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_THE BEGINNERS OF A NATION._ A History of the Source and Rise of the
Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the
Life and Character of the People. The first volume in A History of Life
in the United States. By EDWARD EGGLESTON. Small 8vo. Cloth, gilt top,
uncut, with Maps, $1.50.
"Few works on the period which it covers can compare with this in
point of mere literary attractiveness, and we fancy that many to
whom its scholarly value will not appeal will read the volume with
interest and delight."--_New York Evening Post._
"Written with a firm grasp of the theme, inspired by ample
knowledge, and made attractive by a vigorous and resonant style,
the book will receive much attention. It is a great theme the
author has taken up, and he grasps it with the confidence of a
master."--_New York Times._
"Mr. Eggleston's 'Beginners' is unique. No similar historical study
has, to our knowledge, ever been done in the same way. Mr.
Eggleston is a reliable reporter of facts; but he is also an
exceedingly keen critic. He writes history without the effort to
merge the critic in the historian. His sense of humor is never
dormant. He renders some of the dullest passages in colonial annals
actually amusing by his witty treatment of them. He finds a laugh
for his readers where most of his predecessors have found yawns.
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