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Fiske, J. The beginnings of New England. 

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894 $1.50

A sketch of the circumstances which attended the settlement of New England.

——— Battlefields of the revolution. 

Il.n. d.

Without attempting- the regularity and chronological sequence of history, the author has selected some of the most brilliant and striking points in history.

Frothingham, R. The rise of the republic of the United States. 

1890

It is the first formal attempt to analyze and recapitulate the causes which resulted in the institution of our government.

——— History of the siege of Boston. 

N. Y., Little, Brown & Co., 1890 $1.75

Time and labor have been freely spent in searching for original documents for this work.

Gilman, A. The story of Boston. 

Il.N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1894 $1.75

Deals with the doings of a community of earnest men who for eight score years had no considerable interests except those connected with politics and religion.

Gregg, D. Makers of the American republic. 

N. Y., E. B. Treat, 1896 $1.50

Contains chapters on the influence of Columbus' discovery, the life and times of Washington and the Christian church as a moral uplift in the formation and development of the nation.

Hart, A. B. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829. (Epochs of American history.)

Longmans, Green & Co., 1895 $1.25

The development of the American nation out of scattered and inharmonious colonies.

Higginson, T. W. A larger history of the United States. 

Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1885 $3.50

From the discovery of the country to the close of Jackson's administration.

j Humphrey, F. A. How New England was made. 

Bost., D. Lothrop & Co., 1890 $1.25

A graphic account of the making of New England told for young readers by one of the brightest of historical story tellers.