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The series, so far as arranged, comprises the follow- ing volumes : -
NOW READY.
Virginia. A History of the People. By JOHN ESTEN COOKE, author of "The Virginia Comedians," "Life of Stonewall Jackson," "Life of General Robert E. Lee," etc.
Oregon. The Struggle for Possession. By WILLIAM BARROWS, D. D.
Maryland. By WILLIAM HAND BROWNE, Associate of Johns Hopkins University.
Kentucky. By NATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER, S. D.,
Professor of Palæontology, Harvard University, re- cently Director of the Kentucky State Survey.
Michigan. By Hon. T. M. COOLEY, LL. D.
Kansas. By LEVERETT W. SPRING, Professor of Eng-
lish Literature in the University of Kansas.
IN PREPARATION.
Tennessee. By JAMES PHELAN, Ph. D. (Leipsic).
California. By JOSIAH ROYCE, Instructor in Philoso- phy in Harvard University.
Connecticut. By ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, author of a " Handbook of American Politics," Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Economy in the Col- lege of New Jersey.
Pennsylvania. By Hon. WAYNE MCVEAGH, late At- torney-General of the United States.
South Carolina. By Hon. WILLIAM H. TRESCOT, au- thor of "The Diplomacy of the American Revolu- tion."
New York. By Hon. ELLIS H. ROBERTS.
Missouri. By LUCIEN CARR, M. A., Assistant Curator of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology.
Massachusetts. By BROOKS ADAMS.
Others to be announced hereafter. Each volume, with Maps, 16mo, gilt top, $1.25.
PRESS NOTICES.
"VIRGINIA."
Mr. Cooke has made a fascinating volume - one which it will be very difficult to surpass either in method or interest. If all the volumes of the series [" American Commonwealths "] come up to the level of this one -in interest, in broad tolerance of spirit, and in a thorough comprehension of what is best worth telling - a very great service will have been done to the reading public. True historic insight appears through all these pages, and an earnest desire to do all parties and religions perfect jus- tice. The story of the settlement of Virginia is told in full. ... It is made as interesting as a romance. - The Critic (New York).
It need not be said that it is written in a fascinating style, and animated by a spirit of strong love for the author's native State, and pride in its history. It should be said further that it brings out many an obscure or forgotten bit of history, and makes real an epoch which is familiar to very few. - New York Evening Post.
No more acceptable writer could have been selected to tell the story of Virginia's history. Mr. Cooke is a graceful writer, and thoroughly informed in reference to his subject .. . . He has mas- tered his subject, and tells the story in a delightful way. - Edu- cational Journal of Virginia (Richmond, Va.).
"OREGON."
The long and interesting story of the struggle of five nations for the possession of Oregon is told in the graphic and reliable narrative of William Barrows. ... A more fascinating record has seldom been written. . . . Careful research and pictorial skill of narrative commend this book of antecedent history to all inter- ested in the rapid march and wonderful development of our American civilization upon the Pacific coast. - Springfield Repub- lican.
There is so much that is new and informing to the reading world embodied in this little volume that we commend it with enthusiasm. It is written with great ability and in a pleasing style, a vein of humor rippling along its pages and imparting an agreeable and appetizing flavor to the varied descriptions. ... The book is worthy of careful perusal by all who claim to be intelligent concerning the rich and progressive country beyond the Rocky Mountains. - Magazine of American History (New York).
"MARYLAND."
In the choice of Mr. William Hand Browne as an author for a trustworthy and graphic account of the rise and development of Maryland, the editor of this valuable series of historical volumes has made a very strong point. Mr. Browne's familiarity with the political and material development of the Province as well as the State has enabled him to produce a work of more than usual ex- cellence. ... Much that has been hitherto obscure is now pre- sented to the reader in a clear light. The book is well written in simple, straightforward, vigorous English, and is a substantial contribution to the history of America. - Magazine of American History.
In every way an admirable and most useful contribution to American history. ... Mr. Browne has done his work with rare skill, thoroughness, and the moderation that of all things befits historical writing. His narrative, he tells us, has been written al- most entirely " from the original manuscript records and archives." He has certainly made the subject his own, and the result is a volume of such interest that the reader cannot afford to skip a line. - New York Graphic.
"KENTUCKY."
