THE BRITISH EMPIRE 



AND 



THE UNITED STATES 



A REVIEW OF THEIR RELATIONS DURING THE CEN 

 TURY OF PEACE FOLLOWING THE TREATY OF GHENT 



BY 



WILLIAM ARCHIBALD DUNNING 



LIEBER PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY 



IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 

 SOMETIME PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 



WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY 

 THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT BRYCE, O.M. 



AND A PREFACE BY 

 NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER 



PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 



NEW YORK 



CHARLES SCRIBNER S SONS 

 1914 



