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YOUNG FOLKS' 



OF THE UNITED STATES, 



BY 



THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. 

 Square i6mo. 380 pp. With over 100 Illustrations. Price $1.50. 



The theory of tht book can be briefly stated : it is, that American history is in 

 itself one of the most attractive of all subjects, and can be made interesting to old 

 and young by being presented in a simple, clear, and graphic way. In this book 

 only such names and dates are introduced as are necessary to secure a clear and 

 definite thread of connected incident in the mind of the reader ; and the space thus 

 saved is devoted to illustrative traits and incidents, and the details of daily living. 

 By this means it is believed that much more can be conveyed, even of the philosophy 

 of history, than where this is overlaid and hidden by a mass of mere statistics. 



"Compact, clear, and accurate. . . . This unpretending little book is the best 

 general history of the United States we have seen.'' The Nation. 



"The book is so written, that every child old enough to read history at all will 

 understand and like it, and persons of the fullest information and purest taste will 

 admire it." Boston Daily A dvertiser. 



a It is marvellous to note how happily Mr. Higginson, in securing an amazing com- 

 pactness by his condensation, has avoided alike superficiality and dulness." Boston 

 Transcript, 



AS A TEXT-BOOK IN SCHOOLS. 



One of the most successful teachers in Boston says, " I am confident that the text- 

 book has proved itself as reliable and comprehensive as it certainly is suggestive and 

 entertaining. I know no book more helpful in promoting that crystallizing process 

 in the student's own mind by which the accessories and details group themselves 

 around the main facts and ideas of the narration. On this account, it is equally valua- 

 ble to teachers and scholars, to the examined and the examiners." 



This work has been translated into German, and has been received with marked 

 favor. The Leipsic literary correspondent of the " New-York Staats-Zeitung " says, 

 that, in its German version, it is pronounced exceedingly interesting (hdchst anzie- 

 hende} ; and predicts that it will inspire universal delight (allgemeine Beliebtheif) in 

 German readers. 



The Berlin " International Gazette " says, " Mr. Higginson has executed his task 

 in a very clear and lucid manner, not making use of any hard aphorisms, so puzzling 

 to the young, but placing himself on their level, and explaining every thing in so easy 

 and gentle a manner, that he must be a very dull or a very perverse scholar, who does 

 not find his attention riveted." 



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