Professor Shaler has made use of much valuable existing ma- terial, and by a patient, discriminating, and judicious choice has given us a complete and impartial record of the various stages through which this State has passed from its first settlement to the present time. No one will read this story of the building of one of the great commonwealths of this Union without feelings of deep interest, and that the author has done his work well and im- partially will be the general verdict. - Christian at Work (New York).
Professor Shaler has prepared a succinct, well-balanced, and readable sketch of this "pioneer Commonwealth." Himself a native of Kentucky, he writes with the natural affection which a man of loyal impulses feels for his State, and yet with no ap- parent bias. . . . The volume is in every way a worthy addition to a series which possesses unique value and interest. - Boston Fournal.
A capital example of what a short State history should be. - Hartford Courant.
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American Men of Letters.
EDITED BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER.
A series of biographies of distinguished American authors, having all the special interest of biography, and the larger interest and value of illustrating the different phases of American literature, the social, political, and moral influences which have moulded these authors and the generations to which they be- longed.
This series when completed will form an admi- rable survey of all that is important and of historical influence in American literature, and will itself be a creditable representation of the literary and critical ability of America to-day.
Washington Irving. By CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER. Noah Webster. By HORACE E. SCUDDER. Henry D. Thoreau. By FRANK B. SANBORN. George Ripley. By OCTAVIUS BROOKS FROTHINGHAM. F. Fenimore Cooper. By PROF. T. R. LOUNSBURY. Margaret Fuller Ossoli. By T. W. HIGGINSON. Ralph Waldo Emerson. By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. Edgar Allan Poe. By GEORGE E. WOODBERRY. Nathaniel Parker Willis. By HENRY A. BEERS.
IN PREPARATION.
Nathaniel Hawthorne. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. William Cullen Bryant. By JOHN BIGELOW. Bayard Taylor. By J. R. G. HASSARD.
William Gilmore Simms. By GEORGE W. CABLE. Benjamin Franklin. By JOHN BACH MCMASTER.
Others to be announced hereafter.
Each volume, with Portrait, 16mo, gilt top, $1.25.
"WASHINGTON IRVING."
Mr. Warner has not only written with sympathy, mi- nute knowledge of his subject, fine literary taste, and that easy, fascinating style which always puts him on such good terms with his readers, but he has shown a tact, critical sagacity, and sense of proportion full of promise for the rest of the series which is to pass under his supervision. - New York Tribune.
It is a very charming piece of literary work, and pre- sents the reader with an excellent picture of Irving as a man and of his methods as an author, together with an accurate and discriminating characterization of his works. - Boston Journal.
It would hardly be possible to produce a fairer or more candid book of its kind. - Literary World (London).
"NOAH WEBSTER."
Mr. Scudder's biography of Webster is alike honorable to himself and its subject. Finely discriminating in all that relates to personal and intellectual character, schol- arly and just in its literary criticisms, analyses, and estimates, it is besides so kindly and manly in its tone, its narrative is so spirited and enthralling, its descriptions are so quaintly graphic, so varied and cheerful in their coloring, and its pictures so teem with the bustle, the movement, and the activities of the real life of a by-gone but most interesting age, that the attention of the reader is never tempted to wander, and he lays down the book with a sigh of regret for its brevity. - Harper's Monthly Magazine.
It fills completely its place in the purpose of this se- ries of volumes. - The Critic (New York).
" HENRY D. THOREAU."
Mr. Sanborn's book is thoroughly American and truly fascinating. Its literary skill is exceptionally good, and there is a racy flavor in its pages and an amount of exact knowledge of interesting people that one seldom meets with in current literature. Mr. Sanborn has done Tho- reau's genius an imperishable service. - American Church Review (New York).
Mr. Sanborn has written a careful book about a curious man, whom he has studied as impartially as possible ; whom he admires warmly but with discretion; and the story of whose life he has told with commendable frank- ness and simplicity. - New York Mail and Express.
It is undoubtedly the best life of Thoreau extant .- Christian Advocate (New York).
"GEORGE RIPLEY."
Mr. Frothingham's memoir is a calm and thoughtful and tender tribute. It is marked by rare discrimination, and good taste and simplicity. The biographer keeps himself in the background, and lets his subject speak. And the result is one of the best examples of personal portraiture that we have met with in a long time. - The Churchman (New York).
He has fulfilled his responsible task with admirable fidelity, frank earnestness, justice, fine feeling, balanced moderation, delicate taste, and finished literary skill. It is a beautiful tribute to the high-bred scholar and gener- ous-hearted man, whose friend he has so worthily por- trayed. - Rev. William H. Channing (London).
