¶ Unusual attention is devoted to the important subject of citizenship, and to state and local governments. Wider reading among students is encouraged by the frequent lists of references to collateral reading, the documentary or source materials, the numerous search questions, etc.
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
OUTLINES OF ANCIENT
HISTORY
By WILLIAM C. MOREY, Professor of History and
Political Science, University of Rochester
THIS course in ancient history, from the earliest times to Charlemagne, meets fully the requirements of the College Entrance Examination Board, and of the New York State Education Department. The same vital features which have made the author’s Greek History and Roman History so successful, have been retained in this book. The same topical method of treatment, the same arrangement by paragraphs, the same simple, direct style, and the same clear and graphic presentation, are among its chief characteristics.
¶ The book indicates the historical relations of the various countries to one another, and the contributions which each has made to the progress of mankind. Throughout the author has aimed to develop in the pupil’s mind a scientific spirit, by emphasizing the continuity of history, and by making clear the relation of special facts to general movements, the relation of these general movements to the growth of the national character and institutions, and the relation of each nation’s career to the general progress of mankind.
¶ The usual division of ancient history into Oriental, Greek, and Roman has been followed, and great care has been taken in each case to lay emphasis on those particular features which have distinguished one nation from another, and which have given it the peculiar place it holds in history.
¶ The important relation of geography to history has constantly been kept in view. More than twenty progressive maps are given to show the successive changes which took place in the development and decline of the different nations. Each chapter is followed by a synopsis for review, while at the end of the book there is a list of references for reading.
AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
NEW MEDIEVAL AND
MODERN HISTORY