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A brief survey of American history from the discovery by Columbus down to the Roosevelt administration.
“In view of the space-limits of the book, some topics receive surprisingly comprehensive treatment. To the mature reader this outline will prove serviceable in connection with more extended histories. The book’s usefulness, however, is greatly impaired by the inexcusable omission of an index.” George H. Haynes.
| + − | Am. Hist. R. 13: 183. O. ’07. 610w. |
“There are too many errors of fact. Nor is Mr. Prince always happy in his generalizations.”
| − | N. Y. Times. 12: 271. Ap. 27, ’07. 560w. |
“Is generally speaking, in accord with the findings of modern scholarship. It is not free from questionable statements. But against these defects must be set some really striking features.”
| + + − | Outlook. 86: 569. Je. 13, ’07. 350w. |
“Any student of American history who finds himself confused or overwhelmed by the mass of material that is presented in more elaborate works should make it a point to read Professor Prince’s book for the sake of its clarifying effect.”