"JAMES FENIMORE COOPER."
We have here a model biography. The book is charm- ingly written, with a felicity and vigor of diction that are notable, and with a humor sparkling, racy, and never obtrusive. The story of the life will have something of the fascination of one of the author's own romances. - New York Tribune.
Prof. Lounsbury's book is an admirable specimen of literary biography. ... We can recall no recent addition to American biography in any department which is supe- rior to it. It gives the reader not merely a full account of Cooper's literary career, but there is mingled with this a sufficient account of the man himself apart from his books, and of the period in which he lived, to keep alive the interest from the first word to the last. - New York Evening Post.
"MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI."
Here at last we have a biography of one of the noblest and the most intellectual of American women, which does full justice to its subject. The author has had ample material for his work, -all the material now available, perhaps, -and has shown the skill of a master in his use of it. . . . It is a fresh view of the subject, and adds important information to that already given to the public. - REV. DR. F. H. HEDGE, in Boston Advertiser.
He has filled a gap in our literary history with excel- lent taste, with sound judgment, and with that literary skill which is preeminently his own. - Christian Union (New York).
Mr. Higginson writes with both enthusiasm and sym- pathy, and makes a volume of surpassing interest. - Commercial Advertiser (New York).
" RALPH WALDO EMERSON."
A biography of Emerson by Holmes is a real event in American literature. . . . He has brought Emerson him- self so near, and painted him for us with a pencil so loving and yet so just, that it will remain with many of us a question which shall be hereafter most dear to us, the man whom the artist thus reveals, or the artist him- self. -- Standard (Chicago).
Dr. Holmes has written one of the most delightful biographies that has ever appeared. Every page sparkles with genius. His criticisms are trenchant, his analysis clear, his sense of proportion delicate, and his sympa- thies broad and deep. - Philadelphia Press.
"EDGAR ALLAN POE."
Mr. Woodberry has contrived with vast labor to con- struct what must hereafter be called the authoritative biography of Poe - a biography which corrects all others, supplements all others, and supersedes all others. - The Critic (New York).
The best life of Poe that has yet been written, and no better one is likely to be written hereafter. This is high praise, but it is deserved. Mr. Woodberry has spared no pains in exploring sources of information ; he has shown rare judgment and discretion in the interpretation of what he has found; he has set forth everything frankly and fairly ; and he has brought to bear upon the critical part of his work a keen instinct, a well-informed mind, a sound judgment, and the utmost catholicity of spirit. - Commer- cial Advertiser (New York).
"NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS."
Prof. Beers has done his work sympathetically yet can- didly and fairly and in a philosophic manner, indicating the status occupied by Willis in the republic of letters, and sketching graphically his literary environment and the main springs of his success. It is one of the best books of an excellent series. - Buffalo Times.
The work is sober, frank, honest, trustworthy, and em- inently readable. - The Beacon (Boston).
A delightful biographical study. - Brooklyn Union.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO., BOSTON, MASS.
American
tatesmen.
A Series of Biographies of Men conspicuous in the Political History of the United States.
EDITED BY
JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
The object of this series is not merely to give a number of unconnected narratives of men in Ameri- can political life, but to produce books which shall, when taken together, indicate the lines of political thought and development in American history, - books embodying in compact form the result of ex- tensive study of the many and diverse influences which have combined to shape the political history of our country.
The series is under the editorship of Mr. JOHN T. MORSE, JR., whose historical and biographical writings give ample assurance of his special fitness for this task. The volumes now ready are as follows : -
John Quincy Adams. By JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
Alexander Hamilton. By HENRY CABOT LODGE.
John C. Calhoun. By DR. H. VON HOLST.
Andrew Jackson. By PROF. W. G. SUMNER.
John Randolph. By HENRY ADAMS.
James Monroe. By PRES. DANIEL C. GILMAN,
Thomas Jefferson. By JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
By HENRY CABOT LODGE.
Daniel Webster. Albert Gallatin. By JOHN AUSTIN STEVENS.
James Madison. By SYDNEY HOWARD GAY.
John Adams. By JOHN T. MORSE, JR.
John Marshall. By A. B. MAGRUDER.
Samuel Adams. By JAMES K. HOSMER.
IN PREPARATION.
Henry Clay. By Hon. CARL SCHURZ.
Martin Van Buren. By HON. WM. DORSHEIMER.
