A Standard National Work.
HISTORY
OF
THE UNITED STATES,
FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTRY TO THE
ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL
CONSTITUTION.
BY RICHARD HILDRETH, ESQ.
3 VOLS. 8VO, MUSLIN, $6 00; SHEEP, $6 75; HALF CALF, $7 50.
We are confident that when the merits of this history come to be known
and appreciated, it will be extensively regarded as decidedly superior to
any thing that before existed on American history, and as a valuable contribution
to American authorship. * * * These three stately volumes will be
an ornament to any library, and no intelligent American can afford to be
without the work. We have nobly patronized the great English history
of the age, let us not fail to appreciate and patronize an American history
so respectable and valuable as this certainly is.—Biblical Repository.
Mr. Hildreth has done well to bring his own earnest, downright, manly,
and sincere mind to study the facts of American history, and to describe
them to others from his own remarkable points of view, and in his own original
way. We can not help acknowledging the great value of his services
in giving us more complete, as well as very striking, and instructive, and
entertaining views of the history of our country.—Christian Register.
* * * His work fills a want, and is, therefore, most welcome. Its positive
merits, in addition to those already mentioned, are impartiality, steadiness
of view, clear appreciation of character, and, in point of style, a terseness
and conciseness not unlike Tacitus, with not a little, too, of Tacitean
vigor of thought, stern sense of justice, sharp irony, and profound wisdom.
—Methodist Quarterly Review.
We consider that Mr. Hildreth has done good service in the publication
of this work. It is apparent that it must have cost him much pains and research,
from the vast variety of facts, which are briefly but clearly stated,
and afford both instruction and entertainment to the reader. We express
our own conviction that the work will be found a very useful source of information
for the student of American history, and a safe guide to direct him
in his more full and profound researches.—Churchman.
Mr. Hildreth's work will be a standard of reference for the student of
American history, and will become a favorite in proportion as it is known.
—National Era.
