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Spanish conquest in Mexico and Peru and gives also a general 

 account of the JSTerw World, including a description of the 

 Indians. Chapter second gives an account of North America 

 and the West Indies and the last chapter discusses the British 

 colonies. This part of the work contains a large map illustra- 

 tive of the general features of the eastern half of the present 

 United States. In the London edition just referred to this 

 same material and its exact arrangement all reappear without 

 the omission of a chapter heading or a misspelled word. 



In part second these editions diverge widely in title ^ and 

 contents. The Dublin edition uses its own summary in tracing 

 the course of events while the London edition follows Russell 

 till the incident of the burning of the Gaspe is reached. Then 

 the two editions coalesce once mjore not to diverge again till the 

 defeat of Burguoyne in 1777, on pages 312 and 499 respective- 

 ly. From that point the Dublin edition is a mere summary of 

 facts drawn from the Annual Register while the London edition 

 copies from the same source with only slight abridgment or 

 omission. " We may now recur to the Boston edition of 1780 

 (Impartial HistoryJ and tahe up its evolution. It has already 

 been pointed out that this work from pages 3-69 was copied 

 from Russell's history. From this point to the end of part first 

 it is parallel to the London edition. Hei-e, however, the work 

 takes a new title ^ and the remainder of the volume is a mere 

 copy of the Annual Register,* without reference to the copies 

 from the samje source in the London edition. A careful 

 examination of these editions with their source will show this 

 conclusion to be correct.^ 



Volume II is composed largely of material from the London 



1 London Edition. Part 11. The History of the Origin, Rise and Progress of 

 the Civil War in America. 



Dublin Edition. Part II. The History of the Civil War in America. 



»0n the fly leaf of the copy in the Harvard Library is the following remark 

 by Jared Sparks: "The part of this volume which relates to the American 

 war is selected verbatim from the Annual Register." 



«The History of the Rise and Progress of the War in North America from 

 the time of General Gage's Arrival at Boston in May, 1774. 



* Compare the material with that of the Annual Register of 1775, p. 1- 



»In one of the copies of this work in the Boston Public Library some one has 

 made a note regarding the preface to the effect that it is copied from the Annual 

 Register. 



