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 Outlines of European history By James Harvey Robinson, Columbia University, Charles A. Beard, Columbia University, and James Henry Breasted, The University of Chicago Part I, $1.50 Part II, $1.50 This new series of textbooks offers the most noteworthy solution of the present-day high-school history problem yet attempted. With the two volumes of " Outlines of European History " in hand the teacher can cover general European history, beginning with ancient history, satisfactorily in two years, leaving the third year for American history. Moreover, the series is fully in accord with the new spirit in the teaching of history. Emphasis throughout is placed on conditions and institutions rather than on unrelated events, while by devoting Part II to the history of the last two hundred years, the course directs the pupil's attention especially to the problems and develop- ments that are of present-day import. In short, both volumes of (t Outlines of European History " are designed primarily to furnish the pupil the needed background for the intelligent interpretation of contemporary events. The authors' reputation for sound scholarship and historical insight is international, while their style has an incisiveness and an imagina- tive freshness that make as attractive reading for the high-school pupil as any romance. The success of previous textbooks by the same authors is guaranty of the teachability of these new texts and of their entire fitness at every point for class use. Part I 728 pages By James Harvey Robinson and James Henry Breasted This volume covers oriental, classical, and medieval history to the beginning of the eighteenth century, setting forth vividly those fundamental notions most essential to an understanding of subsequent developments. In style, in illustra- tion, in organization, this book sets a new standard of achievement for high-school histories. The abundance and excellence of the illustrations are particularly notable. These, with their detailed legends, form a sort of parallel narrative of immense value to a proper understanding of the text. Several full-page illustra- tions in color and a number of " pen etchings," designed especially for this volume, add to the artistic excellence. PaRT II 745 pages By James Harvey Robinson and Charles A. Beard This volume offers an illuminating treatment of European history from the eighteenth century to the present time. It includes the best and most compre- hensive treatment of European developments of the first decade of the twentieth century available in any high-school history. The text is a rewriting and conden- sation for high schools of the authors' two-volume " Development of Modern Europe," the standard college text in the subject. 104 GINN AND COMPANY Publishers