.

Martyrdom of man...

.901 R25

A history particularly of ancient nations, of religions and of the de-
velopment and influence of the slave-trade, with a brief survey of the
development of modern institutions. The author gives it this title be-
cause he believes that it is "ordained that mankind should be elevated
by misfortune and that happiness should grow out of miseries and
pain."

SAMUELSON, James, ed.

Civilisation of our day; essays on some of its more im

portant phases at the close of the 19th century. 1896...q901 S19
Contents: General progress of the century; the utilisation of natural
products. Social and economic.-Educational.--Intellectual and re-
ligious.

The essays are by specialists in the subjects which they treat.

SCHLEGEL, Friedrich von.

Philosophy of history. 1859...

Memoir of the author, p.1-64d.

1901 S33

"To most readers of the present day [these lectures] will be disap-
pointing. His central idea is that the first problem of philosophy
is the restoration in man of the lost image of God. . . He describes
at very considerable length, the characteristics of the history of China,
as well as those of the history of India. He then proceeds to a dis-
cussion . . . of the institutions and tendencies of Greece and
Rome, and those of modern time. The fundamental error of the
book is that its argument presupposes an admission in regard to the
early condition of the race, which the beliefs of the world will by no
means justify." C. K. Adams.

TAYLOR, William Cooke.

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Natural history of society in the barbarous and civilized
state; an essay towards discovering the origin and
course of human improvement. 2v. 1840...... ....1901 T25

"The comparative contribution made by barbarism and civilization...
towards the prosperity of the human race is the general object of the
author's discussion." Athenæum, 1840.

Philosophical work much esteemed in its day.

TYLOR, Edward Burnett.

Anthropology; an introduction to the study of man and

civilization. 1893. (International scientific series.).....901 T97 Discusses prehistoric man, the development and distinguishing characteristics of race and language, and the evolution of society. Researches into the early history of mankind. 1878....

.901 T97г

"This was the first very important contribution of Mr. Tylor to the
literature of a subject which his subsequent writings have done so
much to enrich. It is an introductory, but a valuable, survey of a
field which is much more fully explored in the author's later work on
'Primitive Culture.'" C. K. Adams.

VERSCHOYLE, John.

History of ancient civilization; based upon Gustave Ducoud

ray's Histoire sommaire de la civilisation. 1889..........901 V28 Useful summary for students.

History of modern civilization; based upon Gustave Ducoud

ray's Histoire sommaire de la civilisation. 1891..........901 V28h
Brief survey for school use or for reference.

WELLS, Herbert George.

Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific

progress upon human life and thought. 1902...........901 W49
Contents: Locomotion in the twentieth century. The probable diffusion
of great cities.-Developing social elements.-Certain social reactions.
The life-history of democracy.- War in the twentieth century.-
The conflict of languages. The larger synthesis.- Faith, morals and
public policy in the twentieth century.

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On the left-hand page the leading events of the political history of the
world are scheduled; on the right, the contemporaneous happenings in
art, literature, religion, science, education, social life, etc. The general
trustworthiness of the book is vouched for by the fact that paragraphs
on special subjects have all been revised by experts.

PLOETZ, Carl, comp.

Epitome of ancient, mediæval and modern history; tr. with
additions by W. H. Tillinghast. 1883....

...r902 P71

"Stuffed from cover to cover with important facts, and furnished with
an unusually complete index, it is perhaps the most valuable of all
small books for reference." C. K. Adams.

903

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias

HARPER'S book of facts; a classified history of the world,

embracing science, literature and art; comp. by J. H.
Willsey, ed. by C. T. Lewis. 1898....

qr903 H28

"Similar to Haydn's Dictionary of dates, but giving much more fully
events in western hemisphere." A. L. A. catalog, 1904.

HEILPRIN, Louis, comp.

Historical reference book, revised to 1898, with a supple-

Comprises a chronological table of universal history, a chronological
dictionary of universal history, and a biographical dictionary, with
geographical notes.

"The handiness of all this information is equalled by the accuracy of it,
in which few similar works can challenge comparison with Mr.
Heilprin's." Nation, 1898.

LARNED, Josephus Nelson, comp.

History for ready reference, with supplement.. 6v. 1894-

1901

.г903 L74c

Historical facts are grouped under countries, arranged there chrono-
logically, the events of a certain year or group of years falling into
such subdivisions as Army and navy, Church, Letters, etc. Very
full index. The book is wide in its scope, including many facts that
can hardly be dignified by the term "historical."

Historical lights; 6000 quotations from standard histories

and biographies. 1896......

Cyclopedia of historical facts and incidents, particularly useful in the
preparation of articles or addresses, or in looking up historical al-
lusions.

