| + + + | Outlook. 81: 331. O. 7, ‘05. 400w. (Review of v. 9 and 10.) |
Reviewed by H. Addington Bruce.
| + + — | Reader. 6: 588. O. ‘05. 560w. (Review of v. 1-5.) |
[*] “The scheme of the history is on the whole good, though we are bound to say that some of the writing is uninspired, and not in the same rank of literary production as much of the work by American writers in the volume of the ‘Cambridge modern history’ dealing with the United States.”
| + + — | Spec. 95: 694. N. 4, ‘05. 700w. (Review of v. 1-5.) |
Hart, Albert Bushnell. Essentials in American history (from the discovery to the present day). [*]$1.50. Am. bk.
This is one of a series of text books which includes a volume each on ancient, medieval, modern, and English history. “The volumes are intended for use in secondary schools, and contain lists of references and topical questions, but apart from this pedagogic machinery they have little in common with the ordinary schoolbook. The authors have addressed themselves avowedly only to those things which have been vital and significant to the development of the civilizations treated respectively in the several works.” (Outlook.)
“The somewhat original grouping of topics in the Colonial period is the book’s most distinguishing feature. Upon the whole this work of Professor Hart deserves commendation and should meet with a cordial welcome among a wide circle of teachers.” Frank Greene Bates.
| + + — | Am. Hist. R. 11: 166. O. ‘05. 1240w. |
“While the historic narrative is necessarily compact and free from all attempts at rhetorical writing or dramatic presentation, the books are essentially selective in that they purposely omit confusing details.”