THE WORKS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT

THE WORKS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELTStandard Library Edition.8 volumes, 8º, illustratedeach,$ 2.50Clothper set,20.00Half calf extra,”40.00THE WINNING OF THE WEST.Four volumes, with Maps each, $2.50From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776.From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1776-1783.The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790.Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1809.“... A lucid, interesting narrative, written with the impartial soberness of history, warmed and colored by a lively imagination.... The work is admirably done, and forms a valuable contribution to the history of the country.”—London Spectator.“For the first time the whole field has been covered in one work by one accomplished and thoroughly equipped writer, whose book will rank among American historical writings of the first order.”—Critic.THE WILDERNESS HUNTER.With an Account of the Big Game of the United States, and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and Rifle. With illustrations by Remington, Frost, Sandham, Eaton, Beard, and others. 8º.Standard Library Edition $2.50“A book which breathes the spirit of the wilderness and presents a vivid picture of a phase of American life which is rapidly passing away, with clear, incisive force.”—N. Y. Literary News.“For one who intends to go a-hunting in the West this book is invaluable. One may rely upon its information. But it has better qualities. It is good reading for anybody, and people who never hunt and never will are sure to derive pleasure from its account of that part of the United States, relatively small, which is still a wilderness.”—N. Y. Times.HUNTING TRIPS OF A RANCHMAN.Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains. With 27 full-page wood engravings and 8 smaller engravings from designs by Frost, Gifford, Beard, and Sandham. 8º. Standard Library Edition$2.50“One of those distinctively American books which ought to be welcomed as contributing to raise the literary prestige of the country all over the world.”—N. Y. Tribune.“One of the rare books which sportsmen will be glad to add to their libraries.... Mr. Roosevelt may rank with Scrope, Lloyd, Harris, St. John, and half a dozen others, whose books will always be among the sporting classics.”—London Saturday Review.THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812; or, The History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain.8th edition. With diagrams. 8º, pp. xxxviii. + 531, $2.50“Shows in so young an author the best promise for a good historian—fearlessness of statement, caution, endeavor to be impartial, and a brisk and interesting way of telling events.”—N. Y. Times.“The reader of Mr. Roosevelt’s book unconsciously makes up his mind that he is reading history and not romance, and yet no romance could surpass it in interest.”—Philadelphia Times.AMERICAN IDEALS, and Other Essays, Social and Political.With a Biographical and Critical Memoir by Gen. Francis V. Greene. 12º, gilt top$1.50Standard Library Edition, 8º2.50“These essays are energizing, sound, and wholesome. They deserve to be widely read.”—Chicago Tribune.“These are papers of sterling merit, well worth perusing, and deserving their rescue from the files of the periodicals in which they first appeared, to form a more easily accessible volume. Mr. Roosevelt’s reputation as a municipal reformer should secure them a wide sale.”—Detroit Free Press.ADDRESSES AND PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES. 1902-1904.With Introduction by Henry Cabot Lodge. 12º,$1.50Standard Library Edition. 8º2.50American OrationsFROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIMESelected as specimens of eloquence, and with special reference to their value in throwing light upon the more important epochs and issues of American history.Edited, with introductions and notes, by the lateAlexander Johnston, Professor of Jurisprudence in the College of New Jersey.Re-edited, with new material and historical notes, byJames A. Woodburn, Professor of American History and Politics in Indiana University.FOUR VOLUMES,EACH COMPLETE IN ITSELF AND SOLD SEPARATELYCrown octavo, gilt tops, per volume$1.25Set, four volumes, in a box5.00Half calf, extra10.00Series I.Colonialism—Constitutional Government—The Rise of Democracy—The Rise of Nationality.Series II.The Anti-Slavery Struggle.Series III.The Anti-Slavery Struggle(Continued)—Secession.Series IV.Civil War and Reconstruction—Free Trade and Protection—Finance and Civil-Service Reform.“Regarded merely as studies in language, these orations contain some of the most eloquent and persuasive speeches in the English tongue. But more than this, the present collection has a permanent historical value which can hardly be overestimated. The very spirit of the times is preserved in these utterances; and, presented in this cogent form, history in a peculiar sense repeats itself to the reader, who feels the impulse of past events and the vitality of great principles behind them.”—School Journal.WORKS ON THE CIVIL WARTHE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.A Concise Account of the War in the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. ByJohn Codman Ropes, Late Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Author of “The Army Under Pope,” “The First Napoleon,” “The Campaign of Waterloo,” etc. To be complete in four parts, with comprehensive maps and battle plans. Each part will be complete in itself and will be sold separately.Part I. Narrative of Events to the Opening of the Campaign of 1862. With 5 maps. 8vo$1.50Part II. The Campaigns of 1862. With 13 maps. 8vo.2.50“Among all the accounts of the Civil War, the narrative of Dr. Ropes is unique in that it treats the subject impartially, and from the standpoint of both North and South.... As a clear, comprehensive, and complete survey of the first two years of the war his history will certainly rank with the best.”—New York Mail and Express.THE AMERICAN WAR BALLADS AND LYRICS.Edited byGeorge Cary Eggleston. A selection of the more noteworthy of the Ballads and Lyrics which were produced during the Colonial period, the Indian Wars, the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. The latter division includes the productions of poets on both sides of Mason and Dixon’s line. Two vols., fully illustrated, 16mo.“He has gone about it in a wisely comprehensive spirit, and in his book will be found most of the actual songs that were popular during the war, as well as the poems and ballads that best deserve preservation because of their literary character.”—Philadelphia Times.ULYSSES S. GRANT, and the Period of National Preservation and Reconstruction. 1822-1885.ByWilliam Conant Church, late Lieut.-Colonel, U.S.A., author of “Life of John Ericsson.” No. 21 in the “Heroes of the Nations Series.” Fully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50; half leather, gilt top$1.75“It is a work of high value for its completeness, for its review of the period of national preservation and reconstruction, and for its admirable handling of the great mass of momentous events with which the career of General Grant was associated.”—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.ROBERT E. LEE, and the Southern Confederacy. 1807-1870.By Prof.Henry Alexander White, of Washington and Lee University. No. 22 in the “Heroes of the Nations Series.” Fully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50; half leather, gilt top$1.75“... He tells the story of the General’s life in admirable style. He is intensely earnest, and is interesting from first to last. He has labored long and faithfully to gather all possible information and makes judicious use of the materials accumulated. When the reader ends the volume it is with the wish that it had been much longer.”—New York Mail and Express.New York—G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS—London

