D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. 



IS TOR Y OF THE PEOPLE 



OF THE UNITED STATES, 



from the Revolution to the Civil 



War. By John Bach McMaster. 



To be completed in six volumes. 



Vols. I, II, III, and IV now ready. 



8vo. Cloth, gilt top, $2.50 each. 



"... Prof McMaster has told us what no other 

 historians have told. . . . The skill, the animation, the 

 brightness, the force, and the charm with which he ar- 

 rays the facts before us are such that we can hardly 

 conceive of more interesting reading for an American 

 citizen who careG to know the nature of those causes 

 which have made not only him but his environment 

 and the opportunities life has given him what they are." 

 JOHN BACH MC M.\STER. — ^- i^- Times. 



"Those who can read between the lines may discover in these pages constant 

 evidences of care and skill and faithful labor, of which the old time superficial essay- 

 ists, compiling library notes on dates and striking events, had no conception, but 

 to the general reader the fluent narrative gives no hint of the conscientious labors, 

 far-reaching, world-wide, vast and yet microscopically miiiute, that give the strength 

 and value which are felt rather than seen. This is due to the art of presentation. 

 The author's position as a scientific workman we may accept on the abundant tes- 

 timony of the experts who know the solid worth of his work; his skill as a literary 

 artist we can all appreciate, the charm of his style being self-evident." — Philadelphia 

 Telegraph. 



"The third volume contains the brilliantly written and fascinating story of the prog- 

 ress and doings of the people of this country from the era of the Louisiana purchase 

 to the opening scenes of the second war witli Great Britain — say a period of ten years. 

 In every page of the book the reader finds that fascinating flow of narrative, that 

 clear and lucid style, and that penetrating power of thought and judgment which dis- 

 tinguished the previous volumes." — Columbus State yoiirtial. 



" Prof. McMaster has more than fulfilled the promises made in his first volumes, 

 and his work is constantly growing better and more valu.nble as he brings it nearer 

 to our own time. His style is clear, simple, and idiomatic, and there is just enough 

 of the critical spirit in the narrative to guide the re.ider." — Boston l-terald. 



"Take it all in all, the History promises to be the ideal American history. Not so 

 much given to dates and battles and great events as in the fact that it is like a great 

 panorama of the people, revealing their inner life and action. It contains, with all its 

 sober facts, the spice of personalities and incidents, which relieves every page from 

 dullness."— C/«/fa^ I' Inter-Ocean. 



" History written in this picturesque style will tempt the most heedless to read. 

 Prof. .McMaster is more than a stylist: he is a student, and his History abounds in 

 evidences of research in quarters not before discovered by the historian." — Chicago 

 Tribune. 



" A History sui generis which has made and will keep its own place in our litera- 

 ture." — New York Evening Post. 



"His style is vigorous and his treatment candid and impartial." — New York 

 Tribune. 



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