LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD. A Statue in the Harbor of New York City, given to the American People by the Peopleof France.

THE

BEGINNER'S AMERICAN HISTORY

BY

D. H. MONTGOMERY

PREFATORY NOTE.

This little book is intended by the writer as an introduction to hislarger work entitled The Leading Facts of American History.

It is in no sense an abridgment of the larger history, but ispractically an entirely new and distinct work.

Its object is to present clearly and accurately those facts andprinciples in the lives of some of the chief founders and buildersof America which would be of interest and value to pupils beginningthe study of our history. Throughout the book great care has beentaken to relate only such incidents and anecdotes as are believedto rest on unexceptionable authority.

The numerous illustrations in the text are, in nearly every case,from drawings and designs made by Miss C. S. King of Boston.

In the preparation of this work for the press—as in that of theentire Leading Facts of History Series—the author has beenespecially indebted to the valuable assistance rendered inproofreading by Mr. George W. Cushing of Boston.

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