Standard Library Edition.

Four volumes, with Maps each, $2.50

From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776.From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1776-1783.The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790.Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1809.

“... A lucid, interesting narrative, written with the impartial soberness of history, warmed and colored by a lively imagination.... The work is admirably done, and forms a valuable contribution to the history of the country.”—London Spectator.“For the first time the whole field has been covered in one work by one accomplished and thoroughly equipped writer, whose book will rank among American historical writings of the first order.”—Critic.

“For the first time the whole field has been covered in one work by one accomplished and thoroughly equipped writer, whose book will rank among American historical writings of the first order.”—Critic.

With an Account of the Big Game of the United States, and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and Rifle. With illustrations by Remington, Frost, Sandham, Eaton, Beard, and others. 8º.

Standard Library Edition $2.50

“A book which breathes the spirit of the wilderness and presents a vivid picture of a phase of American life which is rapidly passing away, with clear, incisive force.”—N. Y. Literary News.“For one who intends to go a-hunting in the West this book is invaluable. One may rely upon its information. But it has better qualities. It is good reading for anybody, and people who never hunt and never will are sure to derive pleasure from its account of that part of the United States, relatively small, which is still a wilderness.”—N. Y. Times.

“A book which breathes the spirit of the wilderness and presents a vivid picture of a phase of American life which is rapidly passing away, with clear, incisive force.”—N. Y. Literary News.

“For one who intends to go a-hunting in the West this book is invaluable. One may rely upon its information. But it has better qualities. It is good reading for anybody, and people who never hunt and never will are sure to derive pleasure from its account of that part of the United States, relatively small, which is still a wilderness.”—N. Y. Times.

Sketches of Sport on the Northern Cattle Plains. With 27 full-page wood engravings and 8 smaller engravings from designs by Frost, Gifford, Beard, and Sandham. 8º. Standard Library Edition

$2.50

“One of those distinctively American books which ought to be welcomed as contributing to raise the literary prestige of the country all over the world.”—N. Y. Tribune.“One of the rare books which sportsmen will be glad to add to their libraries.... Mr. Roosevelt may rank with Scrope, Lloyd, Harris, St. John, and half a dozen others, whose books will always be among the sporting classics.”—London Saturday Review.

“One of those distinctively American books which ought to be welcomed as contributing to raise the literary prestige of the country all over the world.”—N. Y. Tribune.

“One of the rare books which sportsmen will be glad to add to their libraries.... Mr. Roosevelt may rank with Scrope, Lloyd, Harris, St. John, and half a dozen others, whose books will always be among the sporting classics.”—London Saturday Review.

THE NAVAL WAR OF 1812; or, The History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain.

8th edition. With diagrams. 8º, pp. xxxviii. + 531, $2.50

“Shows in so young an author the best promise for a good historian—fearlessness of statement, caution, endeavor to be impartial, and a brisk and interesting way of telling events.”—N. Y. Times.“The reader of Mr. Roosevelt’s book unconsciously makes up his mind that he is reading history and not romance, and yet no romance could surpass it in interest.”—Philadelphia Times.

