book in which matter of
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been offered by an American author to his fellow-citizens."--_New York
Sun_.

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their life, their literature, their occupations, their amusements, is
Mr. McMaster's object. His theme is an important one, and we
congratulate him on his success. It has rarely been our province to
notice a book with so many excellences and so few defects."--_New York
Herald_.

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special capacity as a historian of the people. His aim is high, but he
hits the mark."--_New York Journal of Commerce_.

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of historical work, that of unearthing hidden sources of information and
employing them, not after the modern style of historical writing, in a
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narrative.... If Mr. McMaster finishes his work in the spirit and with
the thoroughness and skill with which it has begun, it will take its
place among the classics of American literature."--_Christian Union_.

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Transcriber's notes:

Non-ascii diacritical marks represented as follows:

[=a] a with macron
[=aa] aa with macron
[=e] e with macron
[=ee] ee with macron
[=o] o with macron
[=oo] oo with macron
[=u] u with macron

[)a] a with breve
[)e] e with breve
[)o] o with breve
[)u] u with breve

[(aa] aa with inverted breve
[(au] au with inverted breve
[(aeu] aeu with inverted breve
[(ee] ee with inverted breve
[(ei] ei with inverted breve
[(eu] eu with inverted breve
[(oi] oi with inverted breve

['=e] e with macron and acute accent

Changes to original text:

Page xxvii
... too high or too low (56),
changed "comma" to "fullstop"

Page xxix
_Organic Sensations and Emotions._
changed to "ORGANIC SENSATIONS AND EMOTIONS."

Page 50
a. _Central Dysarthria and Anarthria._
changed to [alpha]. _Central Dysarthria and Anarthria._

Page 55
e. g changed to e. g.

Page 67
inarticulto changed to inarticulate

Page 91
_hotto_ (horse, from the expression of the carter,
"hott-ho (_tt," instead ... changed to
_hotto_ (horse), from the expression of the carter,
"hott-ho" ("_tt_," in