Excerpt from Guide to the Study and Reading of American History

As to the general scope of the work a paragraph may be quoted from the preface to the first edition: N 0 one can be better aware than the authors of the inadequacy of this work, the immense mass of rich material on American history cannot be condensed into a single volume, and doubtless much has been omitted that ought to go in, or inserted that might well be left out. It is to be remembered, however, that the plan of the work does not admit of complete biblio graphical information on any topic. It has been'our endeavor to select out of the available material that likely to be most immediately useful to the searcher into political, social, constitutional, and economic his tory. For the antiquarian and the genealogist we have not been able to provide. We have, however, noted as many as possible of the more elaborate bibliographies, to serve as guides to more complete information, and we have ventured to save space in some cases by referring to bibliographies or other material previously prepared by the same hands.

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