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 AN AMERICAN HISTORY IN THE SPIRIT OF TODAY THE Revised Edition of Muzzey's " American History " is of im- portance in that it marks the bringing to date of a book which for a number of years has been more widely used than any other American history for high-school and college classes. It is the product of that rare combination of qualities, sound scholarship, a discriminating sense of historical value and proportion, and a strong, vivid style that makes history as interesting as a storybook. It presents the facts of our history in a lively and continuous narrative without prejudice or favor, and it is distinctly modern in tone and outlook. Features of this book are its emphasis on the westward-moving frontier as the most constant and potent force in our history and the unusually large amount of space devoted to the history of our country since the Civil War. Special emphasis is placed on political development and on those factors in our national growth which are most vital from the standpoint of today. Professor Muzzey shows in the trends of yesterday the early devel- opment of our national problems of today. The events of the World War and the period since the armistice are treated with the author's usual keen sense of proportion. The text is brought down to 1920. By DAVID SAVILLE MUZZEY, Columbia University x + 537 + xlvi P a S es ) illustrated. READINGS IN AMERICAN HISTORY ONE hundred and twenty-five selections, comprising extracts from state papers, private journals and letters, and early chronicles, the speeches and writings of public men, and newspaper narrative and comment. A unique feature is the frequent presentation of several extracts on a single topic. Edited by DAVID SAVILLE MUZZEY xxvii + 594 pages. GINN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS