The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-04-01

= t,rs.. National work.

~ eE II Great National work.
The Centennial History OF the United States
from the discovery Of the American Continent
40 the close Of the First Century OF American
3nAepenaence. BY James ID. McCabe, Author
,i@ Manual OF General History" THE Great
Republic ETC., Etc, sf f .Tl....
There has long been great and universally
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INK as the Standard History Of the United
States. II is no dry mass of details-no BON
castle effort to inhame the national pride, hui
IA q clear, vivid and brilliant narrative Of the
cvents cf our history, from the discovery Of the
American Continent down to the present time
II traces the evidences OF that mysterious race,
che first occupants of our country, and gives
moe: interesting account OF the indians OF North
america, from the time Of the coming OF the
white men. The voyages OF Columbus, the e1-
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The frol occupation and conquest Of the land by
England are told with graphic power.
Every step Of our colonial history is traced
nth patient adclity and the sources OF those
noble, and we trust, en- during institutions which
have made our country free and great, are shown
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Of the day. Then follows a clear and succinct ac-
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aon; the establishment OF the Union the course
VI affairs until the breaking out OF the Second
Rss with England; and a full and cOmprehen-
sjve account of that War and its results. The
events of our career from the close Of that con.
tsss 10 the commencement Of the Civil War,
'ollow in their order The history Of the Civil
War is related with intense vigor, and with a
strict fidelity to truth. The author pleads the
cause Of no party or section. He states facts
points out the lessons which they teach, and ap-
pealiRg to neither passion nor political feeling
trusts to the good sense of his countrymen to
Sns,aln his views. The book contains an Appen.
dix, giving an account Of the approaching Cen.
seminal Exhibition.
II is comprised in one large, handsome octave
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Emigration ia the West.
Yroni present indications, the year 1915 IS
BSout to witness q very extensive movement
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