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ANDERSON'S SCHOOL HISTORIES. 



A School History of England. 



Illustrated with Maps. By JOHN J. ANDERSON, A.M., Author of a 

 Grammar School History of 'the United States, a Pictorial School History of 

 the United States, a Manual of General History, etc., etc. 12mo. 302 pages. 

 Price $1.60. 



1. One of the aims of the author is to give not only the political and military history 

 of the country, but also to show its progress from time to time in civilization. 2. The 

 pronunciation of proper names is given in connection with the names as they occur. 

 3. In addition to the maps with the text, the work contains six finely engraved and 

 beautifully colored historical maps, showing the geographical changes in the country at 

 different periods in its history. 4. An Appendix contains an exposition of the leading 

 features of the English Constitution, and a geographical and historical account of the 

 British Possessions. 5. The work ia fully supplied with Chronological and Genealogical 

 Table's, Biographical Notes, Subjects topically arranged by means of Review Questions 

 andn Pronouncing Index. 6. The volume embraces only 300 pages, and may therefore 

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or tne biography of the mostaistinguislied men or tne couiur^ wnicii will 

 very much tend to excite a wish for additional reading and knowledge. A pretty 

 thorough examination of the work leads us to the opinion that its excellence leaves 

 little to be desired in a school history. If we could have had such a book at the right 

 time, in our school-days, it would have saved us a great deal of valuable time. 

 Frpm Prof. EBEN S. STEARNS, Principal of the Robinson Female Seminary. Exeter, N. H. 

 Prof. Anderson's History of England seems to me,-as the result of a close examina- 

 tion, eminently adapted to the school-room. Conscious, apparently, that a compend of 

 history must, from the nature of the case, exclude much of -"narrative and interesting 

 detail, the author has, with remarkable skill and judgment, stised upon the most salient 

 points and presented them in such appropriate and forcible language, and so happily, 

 that the student is beguiled through the driest abstractions, in this concise, yet vivid. 

 manner, all that is essential to a general knowledge of English history is ottered for study 

 within limits which can be readily conlpassed by the circumstances of most schools and 

 seminaries. The well drawn maps connecting geography with history, the carefully 

 arranged chronological tables with which the work abounds, and the pronunciation of 

 proper names constitute also distinctive, and most valuable features. The introduction 

 of dates, of course not to be dispensed with, has been so arranged as not to interfere 

 with the narrative, or-to unncessarily burden the student's memory. Certainly, no other 

 work of the kind, which I have ever examined, has impressed me so favorably as this ; 

 and I shall be much disappointed if it does not so commend itself to teachers as to 

 speedily obtain the very highest place among text-books. 



Published by CLARK & MAYNARD, New York, 



