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of the work and all contribute to faithful pres
entatiOn of the origin, struggles and achieve
ments Of great people woven into rich
tapestry of great deeds.
The titles Of the volumes indicate the compre-
hensive nature of the series and the names of the
men and women responsible for the individual
volumes Is sufficient evidence that here is an
authentic Interpretation of America Volume one
AdveHturers In the Wilderness" is by Clark
Wissler, curator of the division of anthropology
OF the American Museum of Natural History and
a noted writer on the subject of the American In
diam Constance Lindsay Skinner, historian, novel
list and playwright, and William Wood author and
military and naval historian 1t deals with the
native American before the coming of the white
man, the colonization of America by different
European countries down to the time of the In
evitable conflict for mastery in the New world.
Volume two "The Lure Of the Frontier" by
Ralph Henry Gabriel, associate professor of his
tory at Yale, tells of the westward push of our
pioneers until the wilderness had been con-
Quered Professor Gabriel is also the author of Vol
ume three "Toilers of Land and Sea" which is the
epic of the farmer, the pillow following the march
of the pioneer. The fisheries industry is subor
dinated to agriculture in this book but it presents
an adequate record of the harvesters of the sea.
To Malcolm Keir, professor OF economics at Dart
mouth college and a noted author on economic
subjects, fell the responsibility for volumes four
and FIVE, 1.-THE March of Commerce" and "The
Epic of Industry" The names are self4explana-
tory and these two volumes no less than the
others present marvellous panorama of Amer
lean life.
Volume six, "The Winning of Freedom" by VIII
liam Wood, has a special interest at this time
because 1t is the record of the forces which
brought on the struggle for independence and of
that struggle itself, the sesquicentennial of which
we are celebrating this year Included in this vol
ume also is the pictorial record of the War of
1912 and the Mexican war and in volume seven
In Defense of Liberty" Mr. Wood takes up the
theme of our military history at the opening OF
the conflict between the states and carries il
down through the World war.
In volume eight, Builders of the Republic" the
Pageant turns from wars alarms to political his
tory, which Frederic Austin Ogg professor of
political science at the University of wisconsin
surveys from colonial days to the opening of the
Civil war. John Spencer Bassett professor of
history at Smith college, then takes up the theme
In volume nine, Makers of a New Nation" and
carries it down to the present time. In volume ten
Luther Allen Weigle, Sterling professor of relgi-
GUS education at Yale, tells illustrated story of
american Idealism" embracing American regi-
GUS life, education and the rise of humanitarian
movements
The titles of the remaining volumes of the
series speak for themselves "The American
Spirit in Letters" by Stanley Thomas Williams
assistant professor Of English at Yale; 1.-THE
American Spirit In Art" by Frank Jewett Mather
Jr., MarQuand professor of art and archaeology
at Princeton university; Charles Rufus Moyey of
the same institution, and William James Hender-
son, music critic and author; 1.-THE American
Spirit In Architecture" by Talbot Faulkner Ham
lin, architect, author and lecturer; 1.-THE Ameri-
can Stage" by Montrose Jonas Moses, editor and
dramatic critic. and ANNALS OF American Sport
by Charles Pike Sawyer, newspaper man, critic
and authorall complete the picture of American
life as 1t has beer through the centuries and as
Is today