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Show HISTORY GRANDLY PRESENTED. A Hlstorv nf the Vnltd BtAtes nw n popio froni Thoir Earliest Records '' tho Present Time, By Blroy McKendrce Avery- in Twelve Volumes. onime 1 Tho Burrows Brothors publlSUerS, !leveland, Ohio In no flMd of literary work hns thoro fcu so murli Improvement of recent years as In the making of history Fftots lonrr disregarded by historians r.ooauo they did not fit Into sonm scheme of thought or purpose, or becauso they were not properly understood, or because the writer did not know their bearing are now used Intelligently, and aro given their du place and prominence. And every vr.ir there Is a wider knowledge of facts nnd records and a better ability to fit the knowledge together, nnd make all serve Its proper relation to tho general fabrlt A I nnsplcuoii.s Instance of this Improved method of writing history Is the work hero mentioned It In comprehensive, compact, and Is written In a spirit of absolute ab-solute fairness. Its discussion? are illuminating. illu-minating. Its conclusions sound and convincing. con-vincing. Tho chapter on "The First Americans'- Is devoted to an examination examina-tion of the claims of very an- lent rellci of man In America, these. being found in the old gravels and lake deposits, the geological geo-logical evidences are taken, and a fulrlv (,-ood ease is made out in favor of man being on this continent In the paleolithic age. Then came neolithic man. of whose xlstcnce in America prior to the historic ago there Is no longer any question; but the chapter is a most fascinating one Then In "Maze and Myth" we have, a number of curious old stories relating to discoveries of America, and Old World relics found In North or South America: but there Is nothing substantial (III we ome to the Icelandic or Northmen s discoveries, dis-coveries, to which a considerable decree of attention i properly paid, a chapter Is ile voted to "Early Geographic Knowledge," Know-ledge," In which It Is hard to say whether one should be rnoro astonished at the Ignorance Ig-norance shown in tho old maps, or at the glimpses of reality which they reveal. The early voyages of discovery are treated treat-ed of in chapter six. entitled. "Prince Henry the Navigator " Then comes "Columbus "Co-lumbus and His Grent Idea." up to his readiness to sail on tho great journey of .liscovery. "Columbus's First Voyagi '" describes It faithfully and In a vivid way Diplomacy and Preparation" tells of the complications that Columbus s discovery precipitated upon Europe- Then eonvs "Columbus s Second Voyage." with the cruelties and uncertainties attending it Next, the expeditions ot Da Gama and Cabot, and then Columbus's thin) vnyag . the voyages of the Cortereals follow. thon Columbus's fourth voyage, with reserved reference to the Spanslh atrocities. Chapter Chap-ter fifteen deals with the voyage of Ami r-Icus r-Icus Vespuclus, ami the attaching of his name to the continent. Chapter Sixteen Klvcs the discovery of the South Sea by BalbOB. and the "Voyage of Magellan " Chapter seventeen tells of the exploits of Gortes. Ponce do Leon, and Las Casas. The East Coast Explorations" aro described de-scribed in chapter eighteen, thru the .Spanish explorations on land and sea hapter twenty ushers in tho discoveries and explorations of the French, especially In "New France " The voyages and conquests con-quests of the bold Englishmen fill chapb-r twenty-one. and a very line summary of these is given "The Indians of North America" occupy chapter twenty-two. and there is an appendix relating to the Indians. A bibliographical appendix follows, fol-lows, which seems full and satisfactory.. The Illustrations In this fine large volume vol-ume are worth special mention and praise They include, In color and black, portraits, maps, scenery, reproductions, geological lUuatratlons, cliff-dwellings, mounds, burial urns, pueblos, ancient rel-. rel-. - and many pictures of activities and typos. There Is a brief chronological summary sum-mary of the events recorded In this volume, vol-ume, and some bits of European chronology chronol-ogy that are helpful It is an attractive specimen of l-ook-maklng, and its contents con-tents are admirable throughout Granting Grant-ing that the other eleven volumes will be equal to this one. whoever possesses them ull will possess a treasure |