W. F. Allen, late Prof. of History, University of Wis., Madison: As I have said in relation to the earlier edition, the author has succeeded in an unusual degree in telling the story of English History in an interesting and suggestive manner, keeping clear of the prevailing fault of loading his pages with unessential names and dates.
F. B. Palmer, Principal of State Normal School, Fredonia, N.Y.: I have not examined anything that seems to me equal to it for a class in English History.
John Fiske, Prof. of History, Washington University: It seems to me excellent.
Frances A. Cooke, Teacher of History, Penn Charter School, Philadelphia, Pa.: My verdict on Montgomery's History is unqualified approval. I have not seen a text-book upon English History so well adapted to school use.
C. B. Gilbert, Supt. Pub. Schools, St. Paul, Minn.: In many respects I consider it the best text-book on English History for high schools that I have seen. Its arrangement is excellent, its style clear and very attractive.
Frank E. Plummer, Prin. of High School, Des Moines, Ia.: I examined it very carefully, and pronounce it the best English History for high-school use of any with which I am familiar.
The Leading Facts of French History.
By D. H. MONTGOMERY, Author of The Leading Facts of English History, English History Reader, etc. 12mo. Cloth. vi + 321 pages, with fourteen black and colored maps, and full tables. Mailing Price, $1.25; for Introduction, $1.12.
The object of this volume is to present, within the moderate compass of two hundred and ninety-two pages, the most important events of the history of France, selected, arranged, and treated according to the soundest principles of historical study, and set forth in a clear and attractive narrative.
The respective influences of the Celtic race, and of the Roman and the German conquest and occupation of Gaul are clearly shown.