Excerpt from The Making of the American Nation: A Book for American Boys and Girls To the works of original research that'the author men tioned in the former'volumes are to be added others which give fresh studies of particular portions of the period here under discussion. In wading through the record of the war of parties and the bloody stories of civil strife, the author has endeavored to free his mind from all party bias, his only wish being to keep himself true to that idea of an American Nation which filled the mind of the Father of his Country. If our sons and daughters can be educated to have a proper appreciation of their country without arrogance, and a regard for other nations without cringing obsequiousness, we may feel that we are in a fair way to bring up a nation that will be strong and respected.

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