A Selection from theCatalogue ofG. P. PUTNAM’S SONS☙Complete Catalogue senton applicationAmerican OrationsFROM THE COLONIAL PERIODTO 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.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon“Thoroughly well-informed and scholarly.”Prof. Charles M. Andrews, Johns Hopkins UniversityThe Making of theEnglish Constitution449–1485ByAlbert Beebe WhiteProfessor of History in the University of Minnesota8vo.440 pages.$2.00 net“This book is of interest as being the first text-book, that is a book for beginners in constitutional history, which has deliberately disregarded the older doctrines and joined the movement for a reconstruction of our familiar conceptions of Anglo-Saxon institutions.... [The author] has treated the subject with great clearness of analysis and statement, a familiarity with the best research in the field, and probably as good a combination of the topical and chronological arrangement as can be made. There is no more clear and scholarly treatise on English constitutional history during the Middle Ages in existence.”—The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences.“The book impresses me as accurate and reliable.... Excellent material has been given to the judiciary and the Parliament.... The book is written in clear English, and the style is readable.... It is a satisfaction to find that the author has given us not merely a condensation of Stubbs, but a fresh account of his subject. The author is to be commended also for generally refusing to devote space to controversial problems.”—Professor Lawrence Larson, University of Illinois.Send for descriptive circularG. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon
A Selection from theCatalogue of
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
☙
Complete Catalogue senton application
American OrationsFROM THE COLONIAL PERIODTO 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.G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon
American Orations
FROM THE COLONIAL PERIODTO THE PRESENT TIME
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.
G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon
“Thoroughly well-informed and scholarly.”Prof. Charles M. Andrews, Johns Hopkins UniversityThe Making of theEnglish Constitution449–1485ByAlbert Beebe WhiteProfessor of History in the University of Minnesota8vo.440 pages.$2.00 net“This book is of interest as being the first text-book, that is a book for beginners in constitutional history, which has deliberately disregarded the older doctrines and joined the movement for a reconstruction of our familiar conceptions of Anglo-Saxon institutions.... [The author] has treated the subject with great clearness of analysis and statement, a familiarity with the best research in the field, and probably as good a combination of the topical and chronological arrangement as can be made. There is no more clear and scholarly treatise on English constitutional history during the Middle Ages in existence.”—The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences.“The book impresses me as accurate and reliable.... Excellent material has been given to the judiciary and the Parliament.... The book is written in clear English, and the style is readable.... It is a satisfaction to find that the author has given us not merely a condensation of Stubbs, but a fresh account of his subject. The author is to be commended also for generally refusing to devote space to controversial problems.”—Professor Lawrence Larson, University of Illinois.Send for descriptive circularG. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon
“Thoroughly well-informed and scholarly.”Prof. Charles M. Andrews, Johns Hopkins University
The Making of theEnglish Constitution449–1485ByAlbert Beebe WhiteProfessor of History in the University of Minnesota
8vo.440 pages.$2.00 net
“This book is of interest as being the first text-book, that is a book for beginners in constitutional history, which has deliberately disregarded the older doctrines and joined the movement for a reconstruction of our familiar conceptions of Anglo-Saxon institutions.... [The author] has treated the subject with great clearness of analysis and statement, a familiarity with the best research in the field, and probably as good a combination of the topical and chronological arrangement as can be made. There is no more clear and scholarly treatise on English constitutional history during the Middle Ages in existence.”—The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences.
“The book impresses me as accurate and reliable.... Excellent material has been given to the judiciary and the Parliament.... The book is written in clear English, and the style is readable.... It is a satisfaction to find that the author has given us not merely a condensation of Stubbs, but a fresh account of his subject. The author is to be commended also for generally refusing to devote space to controversial problems.”—Professor Lawrence Larson, University of Illinois.
Send for descriptive circular
G. P. Putnam’s SonsNew YorkLondon