New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-17

hstoyy Of the United States on the cooperative
syEtem. Several years ago the American His
tsricaI Association discussed this project and
outlined plan Of work 10 secure the unity be-
nngng TO single authorship and the complete
ness and original investigation which could only
be reached in 50 large a field by the efforts Of
msny men, each expert in his particular line.
The association itself decided not to undertake
he enterprise. but its suggestion has borne
nuit. One group Of scholars centring about
Johns Hopkins University. under the leadership
o. Professor Guy Carleton Lee, is bringing out
The History Of North America" while Profess
sor Albert Bushnell Hart. Of Harvard who was
responsible for the original agitation for q CO.
operative history, edits The American Nation i'll
History They cover the same field but follow
different methods and achieve 4 result which is
likely 10 meet the needs # different classes Of
Isaders
The work under the direction Of Professor Lee
to consist OF twenty volumes, Of which four
are already published. The presswork is ad-
Hrsble, and great attention has been given 10
& reproduction Of old prints and maps and
@eed portraits illustrative of the text The
sasrs are thorough students. each of his par
u'A2T field. and the history is a monument of
Alaute research and general accuracy of detail
ne first Ve.Ume. Discovery and Exploration"
Inc work Of Alfred Britain, Of Hobart Col
'ege' IN conference with President George Ed
ward Reed Of Dickinson College. An account
u 'ne pre-Couubian discoveries is given. and
-4S story OF the Morse adventures is told largely
y abstract OF the sagas. The same method is
-oAo"ed 10 considerable extent throughout,
10 CaSass abvidgement OF Columbuss lost
5'1'Aal being reproduced 10 tell the story OF the
'ls' voyage Wherever possible. original docu-
MINUS nave been made 10 take the place Of
-iiHleitary, with result that must be highly
e'l'eiAent 70 special students. even If 1t does
-ol Il al cases produce 4 clear and vivid pict-
nc 10Y he general reader. A curious slip is
=" statement that the admiral on the first voy
eS'' AFTER repairing the Pinta. sailed from Co
--'fs II Madeira Gornera is one OF the Cana
and Is the journal shows, Columbus
"4caed al that group.
= volume on Prehistoric North America" is
.'0'eclec' but It's publication is delayed pend
: TIE pursuit OF new Investigations, and the
iu volume oT the history series is The
---ia'is IN Historic Tines" by Cyrus Thomas.
-'eo-oglst Of the Bureau OF American EtknOl-
II conference with ". J. MCGEE. the chief
1e Department Of Authropclogy. Beginning
me West Indies. and RAISING 70 Central
- '-i-- --ertLNarG. tn native races are
described ana Analysed according 10 liz
uo families, while TIE study of their origin
theiE civilization is ioc the most part rele-
~4 10 the later volume. The Indians are
Sn as found by the Eu~opeaua, aud their sub
- conquest is related. The story is told not
= g. from The point Of view Of the conquerors.
:. ESQ from that Of the Indians with care 10
- Jul their lntertrbal relations wars and
,-sioes which often played as important a part
. e'efInining the course Of their history and
- u civilization the primary rivalry with
= mites who pushed IN upon them. The i'm
-@''ce Of the Indians as the forerunners Of
'ea" civilization is emphasized and the
enforced that without them the white adj
60. would have been much slower, notwith-
ii-g me difficulties Of Indian warfare The
''eh OF maize which the Indians had dis
=. as mere wild grass in Central Amer
developed and spread over the continent
- f. ne difference between existence and ex-
-OA 10 more than one white settlement. The
~. u the Indians IS brought down to the
a. -. liae with chapter on the Indian policy
OAlteo States government.
.r,t Soseph Hamilton, in the third volume.
u 1he Colonization u the South" ii.