Evening star., 1925-02-09
THE PUBLIC
LIBRARY
10. AMERICAN HISTORY.


many books on the subject two in
teresting sources for a general back
ground of American history, Wood
row Wilson's History of the Amer
lean People" in Ave volumes (F83-
W69h), and the yale Chronicles" In
so volumes (Fs3C466).
The work Of the late President is
based on secondary authorities. and
Is valuable for broad outlines, gen.
eral accuracy and lucidity of general
izations and interpretations Of events
The makeup Of the volumes Is at
tractive, combining good paper, large
print and pages broke en- with many in
teresting illustrations
The yale Chronicles" also are
beautiful examples of book making,
tempting the reader to perusal of one
small volume after the other. Each
IS by competent historian and writ
| ten In an easy, agreeable style.
Possibly somewhat lacking in schol-
arship, but remarkable for its lit
erary qualities, Irving's THE Life
and Voyages Of Christopher Colum-
bus" (E-C72D, relates the inspiring g
STORY of the sailor, who, full Of faith
| in his mission, and caring nothing for
danger or for present reward, by his
unfaltering resolution opened for Eu-
rope path across the Atlantic and
by so doing altered the whole course
OF human affairs"
John Fiske, more than any 9th or
writer of his generation has brought
home to the national consciousness
philosophic view of American his
tory by his remarkable power for
| lucid statement of balanced judg-
ments-" Through his brilliant series
covering the colonial and revolu-
| tionary periods, Fiske has done much
| to populariZe history, and the reader
| can do no better than to follow him
through "Old Virginia and Her
Neighbors'' (FS63-F54, beginnings
Of New England" (F84-F54, THE
Dutch and Quaker Colonies (Fs31-
F54) and "The American Revolution"
| two volumes (FS32-F54.
Affected with such bad health and
! eyesight that at times he could write
| only six lines a day. Francis Parkman
nevertheless achieved the highest rank
among Americas historians. He was
faithful and thorough, and his brilliant
powers OF analysis, Characterization and
description have been rarely excelled by
any writer of history who has used the
| English language. Until one has wit
messed the glowing pageant of new
France in La Sale and the Discovery
| Of the Great West (Fs16-P23 -, The
4 oiu Regime III CdnaQa tES16-P2SOo
| Count Frontenac and New France I'm
| der Louis XIV (Fs16-P23c) and Mont
calm and Wolfe (FS1s-P23m) he has
missed ono Of the high peaks in his.
| torical writing" writes Prof. Edwin w
| Pahlow of the Ethical Culture School
New York
| A readable and well illustrated single
volume account Of the Revolution is
Lodges The Story Of the Revolution
| (Fs32-LS22). A brilliant account in -four
| Volumes giving the point Of view OF
| an Englishman. who saw in the cause OF
| the colonists the cause of civil liberty
| at home, is found in Sir George Otto
| Trevelyan's american ReyoIutiop.
| CFS32-T72s).
For the stirring frontier DAYS, the
reader has Roosevelt's winning of the
| West" (FSS-R67w), and Frederick ]
| Turner's The Frontier in American
History" Fs3-785H), which interprets
the influence Of IL frontier upon the
national character and institutions.
Rhodes History of the Civil War
| (FS34-R346h). was awarded the Pulitze,
prize as the best piece OF historical
writing Of the year 1918. 1t presents ar
extraordinarily vivid picture of tha,
critical time.
| Among the notable biographies OF
American history are wilson's George
Washington (E-W27wO, Beveridge S
John MARSHALL (E-M356b), LORD
Charnwoods Lincoln" (E-Ls3cha)
Lewis Life of Theodore Roosevelt
(E-R763 -, and the recent life Of Wood
row Wilson, by William Allen White
(EW697wh).
For backward glimpse over the
whole OF our career as a Nation and ar
| intimation of what the future may hold
~
Becker's '"The United States: An E1.
pertinent in Democracy (JG-B3s5u)
and Weyrs "The New Democracy
(JG-W54Sn).