THE CRITICAL PERIOD OF AMERI- 

 CAN HISTORY. 1783-1789. 



With Map, Notes, etc. Crown 81/0, $2.00. 

 The author combines in an unusual degree the impartiality 

 of the trained scholar with the fervor of the interested nar- 

 rator. . . . The volume should be in every library in the 

 land. The Congregationalist (Boston), 



An admirable book. . . . Mr. Fiske has a great talent for 

 making history interesting to the general reader. New York 

 Times. 



THE BEGINNINGS OF NEW ENG- 

 LAND; 



Or, the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and 



Religious Liberty. Crown 8vo, $2.00. 

 It deals with the early colonial history of New England in 

 the entertaining and vivid style which has marked all of Mr. 

 Fiske's writings on American history, and it is distinguished, 

 like them, by its aggressive patriotism and its justice to all 

 parties in controversy. . . . The whole book is novel and 

 fresh in treatment, philosophical and wise, and will not be laid 

 down till one has read the last page, and remains impatient 

 for what is still to come. Boston Post. 



THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. 



In Riverside Library for Young People. With Maps, 

 zomo, 75 cents. 



John Fiske's " War of Independence " is a miracle. . . . 

 A book brilliant and effective beyond measure. ... It is a 

 statement that every child can comprehend, but that only a 

 man of consummate genius could have written. Mrs. CARO- 

 LINE H. DALL, in the Springfield Republican. 



The story of the Revolution, as Mr. Fiske tells it, is one of 

 surpassing interest. His treatment is a marvel of clearness 

 and comprehensiveness ; discarding non-essential details, he 

 selects with a fine historic instinct the main currents of history, 

 traces them with the utmost precision, and tells the whole 

 story in a masterly fashion. His little volume will be a text- 

 book for older quite as much as for young readers. Chris- 

 tian Union (New York). 



OUTLINES OF COSMIC PHILOSOPHY 



Based on the Doctrine of Evolution, 'with Criticisms on 

 the Positive Philosophy. In two volumes. 8vo, $6.00, 

 " You must allow me to thank you for the very great inter- 

 est with which I have at last slowly read the whole of your 



