through the omission of something they expected to find, I hope they will be consoled by finding that what has been attempted has gained in amplitude of treatment. The bibliographies at the ends of chapters are intended as an aid to those who wish to read further than this book can carry them. They are classified with respect to subjects, and while they are not critical, no book has been mentioned which does not contain useful information, although some of them must be perused with discrimination. It is suggested that the investigator suppplement the information herein offered by consulting Larned, The Literature of American History (1902), Hart, editor, The American Nation, 27 vols. (1904– 1908), as well as special bibliographies. The books mentioned under the caption, For Independent Reading, are popular rather than scientific, but they generally contain reliable information. It is hoped that they may be of value to students who wish to read American history during vacations and to others who read through their own initiative. Finally, the author's thanks are due to Professor Marshall S. Brown of New York University, who kindly read and criticised the completed manuscript, but who is in no way responsible for the errors herein contained. 16 RUE CHALGRIN, PARIS, 1913. PREFACE TO THE ENLARGED EDITION J. S. B. THE progress of time makes it necessary to add to this book an account of the events that have occurred since the work was published in 1913. At that time a new administration was coming into office: at the present it is going out. To treat in proper perspective a period so close at hand and to interpret rightly its many disputed points may well tax the resources of the wisest historian. I hope for the same consideration from the public in this respect that has been so generously extended to the book in other respects. I have given my serious attention to determining what to omit as comparatively unimportant, and how to combine and emphasize the facts that are presented. If I have made mistakes in doing so, I have at least avoided some I might have made by following another course. March 3, 1921. J. S. B. CONTENTS The Last Conflict between the French and English in North America. 121 |