“The reader of Mr. Roosevelt’s book unconsciously makes up his mind that he is reading history and not romance, and yet no romance could surpass it in interest.”—Philadelphia Times.

AMERICAN IDEALS, and Other Essays, Social and Political.

“These essays are energizing, sound, and wholesome. They deserve to be widely read.”—Chicago Tribune.“These are papers of sterling merit, well worth perusing, and deserving their rescue from the files of the periodicals in which they first appeared, to form a more easily accessible volume. Mr. Roosevelt’s reputation as a municipal reformer should secure them a wide sale.”—Detroit Free Press.

“These essays are energizing, sound, and wholesome. They deserve to be widely read.”—Chicago Tribune.

“These are papers of sterling merit, well worth perusing, and deserving their rescue from the files of the periodicals in which they first appeared, to form a more easily accessible volume. Mr. Roosevelt’s reputation as a municipal reformer should secure them a wide sale.”—Detroit Free Press.

ADDRESSES AND PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES. 1902-1904.

American Orations

Selected as specimens of eloquence, and with special reference to their value in throwing light upon the more important epochs and issues of American history.

Edited, with introductions and notes, by the lateAlexander Johnston, Professor of Jurisprudence in the College of New Jersey.

Re-edited, with new material and historical notes, byJames A. Woodburn, Professor of American History and Politics in Indiana University.

FOUR VOLUMES,

EACH COMPLETE IN ITSELF AND SOLD SEPARATELY

Series I.Colonialism—Constitutional Government—The Rise of Democracy—The Rise of Nationality.Series II.The Anti-Slavery Struggle.Series III.The Anti-Slavery Struggle(Continued)—Secession.Series IV.Civil War and Reconstruction—Free Trade and Protection—Finance and Civil-Service Reform.

Series I.Colonialism—Constitutional Government—The Rise of Democracy—The Rise of Nationality.

Series II.The Anti-Slavery Struggle.

Series III.The Anti-Slavery Struggle(Continued)—Secession.

Series IV.Civil War and Reconstruction—Free Trade and Protection—Finance and Civil-Service Reform.

“Regarded merely as studies in language, these orations contain some of the most eloquent and persuasive speeches in the English tongue. But more than this, the present collection has a permanent historical value which can hardly be overestimated. The very spirit of the times is preserved in these utterances; and, presented in this cogent form, history in a peculiar sense repeats itself to the reader, who feels the impulse of past events and the vitality of great principles behind them.”—School Journal.

WORKS ON THE CIVIL WAR

THE STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.A Concise Account of the War in the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. ByJohn Codman Ropes, Late Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society, The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Author of “The Army Under Pope,” “The First Napoleon,” “The Campaign of Waterloo,” etc. To be complete in four parts, with comprehensive maps and battle plans. Each part will be complete in itself and will be sold separately.

“Among all the accounts of the Civil War, the narrative of Dr. Ropes is unique in that it treats the subject impartially, and from the standpoint of both North and South.... As a clear, comprehensive, and complete survey of the first two years of the war his history will certainly rank with the best.”—New York Mail and Express.

Edited byGeorge Cary Eggleston. A selection of the more noteworthy of the Ballads and Lyrics which were produced during the Colonial period, the Indian Wars, the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. The latter division includes the productions of poets on both sides of Mason and Dixon’s line. Two vols., fully illustrated, 16mo.

“He has gone about it in a wisely comprehensive spirit, and in his book will be found most of the actual songs that were popular during the war, as well as the poems and ballads that best deserve preservation because of their literary character.”—Philadelphia Times.

ULYSSES S. GRANT, and the Period of National Preservation and Reconstruction. 1822-1885.ByWilliam Conant Church, late Lieut.-Colonel, U.S.A., author of “Life of John Ericsson.” No. 21 in the “Heroes of the Nations Series.” Fully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50; half leather, gilt top$1.75

$1.75

“It is a work of high value for its completeness, for its review of the period of national preservation and reconstruction, and for its admirable handling of the great mass of momentous events with which the career of General Grant was associated.”—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

ROBERT E. LEE, and the Southern Confederacy. 1807-1870.By Prof.Henry Alexander White, of Washington and Lee University. No. 22 in the “Heroes of the Nations Series.” Fully illustrated. Large 12mo, cloth, $1.50; half leather, gilt top$1.75

$1.75

“... He tells the story of the General’s life in admirable style. He is intensely earnest, and is interesting from first to last. He has labored long and faithfully to gather all possible information and makes judicious use of the materials accumulated. When the reader ends the volume it is with the wish that it had been much longer.”—New York Mail and Express.

New York—G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS—London

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