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ties, and his book is very interesting.... He has made a thoroughly readable book in which history and biography are brought in to give one a good general impression of affairs."--_Hartford Post._ "Mr. Logan has presented in attractive language, reenforced by many beautiful photographs, a most entertaining narrative of his personal experiences, besides a dazzling panorama of the coronation ceremonies.... Read without prejudice on the subject of the Russian mode of government, the book is unusually able, instructive, and entertaining."--_Boston Globe._ "Mr. Logan departs from the usual path, in telling in clear, simple, good style about the intimate life of the Russian people."--_Baltimore Sun._ * * * * * D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK. D. APPLETON AND CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. _THE BEGINNERS OF A NATION._ A History of the Source and Rise of the Earliest English Settlements in America, with Special Reference to the Life and Character of the People. The first volume in A History of Life in the United States. By EDWARD EGGLESTON. Small 8vo. Cloth, gilt top, uncut, with Maps, $1.50. "Few works on the period which it covers can compare with this in point of mere literary attractiveness, and we fancy that many to whom its scholarly value will not appeal will read the volume with interest and delight."--_New York Evening Post._ "Written with a firm grasp of the theme, inspired by ample knowledge, and made attractive by a vigorous and resonant style, the book will receive much attention. It is a great theme the author has taken up, and he grasps it with the confidence of a master."--_New York Times._ "Mr. Eggleston's 'Beginners' is unique. No similar historical study has, to our knowledge, ever been done in the same way. Mr. Eggleston is a reliable reporter of facts; but he is also an exceedingly keen critic. He writes history without the effort to merge the critic in the historian. His sense of humor is never dormant. He renders some of the dullest passages in colonial annals actually amusing by his witty treatment of them. He finds a laugh for his readers where most of his predecessors have found yawns. And with all this he does not sacrifice the dignity of history for an instant."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._ "The delightful style, the clear flow of the narrative, the philosophical tone, and the able analysis of men and events will commend Mr. Eggles
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