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Thwaites, R. G. The colonies. 1492-1750. (Epochs in American history.)

N. Y., Longmans, Green & Co., 1894 $1.25

Shows the main causes for the foundation of the colonies.

Todd, C. B. The story of the city of New York. 

N. Y., Putnam's Sons, 1888 $1.75

It is a brief story and comprehensive survey of the causes which led to the founding: of the city and of the various agencies which contributed to its marvelous growth.

Walker, F. A. The making of the nation. 1783-1817. 

Maps.N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1895 $1.25

This is an admirable book and one for which there was ample room.

973.3. REVOLUTION.

j Abbott, W. J. Blue jackets of 1812. 

Il.N. Y., Dodd, Mead & Co., 1887 $2

The material is written in a way to claim the attention of young readers.

j Coffin, Charles C. The boys of '76. 

Il.N. Y., Harper & Bros., n. d. $3

History of battles of the Revolution. Well written and extremely popular.

Drake, S. A. The watch fires of '76. 

Bost., Lee & Shepard, 1895 $1.25

The story of the American revolution told by narrators who bore the brunt of that tremendous conflict.

——— Border wars of New England. 

N. Y., Scribner's Sons, 1897 $1.50

The volume is a notable addition to colonial history.

Fiske, J. The American revolution. Vols. 1 and 2.

Bost., Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1893 $4

Author's view is broad and comprehensive and gives a new and fresh color to many familiar revolutionary events.

——— Battlefields of the revolution. 

Il.n. d.

Without attempting the regularity and chronological sequence of history, the author has selected some of the most brilliant and striking points in history.