A short list of books of reference edit
- (For the Use of Teachers)
This brief list is arranged alphabetically. It consists, with a few exceptions, of small, one-volume biographies; all of which are believed to be of acknowledged merit.
A much fuller reference list will be found in the appendix to the author's larger work, entitled The Leading Facts of American History.
Balboa : Irving's 'Companions of Columbus', and Winsor's 'America', Vol. II.
Baltimore, Lord : William H. Browne's 'Lords Baltimore' in Makers of America Series: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; G. W. Burnap's 'Baltimore' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Boone, Daniel : C. B. Hartley's 'Boone' (including Boone's autobiography); J. M. Peck's 'Boone' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston; and see the excellent sketch of Boone's life in Theodore Roosevelt's 'The Winning of the West', Vol. I.
Cabot (John and Sebastian) : William H. Johnson's 'The World's Discoverers: The Story of Bold Voyages by Brave Navigators' (Little, Brown & Co., Boston); J. F. Nicholls's 'Cabot'; C. Hayward's 'Cabot' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Clark, George Rogers : see Theodore Roosevelt's 'The Winning of the West', Vol. II.
Columbus : William H. Johnson's 'The World's Discoverers: The Story of Bold Voyages by Brave Navigators' (Little, Brown & Co., Boston); Irving's 'Columbus', abridged edition; Charles K. Adams's 'Columbus' in Makers of America Series: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; Edward Everett Hale's 'Columbus'.
De Leon : Irving's 'Companions of Columbus', and Winsor's 'America', Vol. II.
De Soto : see Winsor's 'America', Vol. II.
Franklin, Benjamin : D. H. Montgomery's 'Franklin' (autobiography and continuation of life) in Classics for Children Series: Ginn & Company, Boston; John T. Morse's 'Franklin' in The American Statesmen Series: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
Fulton, Robert : J. Renwick's 'Fulton' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston; R. H. Thurston|R. H. Thurston's]] 'Fulton' in Makers of America Series: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; Thos. W. Knox's 'Fulton' in Boys and Girls' Library of American Biography: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
Gray, Robert : see H. H. Bancroft's 'Pacific States', Vol. XXII.
Harrison, William Henry : D. H. Montgomery's 'Harrison'; S. J. Burr's 'Harrison'.
Houston, Sam : Henry Bruce's 'Houston' in Makers of America Series: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; C. E. Lester's 'Houston'.
Hudson, Henry : H. R. Cleveland's 'Hudson' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Jackson, Andrew : James Parton's 'Jackson'; W. G. Sumner's 'Jackson' in The American Statesmen Series: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
Jefferson, Thomas : James Schouler's 'Jefferson' in Makers of America Series: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; John T. Morse, Jr.'s 'Jefferson' in The American Statesmen Series: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
Lincoln, Abraham : Carl Schurz's 'Lincoln'; Isaac N. Arnold's 'Lincoln'; Noah Brooks's 'Lincoln' in Boys and Girls' Library of American Biography: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; J. G. Holland's 'Lincoln'; F. B. Carpenter's 'Six Months at the White House with Lincoln'.
Morse, Samuel F. B. : S. I. Prime's 'Morse'; Denslow and Parke's 'Morse' (Cassell).
Oglethorpe, James Edward : Bruce's 'Oglethorpe' in Makers of America Series: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; W. B. O. Peabody's 'Oglethorpe' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Penn, William : G. E. Ellis's 'Penn' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston; W. H. Dixon's 'Penn'; J. Stoughton's 'Penn'.
Philip, King : H. M. Dexter's edition of Church's 'King Philip's War' (2 vols.); Richard Markham's 'King Philip's War'.
- NOTE.—The story of Colonel Goffe's appearance at Hadley during the Indian attack on that town rests on tradition. Some authorities reject it; but Bryant and Gay say ('History of the United States', II, 410), "There is no reason for doubting its essential truth."
Putnam, Rufus : see H. B. Carrington's 'Battles of the Revolution', Rufus King's 'History of Ohio', and Bancroft's 'United States'.
Raleigh, Walter : L. Creighton's 'Raleigh'; E. Gosse's 'Raleigh'; W. M. Towle's 'Raleigh' in The Heroes of History Series: Lee & Shepard, Boston.
Robertson, James : see Theodore Roosevelt's 'The Winning of the West', Vol. I.
Sevier, John : see Theodore Roosevelt's 'The Winning of the West', Vol. I.
Smith, John : G. S. Hillard's 'Captain John Smith' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston; C. D. Warner's 'Smith' in Lives of American Worthies: Henry Holt & Co., New York.
- NOTE.—The truth of the story of Pocahontas has been denied by Mr. Charles Deane and some other recent writers; but it appears never to have been questioned until Mr. Deane attacked it in 1866 in his notes to his reprint of Captain John Smith's True Relation or Newes from Virginia. Professor Edward Arber discusses the question in his Introduction (pp. cxv-cxviii) to his excellent edition of Smith's writings. He says, "To deny the truth of this Pocahontas incident is to create more difficulties than are involved in its acceptance." See, too, his sketch of the life of Captain Smith in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Standish, Myles : see J. A. Goodwin's 'Pilgrim Republic', and Alexander Young's 'Chronicles of the Pilgrims'.
Sutter, John A. : see H. H. Bancroft's 'Pacific States', Vol. XVIII.
Washington, George : John Fiske's 'Irving's Washington and his Country' in Classics for Children Series: Ginn & Company, Boston; E. E. Hale's 'Washington' in Boys and Girls' Library of American Biography: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; Horace E. Scudder's 'Washington' in the Riverside Library for Young People: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
Whitney, Eli : Denison Olmsted's 'Whitney'.
Williams, Roger : W. R. Gammell's 'Williams' in Sparks's Library of American Biography: Little, Brown & Co., Boston; H. M. Dexter's 'Williams'.
Winthrop, John : Joseph H. Twichell's 'Winthrop' in Makers of America Series: Dodd, Mead & Co., New York.