Excerpt from A Grammar-School History of the United States

Long experience in public school work has afforded the author ample opportunity for appreciation of the needs of children and teachers in our academies and common schools, and the grammar school his tory OF the united states has been prepared with special reference to those needs. To write? A history free from sectional prejudice, brief and accurate in statement, though always attractive and interesting, and yet so simple in style as to be readily within the comprehension of the children who are to use it, has been the constant aim in its prepa ration.

Only leading facts have been presented; but the effort has been to give these in such a way as to make a clear picture in the mind of the pupil, and to keep the thread of the story unbroken by needless details. Cause and effect are carefully traced, showing how each event is the result of preceding incidents, becoming in turn an active cause in the chain of following events.

After an account of the early discoveries, the history of each of the English colonies to the beginning of the Revolution is concisely given. Then follows a description of the chief actions and results of that war, including an account of the condition of the country at its close and of the events which led to the adoption of the Federal Constitution. The development of the new government, and the rapid expansion of its territory, are described through successive presidential administra tions. The steps leading to secession are carefully traced through the sectional controversies prior to the civil war, in order that the princi ples by which the men of the South were actuated may be clearly understood. The war between the states is treated in a brief and impartial manner. The closing period contains an account of the development of the South and lvest, of our wonderful advancement in invention, and of our progress in literature and art.

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