University and historical addresses
Subtitle: delivered during a residence in the United States as Ambassador of Great Britain.
Publisher: MacMillan
Published: 1913
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
Table of contents: title: The beginnings of Virginia; What University instruction may do to provide intellectual pleasures for later life; Landing of the Pilgrims in 1620; The influence of national character and historical environment on the development of the Common Law; Conditions and methods of Legislation; Thomas Jefferson: third president of the United States  and founder of the University of Virginia; Missions past and present; The mission of State Universities; The Art of Augustus Saint-Gaudens; Architecture and History; Character and career of Abraham Lincoln; The Scoto-Irish race in Ulster and in America; What a University may do for a State; Allegiance the humanity; Tercentenary of the discovery of Lake Champlain; Some hints on public speaking; Special and general education in  Universities; Study of Ancient literature; On the writing and teaching of history; Some hints on reading; National Parks - the need of the future; The Constitution of the United States.