approve, speaks his mind in soberness and kindness."--_New York
Sun._

"There is much in German character to admire; much in Germany's
life and institutions from which Americans may learn. William
Harbutt Dawson has succeeded in making this fact clearer, and
his work will go far to help Americans and Germans to know each
other better and to respect each other more.... It is a
remarkable and a fascinating work."--_Chicago Evening Post._

"One of the very best works on this subject which has been
published up to date."--_New York Herald._

_A HISTORY OF GERMANY, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day._ By
BAYARD TAYLOR. With an Additional Chapter by MARIE HANSEN-TAYLOR. With
Portrait and Maps. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.

"There is, perhaps, no work of equal size in any language which
gives a better view of the tortuous course of German history.
Now that the story of a race is to be in good earnest a story of
a nation as well, it begins, as every one, whether German or
foreign, sees, to furnish unexpected and wonderful lessons. But
these can only be understood in the light of the past. Taylor
could end his work with the birth of the Empire, but the
additional narrative merely foreshadows the events of the
future. It may be that all the doings of the past ages on German
soil are but the introduction of what is to come. That is
certainly the thought which grows upon one as he peruses this
volume."--_New York Tribune._

"When one considers the confused, complicated, and sporadic
elements of German history, it seems scarcely possible to
present a clear, continuous narrative. Yet this is what Bayard
Taylor did. He omitted no episode of importance, and yet managed
to preserve a main line of connection from century to century
throughout the narrative."--_Philadelphia Ledger._

"A most excellent short history of Germany.... Mrs. Taylor has
done well the work she reluctantly consented to undertake. Her
story is not only clearly told, but told in a style that is
quite consistent with that of the work which she completes....
As a matter of course the history excels in its literary style.
Mr. Taylor could not have written an entertaining book. This
book arouses interest in its opening chapter and maintains it to
the very end."--_New York Times._

"Probably the best work of its kind a