_Author of "Questions on the History of Europe," a Sequel to
Mangnall's Historical Questions, &c. &c._
The object of these works,--peculiarly suited to schools and
families,--is to furnish the reader with a faithful history of each
nation, interspersing it with an accurate account of the religion,
laws, customs, national characteristics, and domestic habits of the
people, in the various periods of their history.
In writing these elementary treatises, one especial object has been
kept in view--that of adapting them to the capacities of young people
and occasional readers: by this means, while they embrace information
and entertainment for all, they attract the rising generation, by
simplicity of language, and clearness of detail, and render
comparatively easy the attainment of a knowledge of the leading events
of history.
The many high encomiums awarded to these works by the public press,
and the very considerable acceptance they have met with in schools and
families, are proofs that the efforts of the author to render
historical knowledge pleasing, and easy of attainment, are not
unappreciated by those to whom the care of the rising generation is
entrusted.