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The Treaty of Washington; before and after.-The British

"change of heart."-An undeveloped function [political debate].-A

plea for military history.

The first essay gives to Robert E. Lee the honor of ending the Civil
war at Appomattox instead of allowing it to continue by guerilla tac-
tics. The second and longest essay contains much first-hand material
gathered from the author's own recollections of life in England dur-
ing the Civil war.

The British change of heart' " puts in striking

form England's increasingly friendly attitude toward the United States.

ARNOLD, Howard Payson.

Historic side-lights. 1899..

.904 A755

Collection of gossip, personal anecdotes and curious historical lore.
Benjamin Franklin and his friends are the central figures.

ARNOLD, Thomas, 1795-1842.

.904 A75

Introductory lectures on modern history. 1885....

"The author's object was not to impart historical knowledge, but rather
to awaken a greater interest in the study of history. The first lecture
is devoted to a definition of history in general, and of modern history
in particular; while the body of the work is an expansion of these
definitions, and a description of the proper manner of studying the
external and the internal life of nations." C. K. Adams.

Marcus Whitman, whom the author gives only a distinguished place among missionaries, not regarding him as a national benefactor. BUCKLE, Henry Thomas.

Miscellaneous and posthumous works; ed. by Grant Allen. 2v. 1885...

V.I.

..904 B85

Biographical notice of Buckle, by Helen Taylor.-The influence of women on the progress of knowledge.-Mill on liberty.-Letters to a gentleman respecting Pooley's case.-Reign of Elizabeth.-Fragments. V.2. Fragments, (continued).-Extracts from common place book. BUCKLEY, Theodore William Alois.

Great cities of the middle ages. 1853....

.904 B856

Contents: Aix-la-Chapelle.-Basle.-Upsala and Stockholm.-Julin and
Wisby.-Venice.-Florence.-Pisa and Genoa.-Rouen.-Paris.-Lon-
the convent-

don.-York.-Winchester.-Oxford.-Toledo.-Yuste,

palace of Charles V.-Granada and the Alhambra.-Cologne.-Nurem-
berg.-Hamburgh.-Malta.-Bagdad.

Short historical sketches.

CREASY, Sir Edward Shepherd.

Fifteen decisive battles of the world. 1892....

904 C87

Contents: Marathon.-Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse.-Arbela.-
Battle of the Metaurus.-Victory of Arminius over the Roman legions
under Varus.-Châlons.-Tours.-Hastings.-Joan of Arc's victory
over the English at Orleans.-Defeat of the Spanish Armada.—Blen-
heim.-Pultowa.-Saratoga.-Valmy.-Waterloo.

The same. 1897.....

EGGLESTON, George Cary.

.1904 C87

Strange stories from history, for young people. 1895......j904 E35 FREEMAN, Edward Augustus.

Historical essays, 1st-4th ser. 4v. 1886-92..

V.I.

.904 F91

The mythical and romantic elements in early English history.-
The continuity of English history.-The relations between the crowns
of England and Scotland.-Saint Thomas of Canterbury and his
biographers. The reign of Edward the Third.-The Holy Roman em-
pire. The Franks and the Gauls.-The early sieges of Paris.-Fred-
erick the First, king of Italy.-The emperor Frederick the Second.-
Charles the Bold.-Presidential government.

V.2. Ancient Greece and medieval Italy.-Mr Gladstone's Homer and
the Homeric age. The historians of Athens.-The Athenian democ-
racy. Alexander the Great.-Greece during the Macedonian period.
-The primeval archæology of Rome.-Mommsen's History of Rome.
-Lucius Cornelius Sulla.-The Flavian Cæsars.

V.3. First impressions of Rome.-The Illyrian emperors and their land.
-Augusta Treverorum.-The Goths at Ravenna.-Race and language.
-The Byzantine empire.-First impressions of Athens.-Mediæval and
modern Greece. The southern Slaves.-Sicilian cycles.-The Normans
at Palermo.

V.4.

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Carthage.-French and English towns.-Aquæ Sextiæ.-Orange.-
Augustodunum.-Périgueux and Cahors.-The lords of Ardres.-
Points in the history of Portugal and Brazil.-Alter orbis.-Historical
cycles. Augustan ages.-English civil wars.-The battle of Wakefield.
-National prosperity and the reformation.-Cardinal Pole.-Arch-
bishop Parker.-Decayed boroughs.-The case of the deanery of
Exeter. The growth of commonwealths.-The constitution of the
German empire.-Nobility.-The House of lords.

Some of the best, most attractive and most characteristic of Freeman's
literary work.

FROUDE, James Anthony.

Spanish story of the Armada, and other essays. 1892...... .904 F97
Other essays: Antonio Perez, an unsolved historical riddle.-Saint
Teresa. The Templars.-The Norway fjords.-Norway once more.

