Preface
study outline, but he believes that the present organization of the wide field is a practicable way of approaching the subject matter of European history. The outline is a by-product of the author's own teaching, and he ventures to believe that it may be found useful in courses where the emphasis is to be placed on the modern era.
Thanks are due to Mr. Josiah C. Russell, Instructor in History in Harvard University, for aid in verifying the references in the syllabus.
Halford L. Hoskins.
Medford Hillside, Mass.
October 1925.
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