INTRODUCTION＆BY FRANK FREIDEL 1
WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT 11
The Conquest of Mexico 13
GEORGE BANCROFT 69
Founding the English Colonies 71
BROOKS ADAMS 97
Witchcraft in Massachusetts 99
FRANCIS PARKMAN 107
France and England in the New World 109
GEORGE BANCROFT 165
The American Revolution 167
JOHN FISKE 243
The Critical Period of American History 245
GEORGE BANCROFT 271
Establishing the New Government 273
HENRY ADAMS 281
The United States in 1800 283
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 333
The Naval War of 1812 335
JOHN BACH McMASTER 363
Toward the Age of Jackson 365
HENRY WILSON 391
The Anti-Slavery Cause 393
JEFFERSON DAVIS 413
The Rise of the Confederacy 415
JAMES FORD RHODES 431
The Civil War 433
HENRY ADAMS 483
The New York Gold Conspiracy 485
WOODROW WILSON 509
The End of the Century 511
FOR FURTHER READING 535