GILMAN, Arthur, ed.
Magna charta stories.

1882...

....j904 G42

Contents: The great paper, by H. D. S. McKenzie.-Horatius at the
bridge, by A. B. Harris.-A successful secession, by Mary Blake.—
Miltiades at Marathon, by Arthur Gilman.-Two immortal names, by
L. W. Champney.-At the toe of the big boot, by Susan Coolidge.-
The triumph of an idea, by Mrs M. E. W. Sherwood.-The hammer

of the Gentiles, (Judas Maccabeus), by A. L. Dawes. In the German woods long ago, by Arthur Gilman.-The barbarian's overthrow, by Mrs R. H. Lathrop.-The hammer of the Saracens, (Charles Martel), by Mrs M. H. Catherwood.-Out of the dark, by Arthur Gilman. GOULD, Sabine Baring-.

Historic oddities. 1898..

.904 G73

Contents: The disappearance of Bathurst.-The duchess of Kingston.-
General Mallet.-Schweinichen's memoirs.-The locksmith Gamain.-
Abram the usher.-Sophie Apitzsch.-Peter Nielsen.-The wonder-
working prince Hohenlohe.-The snail telegraph.-The countess Goer-
litz. A wax and honey-moon.-The electress' plot.-Suess Oppen-
heim. Ignatius Fessler.

GREEN, John Richard.

Stray studies from England and Italy, Ist-2d ser. 2V. 1892-1903

.904 G82

V.I. A brother of the poor [Edward Denison].-Cannes and St. Honorat.
-Carnival on the Cornice.-Two pirate towns of the Riviera.-The
winter retreat.-San Remo.-The poetry of wealth.-Lambeth and the
archbishops.-Children by the sea.-The Florence of Dante.-Butter-
cups. Abbot and town.-Hotels in the clouds.-Eneas; a Vergilian
study.-Venice and Rome.-Venice and Tintoretto.-The district visi-
tor.-Early history of Oxford.-The home of our Angevin kings.-
Capri.-Capri and its Roman remains.-The feast of the coral-fishers.
V.2. Château-Gaillard. - Troyes. -The house of Brienne. - Como.
Rochester.-Knole.-Milman's "Annals of St. Paul's."-Great Yar
mouth. St. Edmundsbury and the Archæological institute.-The
municipal history of London.-The London of the Plantagenets.-Eng-
lish municipalities.-Pauperism in the east of London.-The East-
end and its relief committees.-Soupers at the East-end.-France and
French poor-relief.-Benevolence and the poor.-Historic study in
France. The ecclesiastical commissioners and the Lambeth library.—
Professor Stubbs's inaugural lecture.-English loyalty.-"The her-
mits."-Ffoulkes's "Christendom's divisions."-The literary goat of
Cardiff.-Italy and Italian life. The priesthood in southern Italy.-
Evenings at home.

Title of 2d ser. reads "Stray studies."

HARRISON, Frederic.

George Washington, and other American addresses. 1901..904 H29
Contents: George Washington and the republican ideal.-Abraham Lin
coln. The millenary of King Alfred.-The writings of King Alfred.
-The Dutch republic.-Recent biographies of Cromwell.-Republi-
canism and democracy.-Personal reminiscences.-Municipal govern-
ment. The nineteenth century.

Show accurate knowledge and keen understanding of American history
and institutions. The papers on Washington and Lincoln are patriotic
literature of the best type, as that on the writings of King Alfred
is literary and historical criticism of the best type. Condensed from
Political science quarterly, 1902.

Meaning of history. 1895..

.904 H29m

Contents: The use of history.-The connection of history.-Some great
books of history.-The history schools, and Oxford dialogue.-A survey
of the 13th century.-What the revolution of 1789 did.-France in
1789 and 1889.-The city; ancient, mediæval, modern, ideal.-Rome re-
visited. Impressions of Athens.-Constantinople as an historic city.-
The problem of Constantinople.-Paris as an historic city.-The trans-
formation of Paris.-The transformation of London.-The sacredness
of ancient buildings.-Palæographic purism.

"An inspiring book, well calculated to stimulate the systematic study of
general history.' The third chapter, 'Some Great Books of History,'
seeks to aid the reader in the choice of books, and has practical value
bibliographically. A good work for the serious student to dip into at
various points." Leypoldt & Iles's Books for girls and women.

JOHONNOT, James, comp.

Stories of heroic deeds, for boys and girls. 1887........j904 J37st Contents: Myths.-Indian stories.-Stories of the Revolution.-Scottish

stories. Miscellaneous stories.

Stories of other lands. 1888..

Stories of the olden time. 1889..

..j904 J37s

.j904 J37

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