Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, Nikolaus Ludwig, Count von, Moravian missionary, 7, 8.
By Dr. JAMES K. HOSMER, Author of "A Short History of the Mississippi Valley," etc. With Illustrations and Maps. 12mo. Cloth, $1.20 net; postage, 12 cents additional.
The story that Dr. Hosmer tells of the acquisition of the western empire included in the Louisiana Purchase presents fresh and picturesque phases of a most important historical event of peculiar and timely interest, in view of the anniversary which comes next year. He pictures the vague and curious ideas of the Louisiana country held by most Americans one hundred years ago, and the objections to this form of expansion. He treats the changes in the ownership of the territory from France to Spain, and again to France, and he develops fully the purposes and acts of Jefferson and the American Commissioners in Paris.
Of special importance from both the historical and personal points of view are the chapters which picture more fully and vividly than has been done before the leading part taken by Napoleon in bringing about the sale of Louisiana, and the relations between France and America, which are shown to possess a historical importance that has not been appreciated.
There has been no account of the Louisiana Purchase which is so popular and constant in its interest, and the authoritative character of the historian's work renders the volume indispensable for younger and older readers who wish to gain a thorough knowledge of the personal elements and the historic significance of the acquisition of Louisiana.
History of the People of the United States.
By Prof. JOHN BACH MCMASTER. Vols. I, II, III, IV, and V now ready. 8vo. Cloth, with Maps, $2.50 per volume.
The fifth volume covers the time of the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, and describes the development of the democratic spirit, the manifestations of new interest in social problems, and the various conditions and plans presented between 1821 and 1830. Many of the subjects included have necessitated years of first-hand investigations, and are now treated adequately for the first time.
"John Bach McMaster needs no introduction, but only a greeting.... The appearance of this fifth volume is an event in American literature second to none in importance this season."--_New York Times._