This is a very interesting, old book about the French and American War and the American Revolution. The book was originally published in 1893. This is a copy of the 1907 edition which was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. The book measures 5 1/8 inches by 7 1/8 inches and contains xxii, 413 pages. The blue cloth cover has an embossed and textured finish. The title is in gilt on the spine. The cover shows signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the top and bottom of the spine. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong. The pages are printed on good quality paper and show no signs of foxing. The top edges of the pages show some water spotting. The edges of the first pages (i-xviii) are folded/crumpled down from the top edge. There is an inscription on the front free end page. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this wonderful, old book is good plus to near very good.

Contents:

1. The English People in the Eighteenth Century - 1688-1756
2. Institutions of the English Colonies - 1688-1756
3. The English and French in North America - 1688-1756
4. Outbreak of the French and Indian War - 1755-1756
5. Successes of the French and Indians - 1756-1758
6. Successes of the English and Americans - 1758-1759
7. Niagara and Quebec - 1759
8. The Plains of Abraham - 1759-1760
9. The Peace of Paris - 1760-1763
10. A New Issue in Constitutional Government - 1760-1762
11. The Stamp Act - 1762-1766
12. Conflict of Two Theories - 1766-1768
13. The Constitutional Revolution - 1770-1774
14. Resistance to Oppression - 1773-1774
15. The Beginning of Hostilities - 1774-1775
16. The Battle of Bunker Hill - February-July, 1775
17. Overthrow of Royal Authority - 1775-1776
18. The Movement for Independence - January-June, 1776
19. Independence and Confederation - July-August, 1776
20. The Loss of New York City - April-December, 1776
21. Trenton and Princeton - December, 1776
22. Bennington and the Brandywine - January-September, 1777
23. Saratoga and the French Alliance - September-December, 1777
24. Recognition of American Independence - January-July, 1778
25. Evil Effects of the Foreign Alliance - 1778-1779
26. Camden and King’s Mountain - 1779-1780
27. The Southern Invasion Repelled - 1780-1781
28. Yorktown - 1781
29. The Peace of Versailles - 1782-1783
30. Weakness and Strength

Appendix
I. Chronological Table
II. Bibliography
III. The Declaration of Independence
Index

Excerpt - Preface:
This book is the second of a series of four, each of which, while complete in itself, is to form part of a connected history of the United States down to our own time. The limits of this volume are the years 1756 and 1783. This period has a unity in many ways. From the beginning of the “old French War” to the end of the Revolution the English commonwealths in America were both learning the necessity of union and growing conscious of a common destiny. It might even be said that while in one of the two conflicts they were hostile to France and in the other allied with her yet nevertheless such a connection is in itself substantive. Both illustrate phases of French history. A still stronger mark of the epoch is the continuous development in action of common exertion for the common welfare. But the strongest and most philosophical unit is in the evolution of a new theory of government during these years by the application of English principles to American conditions. The author hopes that while the narrative in the following pages is necessarily brief it is full enough to illustrate this essential conception in American history…
End excerpt

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