Others to be announced hereafter. Each biography occupies a single volume, 16mo, gilt top. Price $1.25.
ESTIMATES OF THE PRESS.
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"JOHN QUINCY ADAMS."
That Mr. Morse's conclusions will in the main be those of posterity we have very little doubt, and he has set an admirable example to his coadjutors in respect of interesting narrative, just proportion, and judicial candor. - New York Evening Post.
Mr. Morse has written closely, compactly, intelligently, fear- lessly, honestly. - New York Times.
" ALEXANDER HAMILTON."
The biography of Mr. Lodge is calm and dignified through- out. He has the virtue - rare indeed among biographers - of impartiality. He has done his work with conscientious care, and the biography of Hamilton is a book which cannot have too many readers. It is more than a biography; it is a study in the science of government. - St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
"JOHN C. CALHOUN."
Nothing can exceed the skill with which the political career of the great South Carolinian is portrayed in these pages. The work is superior to any other number of the series thus far, and we do not think it can be surpassed by any of those that are to come. The whole discussion in relation to Calhoun's position is eminently philosophical and just. - The Dial (Chicago).
"ANDREW JACKSON."
Prof. Sumner has, . . . all in all, made the justest long esti- mate of Jackson that has had itself put between the covers of a book. - New York Times.
One of the most masterly monographs that we have ever had the pleasure of reading. It is calm and clear. - Providence Journal.
"JOHN RANDOLPH."
The book has been to me intensely interesting. . . . It is rich in new facts and side lights, and is worthy of its place in the already brilliant series of monographs on American States- men. - Prof. MOSES COIT TYLER.
Remarkably interesting. . . . The biography has all the ele- ments of popularity, and cannot fail to be widely read. - Hart- ford Courant.
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"JAMES MONROE."
In clearness of style, and in all points of literary workman- ship, from cover to cover, the volume is well-nigh perfect. There is also a calmness of judgment, a correctness of taste, and an absence of partisanship which are too frequently want- ing in biographies, and especially in political biographies. - American Literary Churchman (Baltimore).
The most readable of all the lives that have ever been written of the great jurist. - San Francisco Bulletin.
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"THOMAS JEFFERSON."
The book is exceedingly interesting and readable. The at- tention of the reader is strongly seized at once, and he is carried along in spite of himself, sometimes protesting, sometimes doubting, yet unable to lay the book down. - Chicago Standard.
The requirements of political biography have rarely been met so satisfactorily as in this memoir of Jefferson. - Boston Journal.
"DANIEL WEBSTER."
It will be read by students of history ; it will be invaluable as a work of reference ; it will be an authority as regards matters of fact and criticism ; it hits the key-note of Webster's durable and ever-growing fame ; it is adequate, calm, impartial ; it is ad- mirable. - Philadelphia Press.
The task has been achieved ably, admirably, and faithfully. - Boston Transcript.
"ALBERT GALLATIN."
It is one of the most carefully prepared of these very valu- able volumes, . . . abounding in information not so readily ac- cessible as is that pertaining to men more often treated by the biographer. . . . The whole work covers a ground which the political student cannot afford to neglect. - Boston Correspon dent Hartford Courant.
Frank, simple, and straightforward. - New York Tribune.
"JAMES MADISON."
The execution of the work deserves the highest praise. It is very readable, in a bright and vigorous style, and is marked by unity and consecutiveness of plan. - The Nation (New York).
An able book. . . . Mr. Gay writes with an eye single to truth. - The Critic (New York).
"JOHN ADAMS."
A good piece of literary work. ... It covers the ground thoroughly, and gives just the sort of simple and succinct ac- count that is wanted. - Evening Post (New York).
A model of condensation and selection, as well as of graphic portraiture and clear and interesting historical narrative. - Christian Intelligencer (New York).
"JOHN MARSHALL."
Well done, with simplicity, clearness, precision, and judg- ment, and in a spirit of moderation and equity. A valuable ad- dition to the series. - New York Tribune.
" SAMUEL ADAMS."
Thoroughly appreciative and sympathetic, yet fair and criti- cal. . .. This biography is a piece of good work - a clear and simple presentation of a noble man and pure patriot ; it is written in a spirit of candor and humanity. - Worcester Spy.
A brilliant and enthusiastic book, which it will do every American much good to read. - The Beacon (Boston).
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN, AND CO., BOSTON, MASS.
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