| [THE UNITED STATES.] |
| [BOOK FIRST.] |
| I. | [DISCOVERY], | 11 |
| II. | [COLONIZATION], | 18 |
| III. | [VIRGINIA], | 22 |
| IV. | [NEW ENGLAND], | 28 |
| V. | [THE NEW ENGLAND PERSECUTIONS], | 38 |
| VI. | [WITCHCRAFT IN NEW ENGLAND], | 43 |
| VII. | [THE INDIANS], | 46 |
| VIII. | [NEW YORK], | 48 |
| IX. | [PENNSYLVANIA], | 51 |
| X. | [GEORGIA], | 54 |
| XI. | [SLAVERY], | 58 |
| XII. | [EARLY GOVERNMENT], | 64 |
| [BOOK SECOND.] |
| I. | [GEORGE WASHINGTON], | 67 |
| II. | [BENJAMIN FRANKLIN], | 71 |
| III. | [THE VALLEY OF THE OHIO], | 73 |
| IV. | [AMERICA ON THE EVE OF THE REVOLUTION], | 81 |
| V. | [BUNKER HILL], | 96 |
| VI. | [INDEPENDENCE], | 104 |
| VII. | [AT WAR], | 107 |
| VIII. | [SYMPATHY BEYOND THE SEA], | 112 |
| IX. | [THE WAR CONTINUES], | 114 |
| X. | [THE SURRENDER AT SARATOGA], | 117 |
| XI. | [HELP FROM EUROPE], | 119 |
| XII. | [MAJOR ANDRÉ], | 123 |
| XIII. | [THE CLOSE OF THE WAR], | 127 |
| XIV. | [THE THIRTEEN STATES BECOME A NATION], | 132 |
| XV. | [THE WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN], | 141 |
| [BOOK THIRD.] |
| I. | [KING COTTON], | 154 |
| II. | [SLAVERY], | 158 |
| III. | [MISSOURI], | 164 |
| IV. | [HOPE FOR THE NEGRO], | 166 |
| V. | [TEXAS], | 170 |
| VI. | [THE WAR WITH MEXICO], | 173 |
| VII. | [CALIFORNIA], | 176 |
| VIII. | [KANSAS], | 179 |
| IX. | [THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY], | 183 |
| X. | [JOHN BROWN], | 186 |
| XI. | [EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY], | 190 |
| XII. | [SECESSION], | 196 |
| XIII. | [THE TWO PRESIDENTS], | 200 |
| [BOOK FOURTH.] |
| I. | [THE FIRST BLOW STRUCK], | 204 |
| II. | [THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN], | 211 |
| III. | [“ON TO RICHMOND,”] | 213 |
| IV. | [LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVE], | 224 |
| V. | [CONFEDERATE SUCCESSES], | 228 |
| VI. | [THE WAR CONTINUES], | 231 |
| VII. | [GETTYSBURG], | 236 |
| VIII. | [THE LAST CAMPAIGN], | 242 |
| IX. | [THE MURDER OF THE PRESIDENT], | 256 |
| X. | [THE LOSSES AND THE GAINS OF THE WAR], | 259 |
| XI. | [AFTER THE WAR], | 262 |
| XII. | [HOW THE AMERICANS CARED FOR THEIR SOLDIERS], | 267 |
| [BOOK FIFTH.] |
| I. | [REUNITED AMERICA], | 270 |
| II. | [ENGLAND AND AMERICA], | 278 |
| III. | [INDUSTRIAL AMERICA], | 283 |
| IV. | [EDUCATION IN AMERICA], | 293 |
| V. | [EUROPE AND AMERICA], | 299 |
| [POSTSCRIPT—PRESIDENT GARFIELD], | 303 |
| [THE DOMINION OF CANADA.] |
| I. | [THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY], | 311 |
| II. | [SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN], | 317 |
| III. | [THE JESUITS IN CANADA], | 324 |
| IV. | [THE VALLEY OF THE MISSISSIPPI], | 333 |
| V. | [THE AMERICAN CONTINENT GAINED BY THE BRITISH], | 337 |
| VI. | [COLONIZATION BY FRANCE AND BY ENGLAND], | 348 |
| VII. | [AFTER THE CONQUEST], | 354 |
| VIII. | [CANADA DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE], | 361 |
| IX. | [CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT], | 364 |
| X. | [THE WAR OF 1812], | 368 |
| XI. | [DOMESTIC STRIFE], | 373 |
| XII. | [THE CANADIAN REVOLUTION], | 380 |
| XIII. | [CONFEDERATION], | 394 |
| XIV. | [THE MARITIME PROVINCES], | 399 |
| XV. | [THE PROVINCES OF THE NORTH-WEST], | 409 |
| XVI. | [THE PROGRESS OF THE CANADIAN NATION], | 426 |
| [SOUTH AMERICA.] |
| I. | [DISCOVERY AND CONQUEST], | 439 |
| II. | [THE INDIANS OF SPANISH AMERICA], | 466 |
| III. | [SPANISH GOVERNMENT OF THE NEW WORLD], | 479 |
| IV. | [REVOLUTION], | 494 |
| V. | [INDEPENDENCE], | 511 |
| VI. | [THE CHURCH OF ROME IN SPANISH AMERICA], | 534 |
| VII. | [BRAZIL], | 544 |