15-17. HERBERT LEVI OSGOOD: _American Colonies in the 17th Century_. 3 vols. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1904-1907.--The most elaborate treatment of this period, from the American point of view.
If a detailed study is intended, the following volumes should be added to the foregoing:
1. EDWARD CHANNING and ALBERT BUSHNELL HART: _A Guide to the Study of American History_. Boston: Ginn & Co., 1896.--A well-arranged manual for both students and general readers.
2. JOSEPHUS NELSON LARNED: _Literature of American History_. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1902.--More detailed than the foregoing. Contains critical estimates of many of the works cited, by experts in the several subjects.
3-5. ELROY MCKENDREE AVERY: _A History of the United States and its People from their Earliest Records to the Present Time_. 15 vols. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers Co., 1904+.--Volumes I.-III. cover the colonial period. Especially notable for its illustrations--for the most part, reproductions of contemporary views, maps, portraits, and articles of historical interest. The bibliographies are quite full.
6, 7. EDWARD CHANNING: _A History of the United States_. 8 vols. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1905+.--A calm, philosophical treatise, written with care and erudition.
8-13. Albert Bushnell Hart, Editor: _The American Nation_. New York: Harper Brothers Co., 1904-1907.--The latest co-operative history of the United States. Each volume is by an author who specializes in the topic treated. Vols. II.-VII. are concerned with the colonial period. The bibliographical chapters are very useful.
14, 15. WOODROW WILSON: _A History of the American People_. 5 vols. New York: Harper Brothers Co., 1902.--Popular and readable, often brilliant. Only vols. I. and II. cover the colonial period.
16-20. JUSTIN WINSOR: _Narrative and Critical History of America_. 8 vols. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1889.--A co-operative enterprise, the chapters being by different hands, for the most part specialists. There is a wealth of illustrations, notes, and bibliographical references. But much of the work has been superseded by later publications. Vols. I.-V. cover the colonial period.
21, 22. PHILIP ALEXANDER BRUCE: _Economic History of Virginia in the 17th Century_. 2 vols. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1896.--A careful, detailed study.