AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL BOOK.
The History of the Louisiana Purchase.
By Dr. James K. Hosmer, Author of "A Short History of the Mississippi Valley," etc. With Illustrations and Maps. 12mo. Cloth, $1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional.
The story that Dr. Hosmer tells of the acquisition of the western empire included in the Louisiana Purchase presents fresh and picturesque phases of a most important historical event of peculiar and timely interest, in view of the anniversary which comes next year. He pictures the vague and curious ideas of the Louisiana country held by most Americans one hundred years ago, and the objections to this form of expansion. He treats the changes in the ownership of the territory from France to Spain, and again to France, and he develops fully the purposes and acts of Jefferson and the American Commissioners in Paris.
Of special importance from both the historical and personal points of view are the chapters which picture more fully and vividly than has been done before the leading part taken by Napoleon in bringing about the sale of Louisiana, and the relations between France and America, which are shown to possess a historical importance that has not been appreciated.
There has been no account of the Louisiana Purchase which is so popular and constant in its interest, and the authoritative character of the historian's work renders the volume indispensable for younger and older readers who wish to gain a thorough knowledge of the personal elements and the historic significance of the acquisition of Louisiana.
McMASTER'S FIFTH VOLUME.
History of the People of the United States.
By Prof. John Bach McMaster. Vols. I, II, III, IV, and V now ready. 8vo. Cloth, with Maps, $2.50 per volume.
The fifth volume covers the time of the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, and describes the development of the democratic spirit, the manifestations of new interest in social problems, and the various conditions and plans presented between 1821 and 1830. Many of the subjects included have necessitated years of first-hand investigations, and are now treated adequately for the first time.
"John Bach McMaster needs no introduction, but only a greeting.... The appearance of this fifth volume is an event in American literature second to none in importance this season."—New York Times.
"This volume contains 576 pages, and every page is worth reading. The author has ransacked a thousand new sources of information, and has found a wealth of new details throwing light upon all the private and public activities of the American people of three quarters of a century ago."—Chicago Tribune.
"In the fifth volume Professor McMaster has kept up to the high standard he set for himself in the previous numbers. It is hard to realize thoroughly the amount of detailed work necessary to produce these books, which contain the best history of our country that has yet been published."—Philadelphia Telegraph.
"The first installment of the history came as a pleasant surprise, and the later volumes have maintained a high standard in regard to research and style of treatment."—New York Critic.
"A monumental work.... Professor McMaster gives on every page ample evidence of exhaustive research for his facts."—Rochester Herald.
"The reader can not fail to be impressed by the wealth of material out of which the author has weighed and condensed and arranged his matter."—Detroit Free Press.
"Professor McMaster is our most popular historian.... He never wearies, even when dealing with subjects that would be most wearisome under clumsier handling. This fifth volume is the most triumphant evidence of his art."—New York Herald.
By EDGAR STANTON MACLAY, A. M.
A History of the United States Navy. (1775 to 1902.)—New and revised edition.
In three volumes, the new volume containing an Account of the Navy since the Civil War, with a history of the Spanish-American War revised to the date of this edition, and an Account of naval operations in the Philippines, etc. Technical Revision of the first two volumes by Lieutenant Roy C. Smith, U. S. N. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00 net per volume; postage, 26 cents per volume additional.
In the new edition of Vol. III, which is now ready for publication, the author brings his History of the Navy down to the present time. In the prefaces of the volumes of this history the author has expressed and emphasized his desire for suggestions, new information, and corrections which might be utilized in perfecting his work. He has, therefore, carefully studied the evidence brought out at the recent Schley Court of Inquiry, and while the findings of that Court were for the most part in accordance with the results of his own historical investigations, he has modified certain portions of his narrative. Whatever opinions may be held regarding any phases of our recent naval history, the fact remains that the industry, care, and thoroughness, which were unanimously praised by newspaper reviewers and experts in the case of the first two volumes, have been sedulously applied to the preparation of this new edition of the third volume.
A History of American Privateers.
Uniform with "A History of the United States Navy." One volume. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $3.00 net; postage, 24 cents additional.
After several years of research the distinguished historian of American sea power presents the first comprehensive account of one of the most picturesque and absorbing phases of our maritime warfare. The importance of the theme is indicated by the fact that the value of prizes and cargoes taken by privateers in the Revolution was three times that of the prizes and cargoes taken by naval vessels, while in the War of 1812 we had 517 privateers and only 23 vessels in our navy. Mr. Maclay's romantic tale is accompanied by reproductions of contemporary pictures, portraits, and documents, and also by illustrations by Mr. George Gibbs.
The Private Journal of William Maclay,
United States Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-1791. With Portrait from Original Miniature. Edited by Edgar Stanton Maclay, A. M. Large 8vo. Cloth, $2.25.
During his two years in the Senate William Maclay kept a journal of his own in which he minutely recorded the transactions of each day. This record throws a flood of light on the doings of our first legislators.
APPLETONS' WORLD SERIES.
A New Geographical Library.
Edited by H. J. Mackinder, M. A., Student of Christ Church, Reader in Geography in the University of Oxford, Principal of Reading College. Each, 8vo. Cloth.
The series will consist of twelve volumes, each being an essay descriptive of a great natural region, its marked physical features, and the life of the people. Together, the volumes will give a complete account of the world, more especially as the field of human activity.
NOW READY.
Britain and the British Seas. By the Editor. With numerous Maps and Diagrams. $2.00 net; postage, 19 cents additional.
The Nearer East. By D. G. Hogarth, M. A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford; Director of the British School at Athens; Author of "A Wandering Scholar in the Levant." $2.00 net; postage, 17 cents additional.
IN PREPARATION.
CENTRAL EUROPE. By Dr. Joseph Partsch, Professor of Geography in the University of Breslau.
INDIA. By Sir T. Hungerford Holdich, K. C. I. E., C. B., R. E., Superintendent of Indian Frontier Surveys; author of numerous papers on Military Surveying and Geographical subjects.
SCANDINAVIA AND THE ARCTIC OCEAN. By Sir Clements R. Markham, K. C. B., F. R. S., President of the Royal Geographical Society.
THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. By Prince Kropotkin, author of the articles "Russia" and "Siberia" in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
AFRICA. By J. Scott Keltie, Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society; Editor of The Statesman's Year-Book; Author of "The Partition of Africa."
THE FARTHER EAST. By Archibald Little.
WESTERN EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN. By Elisée Reclus, author of the "Nouvelle Géographie Universelle."
AUSTRALASIA AND ANTARCTICA. By Dr. H. O. Forbes, Curator of the Liverpool Museum, late Curator of the Christ Church Museum, N. Z.; Author of "A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Eastern Archipelago."
NORTH AMERICA. By Prof. Israel Cook Russell, M. S., C. E., LL. D., Professor of Geology in the University of Michigan; author of numerous works on geological and physiographical subjects.
SOUTH AMERICA. By John Casper Branner, Ph.D., LL. D., Professor of Geology, and sometime Vice-President Leland Stanford Junior University; author of many publications on Brazil, Geology, and Physical Geography.
Maps by J. G. Bartholomew.