Scholarly in treatment, accurate in detail, adequate in scope, simple in style, sane in proportion, impartial in point of view, interesting in presentation, modern in its emphasis of the economic, social, and intellectual factors—such is the work of Professor Bassett, who is acknowledged to be one of the foremost American historians.
“The book, while it is one of the best textbooks on the subject for higher schools of learning, will be a splendid thing for anyone to keep on their shelves. Dr. Bassett has set down the chief events of our national growth in such a keen, clear way, that one does not have to wade through a mass of verbiage in his search for information on a given subject.”
—Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The Plain Story of American History
By JOHN SPENCER BASSETT, Ph.D.
Illustrated, 12mo, $1.00
In the Elementary History of the United States, Dr. Bassett has treated the significant facts of our national history in a manner that appeals strongly to the interest of young readers and in language that can be readily understood by children even in the intermediate grades. With its story book qualities, the book combines a treatment intended to convey to the child the fundamental facts and becomes a history book that takes the place of a book of juvenile fiction. It presents the facts accurately and effectively with sense and proportion. In this treatment the social life of our people, the economic conditions of the country, and the general welfare of the people as they have appeared, are presented in a most desirable form.
This history for the grammar grades is the advanced history of a two-book series.
The Life of Andrew Jackson