OF UNITED STATES HISTORY. 1492-1898. Four Centuries of History. WRITTEN CONCISELY AND ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY J. Franklin Jameson, Ph.D., Professor of History in Brown University, formerly of Johns Hopkins University, Author of a "History of Historical Writing in America." ILLUSTRATED WITH NEARLY 300 PORTRAITS. PURITAN PUBLISHING CO., BOSTON, MASS. PUBLISHERS' PREFACE. IN offering this valuable book to the public, inasmuch as the subject is of vital and growing interest to every individual in this country, we feel that we are striking the popular chord and filling a long felt need. As to the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the work, we need only to refer you to the name of our author, whose life work is given to historical research and instruction, and whose name stands high as an authority in historical writing. This work will be of special value to teachers and pupils in all colleges and schools, as it enables them to refer in an instant to the facts and incidents of United States History, thereby saving much time and labor. It will be equally valuable to all other individuals who desire a comprehensive and accurate work of reference on the history of this country. We have planned to furnish the reader a volume valuable from every point of view-authorship, subject, illustrations, readable type, quality of paper, beautiful and substantial bindings, and skilled workmanship, all of this combined with a low price putting the book within the reach of all those who desire it. A most attractive feature of this book is the large number of portraits of illustrious Americans. Many of these portraits are very rare and were secured only after a long and diligent search, and we desire to acknowledge our indebtedness to the friends of many of these eminent citizens for assistance rendered us in securing original portraits. The people of America are a reading people, and we launch this book with great confidence, believing that it will be fully appreciated. THE PUBLISHERS. |