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Page 170 - English possessions in France. In Italy the conflicting claims of the two sovereigns would have led to war even if the greater rivalry of European position had not existed. This war was the first stage in the conflict between France and the house of Hapsburg which dominates all the international politics of Europe from the beginning of the sixteenth to the end of the eighteenth century, and which has affected so disastrously the position of both powers in the world of to-day.
Page 446 - Mr. Adams has dealt in a fascinating way with the chief features of the Middle Age, and his book is rendered the more attractive by some excellent illustrations. He traces the history of France from the Conqucsts by the Romans and Franks down to the presidency of M.
Page 446 - Each Volume sold Separately, Price $2.00. VOL. I. Era of Colonization, 1493-1689. VOL. II. Building of the Nation, 1689-1783. VOL. III. National Expansion, 1783-1844. VOL. IV. Welding of the Nation, 1845-1897. Professor TH WOOD of Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass., says of Volume I. : — " The plan and the contents are alike admirable. The set will be a necessity for libraries and for teachers of American History
Page 445 - In the preface the author has explained that his purpose in the publication of this work is to provide a text-book suited to the needs of the senior class in high schools and academies. He believes that " the serious study of American history more fitly follows than precedes other countries and belongs to the maturer years of school life.
Page 429 - Professors Samuel B. Harding and UG Weatherby. University of Indiana. (Bloomington ; 5 cents each.) Mathews. Select Mediaeval Documents. (Boston ; Silver.) Nations. Story of the Nations Series. (Putnam.) Old South. Old South Leaflets. (Directors of the Old South Work. Boston ; 5 cents each.) Penn. Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History. (Department of History, University of Pennsylvania. 10 to 25 cents each ; bound volumes $1.50.) Periods. Periods of European History...
Page 10 - ... contested, and we are told that in the midst of it Clovis cried out that if the God of his Christian wife, Clotilda, would give him the victory he would become his follower. The victory was gained. The Alemanni were conquered and their land made subject to the Franks, and Clovis kept his promise. 129. Arian versus Catholic. — The conversion of Clovis brings us to a fact of great importance in the history of the Christian church as well as in the political history of Europe. Early in the fourth...
Page 445 - The author assumes a considerable knowledge of American history on the part of pupils from the use of more elementary text-books in the lower grades. He accordingly omits all the stock stories and anecdotes which form so large a part of our elementary text-books. ... It is full of suggestions for both teachers and pupils. Miss Anna Boynton Thompson, of Thayer Academy, has written a chapter entitled * Suggestions to Teachers,' in which she has described her own method of teaching.
Page 445 - There is a gratifying absence of cheap illustrations. The volume contains many excellent portraits. The period since 1789 is treated by topics. The old arbitrary division by administrations is properly abandoned and is replaced by the following divisions: Federalist Supremacy, 1789-1800; Jeficrsonian Republicans, 1801-1812; War and Peace, 1813-1829; The National Democracy, 1820-1844: Slavery in the Territories, 18441859; Secession, 1860-1861; The Civil War, 1861-1865; National Development, 1865-1897.
Page 445 - ... to college. Especially valuable and useful are the marginal references on every page to standard works which contain a fuller account of each topic. Each chapter is headed by a list of books, special accounts, sources and bibliography, maps and illustrative material. In the last are found the names of titles of books of American literature. Everything is done to stimulate and aid a more thorough investigation by the student. • The introduction is a study of the land and its resources and shows...
Page 445 - These suggestions will be very helpful to the teacher if he accepts them as ' suggestions' and not as rules. . . . They should prove of peculiar value in preparing pupils for the new requirements for entrance to college. Especially valuable are the marginal references on every page to standard works which contain a fuller account of each topic. Each chapter is headed by a list of books, special accounts, sources and bibliography, maps and illustrative material. In the last are found the names of...