This volume has been prepared to meet the need of the sixth grade of the grammar school for a short and simple introduction to the history of the United States to accord with the recommendations of the Committee of Eight of the American Historical Association. In a clear, straightforward story full of interest for young readers it tells about some of the events that make up the history of Europe from the days of Greece and Rome to the colonization of America. The wealth of pertinent illustrations adds to the interest and value of the book, and the open, attractive type page makes easy reading. Teachers will find the material well arranged for class purposes, each section being of suitable length for one lesson and fully provided with helps in the way of suggestive questions and references for further reading in class.
The purpose throughout has been to tell vividly, simply, and fully about a few great persons and events; to maintain strict historical accuracy; and to bring the past into relation with the present at as many points as possible. Primitive man, Rome and Greece, the Northmen, the Church, the Crusades, medieval life in town and country, and discoveries and inventions are among the subjects treated. The narrative ends with the death of Queen Elizabeth and the movement toward the colonization of America.
English history, wherever possible, forms the basis of the story, giving the clearness and simplicity of treatment necessary in a history for the grammar grades. Altogether, this book in a new field is admirably adapted to successful use in American schools.
GINN AND COMPANY Publishers
BLAISDELL'S
BOOKS ON HISTORY
By ALBERT F. BLAISDELL
STORIES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY
12mo, cloth, 191 pages, illustrated, 40 cents.
Forty of the most interesting events in English history, from the earliest times to the present day, form the subjects of these chapters, which have been carefully edited and rewritten from standard writers for the use of pupils in grades five to eight.