and in dates plainly back to the different of the two colonies new england was for the sake of an idea a and the by men who reasonably thought to better their con and make their fortune m pointed out the between these two types the and the only he finds a distinction in birth wealth and breeding in favor of the which he would not have found had he known american history somewhat better however the difference between the and the religious colonies still continues in the descendants of the two but these types unite or will unite as he says to form a future national type namely the western man let us look at the volumes of mr his work is divided into forty eight chapters and beginning with the first voyage of ends with the election of the first president after the of the constitution when so great a theme is to be treated in the small compass of three volumes the author must needs be brief accordingly he quite the preliminary matter relating to the discoveries of the continent by the italian and briefly sketches a picture of the country and its inhabitants at the period when european first began the account of the indians is short occupying but about twenty pages yet distinct and clear for one so brief it is the best account we remember to have seen the whole indian population within the united states the limits of the united states and west of the rocky mountains he thinks never exceeded if it ever reached three hundred thousand others make the number not far from one hundred and eighty thousand the indians have not yet received the attention which they demand from the historian and the philosopher they are as remarkable monuments in the development of the human race as the are in the history of the physical changes of this earth but they are passing away their institutions manners traditions and language will soon be forgotten and by and by it will be impossible to the history of which they furnish so valuable a chapter mr speaks of the french in america and then comes to the history of the english here for a long time there is an apparent want of unity in the subject which no historical treatment can wholly disguise the reader is hurried from virginia to new england then to new york to to the to to and to however for a long time virginia and new england are the objects of chief interest we shall dwell chiefly on the latter and call the attention of our readers to some things of considerable importance in the story of america the character of the has been the theme of praise and condemnation the of of and of are quite characters perhaps no one of these three great masters of the art of history has given us a fair and just likeness of the men mr is not ambitious in his attempt to defend the fathers of new england he rather leaves their actions to speak for themselves he thus speaks of them however � as the other traditions of the church fell more and more into contempt the entire reverence of the people was concentrated upon the bible recently made accessible in an english version and read with eagerness not as a mere form of words to be solemnly and gone through with but as an inspired revelation an authority in science politics morals life it began indeed to be judged necessary by the more ardent and sincere that all existing institutions in church and state all social relations and the habits of every day life should be and made to to this divine model those who entertained these sentiments increased to a considerable party composed chiefly indeed of the classes and but including also merchants landed the united and even of the they were by not inclined to go with them as but the of their and doctrines and their confident to internal assurance of a second birth and special election as the children of god made a powerful impression on the multitude while the high schemes they entertained for the of society brought them into sympathy with all that was great and heroic in the nation the the church ceremonies and presently the but they long entertained profound reverence for the church itself and a superstitious terror of some of the bolder and more ardent whose obscurity gave them courage took at length the decisive step of the english and setting up a church of their own upon what they conceived to be the bible model that however was going than the great body of the wished or dared to follow and these remained for many years obscure and � vol i there are certain in the they at first founded which mr very properly dwells upon and we refer to the which they founded no historian of america has so fully done them justice in this respect he fears no man he ia not by any for the he shows no to them nothing adds nothing and sets down naught in malice we shall a little on the tyranny which they sought to exercise in john and samuel at insisted on using the of the english church and set up a separate worship of their own for that purpose they were arrested as and evil and home to england in the government of decided that no man shall be admitted a that is a a citizen in full unless he were a member of a church in the colony the candidate for church must state his religious experience before the church convince them of his assurance and justification before he shall be admitted as a member thus the road to the box led through the church and lay directly in the range of the pulpit hence it was no easy matter to become a mr says 