soon degenerate into a tyranny. But the century and a
half of American history that had already elapsed had afforded such
noble political training for the people that the discussion was, on the
whole, more reasonable and more fruitful than any that had ever before
been undertaken by so many men. The result was the adoption of the
Federal Constitution, followed by the inauguration of George Washington,
on the 30th of April, 1789, as President of the United States. And with
this event our brief story may fitly end.

COLLATERAL READING.

The following books may be recommended to the reader who wishes to get a
general idea of the American Revolution:--

1. GENERAL WORKS. The most comprehensive and readable account is
contained in Mr. Fiske's larger work, _The American Revolution_, in two
volumes. The subject is best treated from the biographical point of view
in Washington Irving's _Life of Washington_, vols. i.-iv. Mr. Fiske has
abridged and condensed these four octavos into one stout duodecimo
entitled _Washington and his Country_, Boston, Ginn & Co., 1887. Our
young friends may find Frothingham's _Rise of the Republic_ rather close
reading, but one can hardly name a book that will more richly reward
them for their study. Green's _Historical View of the Revolution_ should
be read by every one. Carrington's _Battles of the Revolution_ makes the
military operations quite clear with numerous maps. Very young readers
find it interesting to begin with Coffin's _Boys of Seventy-Six_, or C.
H. Woodman's _Boys and Girls of the Revolution_. The social life of the
time is admirably portrayed in Scudder's _Men and Manners in America One
Hundred Years Ago_. See also Thornton's _Pulpit of the Revolution_.
Lossing's _Field Book of the Revolution_--two royal octavos profusely
illustrated--is an excellent book to browse in. Lecky's _England in the
Eighteenth Century_ gives an admirable statement of England's position.

2. BIOGRAPHIES. Lodge's _George Washington_, 2 vols., Scudder's _George
Washington_, Tyler's _Patrick Henry_, Tudor's _Otis_, Hosmer's _Samuel
Adams_, Morse's _John Adams_, Frothingham's _Warren_, Quincy's _Josiah
Quincy_, Parton's _Franklin_ and _Jefferson_, Fonblanque's _Burgoyne_,
Lossing's _Schuyler_, Riedesel's _Memoirs_, Stone's _Brant_, Arnold's
_Arnold_, Sargent's _Andre_, Kapp's _Steuben_ and _Kalb_, Greene's
_Greene_, Amory's _Sullivan_, Graham's _Morgan_, Simms's _Marion_,
Abbott's _Paul Jones_, John