Extracts from a few of the reviews 



American Historical Review : "The books are handsomely bound and print- 

 ed. The editing by Dr. Thwaites seems to have been done with his 

 customary care and knowledge. There is no want of helpful annotations. 



The books therefore are likely to be of more real value than the 

 early prints from which they are taken." 



The Independent : **The editor's annotations make the present series worth 

 possessing, even if one already owns the originals." 



The Literary Digest: <<It is next to impossible, at this late date, 

 even to a well-endowed public library, to amass a consider- 

 able collection of these early travels, so essential to an adequate 

 understanding of the life and manners of the aborigines, and the social and 

 economic conditions in the middle and far West, during the period of 

 early American settlement. The making of a judicious and competent 

 selection of the best and rarest of these writings has become an inevit- 

 able requirement ; and the patient company of historians, librarians, 

 and scholars will be quick to congratulate each other that the great task 

 has fallen to the hands of so well-equipped an editor as Dr. Thwaites, 

 eminent as an authority on all questions pertaining to the exploration and 

 development of our great Western domain." 



The Forum: "A most helpfiil contribution to the study of the America of a 

 century or so ago." 



The Athenteum: ". . . A series of permanent historical value . . . It ought 

 to find a place in every geographical or historical library." 



Public Opinion: "The century that sets the bounds of this work is the most 

 important and interesting in the history of the 'winning of the West;' . . 

 it is comprehensive, and the materials at the disposal of the editor assure a 

 collection that will be indispensable to every well-equipped public 

 or private library." 



The Nation: "A stately series, octavo in size, typographically very open and 

 handsome. The annotations are abundant and highly valuable. ' * 



New Tork Times Saturday Review: "An invaluable series of reprints of 

 rare sources of American history." 



The Dial: <<An undertaking of great interest to every student of 

 Western history. Exhaustive notes and introducdons are by Dr. 

 Thwaites, the foremost authority on Western history, who is also to sup- 

 ply an elaborate analydcal index, under one alphabet, to the complete 

 series. This latter is an especially valuable feature, as almost all the rare 

 originals are without indexes. ' ' 



