Cloth, 12mo, $1.00
A complete and well-balanced treatment of United States history. Industrial and social changes, rather than the traditional grouping of topics on changes of administration, etc., have determined the division of the subject into periods and of the periods into chapters. The space devoted to wars has been reduced to the minimum and more space has been given to the record of the nation's political, industrial, and social progress, emphasizing the advancement of the United States within the last fifty years. It presents American history as a part of world history. The treatment covers all the important points required by the Committee of Eight in its Report to the American Historical Association. The style is vivid and interesting; the sentences are short and vigorous and the paragraphs are topical units. The book abounds in illuminating "side lights" always interesting and relevant. Suggestions for collateral study and reading are provided and study questions are given at the close of each chapter.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
A History of the State of Washington
By EDMOND S. MEANY
Illustrated, decorated cloth, 8vo, $2.25
School edition. Ill., 12mo, $1.25
An interesting and valuable work on the growth and development of the State of Washington, especially timely on account of the present exposition. It is not, however, an account of the isolated growth of one state, but in a great measure the history of the whole Pacific slope.
"It would be difficult to exaggerate the interest and charm of these vivid pages, written, as they were, under the spell and inspiration of a new world."—Literary Digest.
By WILLIAM HERBERT HOBBS
Professor of Geology, University of Michigan
Earth Features and their Meaning
A Textbook for Cultural Courses on General Geology
Profusely illustrated, 8vo, $3.00
"The purpose of 'Earth Features and their Meaning,' by Professor W. H. Hobbs, is primarily to furnish a readable work on miscellaneous topics of modern geology and physical geography. In his preface the author lays stress on the fact that the book is a series of readings to stimulate the traveler to appreciate the landscape wherever he may go. A special emphasis is laid upon earthquakes, volcanoes, the work of water, desert processes, and glaciers....
"The book is noteworthy for the importance given to the experimental method in geology, for good reading references at the end of each chapter, for an unusually good analysis of weathering and the surface processes of dry regions, such as dune accumulations in the deserts, and for original treatment of glaciation."—Nation.
"The subject matter is presented in such an interesting and intelligent manner that the general reader and student will receive from its study such an understanding of the subject that he will be able, in his travels, to recognize many of the earth's features about which he has read. The landscapes which are represented are very largely those which are along the routes of travel. Much stress has been placed on the dependence of the chief geological processes of a region, upon the general climatic conditions there existing....
"This is a book which should be possessed by every teacher of earth science and geology, whether in secondary school or college. It deserves and doubtless will have a large circulation."—School Science and Mathematics.
"The book is an excellent reference volume for students who are interested in a simple outline of geology. The volume has been tested in class work and should prove its worth."—Bulletin of American Geographical Society.
Characteristics of Existing Glaciers