852 Bibliography of American Diplomacy
- Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of the Pacific States of North Am-
erica, 34 vols., (San Francisco, 1882-1890). — Great detail on the Spanish settlements and colonial controversies with the French and Eng- lish ; also on the annexations of Texas, California, Oregon and Alaska. Montagu Burrows, The Histoiy of the Foreign Policy of Great Britain (New York, 1895). John Andrew Doyle, Tlie English in America, The Puritan Colonies, 2 vols., (London, 1887-1S88) ; English Colonies in America, Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas (New York, 1880). — A standard history of American colonization, including diplomatic relations.
- Richard Hildreth, The History of the United States of America, 6
vols., revised edition (New York, 1854-1855). — Some narrative and diplomatic discussions of the colonial epoch, and of the main issues under the federal government down to 1820. William Kingsford, The History of Canada, 1608-1841 , 10 vols., (London, 1887-1898).
- William Edward Hartpole Lecky, A History of England in the
Eighteenth Century, 8 vols., (London, 187S-1890). — Some account of the eighteenth-century diplomacy relative to America.
- Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon History,
1 660-1783 (Boston, 1890). — An epoch-making book indispensable for an understanding of the wars and diplomacy of the eighteenth century, as they affected America. Alfred Thayer Mahan, The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire, 17^3-1812, 2 vols., (Boston, 1892). — A sup- plement to the above volume ; relates to America through the discussions of neutral trade.
- James Ford Rhodes, 7// jVcr)' of the United States from 1830, 4 vols.,
(New York, 1893 ). — Includes a most excellent discussion of the diplomacy of the United States just before and during the Civil War. Still in progress. James Schouler, History of the United States, new ed., 6 vols., (New York, 1895-1900). — Brief account of diplomatic relations as a part of the general history of the United States from 1783 to 1865. Sir John Robert Seek)-, The Expansion of England : Two Courses of Lectures (Boston, 1883). — An account of the colonization policy of Great Britain, and its effect on England.
- Sir John Robert Seeley, The Growth of British Policy, An Histor-
ical Essay, 2 vols., (Cambridge, 1895). — Covers the field from 1588 to 1714 ; brings out the foreign relations of England on the colonial side. Edward Smith, England and America after J?idependence : A Short Examination of their International Intercourse, 1 783-1872. (West- minster, 1900.)
- Justin Winsor, Narrative and Critical History of America, 8 vols.,
(Boston, 1886-1889). — The work abounds throughout in footnotes and critical discussions of authorities. See especially Vol. HL, chs. i.-iv., on the first English claims and settlements ; Vol. IV., on the French, Dutch
