The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-20
UNUSUAL HISTORY
Is OFFERED TO
HERALD READERS
Synchronic Charts and Handy
Tables Features of a New
and Important Work. =
A BOON TO THE BUSY MAN
One of the Most Useful and Orig
inal Single Volumes Ever
\ Compiled.

On another page will be found a dis
play announcement of a new book offer
| by The Herald. for the benefit of its
readers 1t relates to a work which is
believed to be one of the most original
and valuable single-volume works ever
presented to the American people.
1t cannot be adequately described by
its title, "Croscup's United States His
tory. With Synchronic Charts" for 1t
contains a multitude of interesting fea-
lures
In this work the author certainly Of
fers a new and interesting method of
approaching historical study. The catch
word, which is inscribed across the top
of the volume. History Made Visible"
expresses briefly the purport of the
| whole.
| The Large COIOred Chart.
The main feature of the book is an
unfolding chart, upon which each his
toric event IS set down in such a way
| its relation to every other event, both
in time and locality. can be seen at a
glance. Each of our States has its sep
arate place upon this chart. where its
individual history is shown and its
i
tory from which it has developed. Its
connection with other States is made
clear, as we'll as its part in the general
history of the nation. The relation OF
our country to others is also shown,
the events of European history which
have influenced America being noted in
| briefer form.
All of this is kept in chronological
order by lines dividing the chart into
centuries and quarter centuries. Mr..
Croscup, the author-for one must re-
gard the constructor of so elaborate and
minute a work as an author rather than
| mere designer-has assuredly made
good his boast by bringing all American
history clearly before the eye in a single
view.
The effectiveness of the scheme is
much increased by the employment of
| lettering OF different sizes and styles
to emphasize the differing values Of
events. Color is also wildly employed
| so that events and periods influenced
by England show in red. Spanish ones
in yellow, French in green. Dutch in
| orange, and so on. Seldom has any
chart come to our notice possessing so
much of curious interest, and at the
same time so much Of plain, practical
| information.
A COIored Political Chart.
This chart. one of the most ingenious,
has attracted widespread attention. In
| II the development and interrelations OF
American political parties during our ma
| tional period ara shown in colored dia-
gram that presents this intricate subject
clearly to the eye. A college student said
he could never get an intelligent and clear
understanding of this subject until he
saw il portrayed on this chart.
This same chart also shows the wave
like spread and shrinkage of our tartn,
as we'll as the expa lsion of our territory,
and so on.
Then there are numerous statistical
tables, which also follow the author
general scheme; that is, they appeal TO
the eye. Figures are not merely Item
lied; khey are diagrammed. Mental pro-
cesses are performed for the inquirer.
Instead of having to estimate relative
values to calculate and compare he finds
much of this intellectual labor already
done for him. The tables cover not only
odd bits of history, the origin OF our
States, their popular names and flowers,
but also practical figures, our national
elections with the detailed votes of every
candidate, the Cabinet Officers of every
administration. Then, reaching beyond
This. there are tables of immigratiOn OF
religion, of natural receipts and expendi-
lures imports and exports, statstlcs OF
the Post office and other departments
The more important individual industries
Of our land are also tabulated metals,
grains. merchandise, banks, shipping. The
hook will be a valuable reference work to
any man interested in the broader aspects
of any business.
The Chronological Text.
There are so many novel features Of
the work that one is tempted to suspect
that the reading matter. which is usually
the whole of a book, has been regarded
by the author as a comparatively minor
AFFAIR. To many readers, however, the
text even here will seem the oldest, and
perhaps in its way very valuable fea-
ture of the book. It is a purely chron-
illogical statement of historical facts.
Literature has been absolutely thrown
out of doors Not figure of speech is
permitted to obtrude itself. not a single
opinion is voiced, not a philosophical de-
duction is drawn.
If YOU are seeking facts unadorned,
dates names, events presented in their
very tersest, simplest form, you surely
have them here. Yet opinions are adj
yanced: in fact, in a way, they are almost
forced upon you.
The author of the text. following with
logical unity the plan of the entire book,
has again appealed to the eye. The
chronology uses various styles of type to
indicate the different classes of events,
putting treaties in italics and so on and
II varies the size of the type to show the
Importance. of the event Thus some facts
thrust themselves upon the view in head
lines, other shout less vehemently; brief,
necessary explanations are dressed in