FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME
Selected as specimens of eloquence, and with special reference to their value in throwing light upon the more important epochs and issues of American history.
Edited, with introductions and notes, by the late Alexander Johnston, Professor of Jurisprudence in the College of New Jersey.
Re-edited, with new material and historical notes, by James A. Woodburn, Professor of American History and Politics in Indiana University.
FOUR VOLUMES,
EACH COMPLETE IN ITSELF AND SOLD SEPARATELY
| Crown octavo, gilt tops, per volume | $1.25 |
| Set, four volumes, in a box | 5.00 |
| Half calf, extra | 10.00 |
Series I. Colonialism—Constitutional Government—The Rise of Democracy—The Rise of Nationality.
Series II. The Anti-Slavery Struggle.
Series III. The Anti-Slavery Struggle (Continued)—Secession.
Series IV. Civil War and Reconstruction—Free Trade and Protection—Finance and Civil-Service Reform.
“Regarded merely as studies in language, these orations contain some of the most eloquent and persuasive speeches in the English tongue. But more than this, the present collection has a permanent historical value which can hardly be overestimated. The very spirit of the times is preserved in these utterances; and, presented in this cogent form, history in a peculiar sense repeats itself to the reader, who feels the impulse of past events and the vitality of great principles behind them.”—School Journal.