A New History of the United States The greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year

The Islands of Hawaii--Their Inhabitants and Products--City of Honolulu--History of Cuba--The Ten Years' War--The Insurrection of 1895-98--Geography and Productions of Cuba--Its...

Opening Incidents--Bombardment of Matanzas--Dewey's Wonderful Victory at Manila--Disaster to the _Winslow_ at Cardenas Bay--The First American Loss of Life--Bombardment of San J...

The Work Remaining to be Done--General Grant Placed in Command of all the Union Armies--The Grand Campaign--Banks' Disastrous Red River Expedition--How the Union Fleet was Saved...

The Military Situation in the West--Siege and Capture of Vicksburg--The Mississippi Opened--Battle of Chickamauga--"The Rock of Chickamauga"--The Battle Above the Clouds--Siege...

Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson--Change in the Confederate Line of Defense--Capture of Island No. 10--Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh--Capture of Corinth--Narrow Escap...

Grover Cleveland--Completion of the Washington Monument--The Bartholdi Statue--Death of General Grant--Death of Vice-President Hendricks--The First Vice-President to Die in Offi...

Washington--His Inauguration as First President of the United States--Alexander Hamilton--His Success at the Head of the Treasury Department--The Obduracy of Rhode Island--Estab...

Declaration of Independence--The American Flag--Battle of Long Island--Washington's Retreat Through the Jerseys--Trenton and Princeton--In Winter Quarters--Lafayette--Brandywine...

James Madison--The Embargo and the Non-Intercourse Acts--Revival of the Latter Against England--The _Little Belt_ and the _President_--Population of the United States in 1810--B...

_Virginia_,--Founding of Jamestown--Captain John Smith--Introduction of African Slavery--Indian Wars--Bacon's Rebellion--Forms of Government--Prosperity--Education--_New England...

Andrew Jackson--"To the Victors Belong the Spoils"--The President's Fight with the United States Bank--Presidential Election of 1828--Distribution of the Surplus in the United S...

The Islands of Hawaii--Their Inhabitants and Products--City of Honolulu--History of Cuba--The Ten Years' War--The Insurrection of 1895-98--Geography and Productions of Cuba--Its...

Repeal of the Purchase Clause of the Sherman Bill--The World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago--The Hawaiian Imbroglio--The Great Railroad Strike of 1894--Coxey's Commonweal Arm...

William McKinley was born at Niles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29, 1843, of Scotch ancestry, his father, David, being one of the pioneers of the iron business in Eastern Ohio.

Andrew Johnson--Reconstruction--Quarrel Between the President and Congress--The Fenians--Execution of Maximilian--Admission of Nebraska--Laying of the Atlantic Cable--Purchase o...

R.B. Hayes--The Telephone--Railway Strikes--Elevated Railroads--War with the Nez Perce Indians--Remonetization of Silver--Resumption of Specie Payments--A Strange Fishery Award-...

James K. Polk--_The War with Mexico_--The First Conflict--Battle of Resaca de la Palma--Vigorous Action of the United States Government--General Scott's Plan of Campaign--Captur...

Abraham Lincoln--Major Anderson's Trying Position--Jefferson Davis--Inauguration of President Lincoln--Bombardment of Fort Sumter--War Preparations North and South--Attack on Un...

Settling the Northwest--The Face of the Country Transformed--Clearing Away the Forests and its Effects--Tree-planting on the Prairies--Pioneer Life in the Seventies--The Granary...

There is hardly any limit to the time in which provisions can be preserved in the polar regions. A cache was found among the Gary Islands which had been left by Sir George Nares...

Zachary Taylor--The "Irrepressible Conflict" in Congress--The Omnibus Bill--Death of President Taylor--Millard Fillmore--Death of the Old Leaders and Debut of the New--The Censu...

Clauses of the Revolution--The Stamp Act--The Boston Tea Party--England's Unbearable Measures--The First Continental Congress--The Boston Massacre--Lexington and Concord--The Se...

The Visits of the Northmen to the New World--The Indians and Mound Builders--Christopher Columbus--His Discovery of America--Amerigo Vespucci--John Cabot--_Spanish Explorers_--B...

King William's War--Queen Anne's War--King George's War--The French and Indian War--England and France Rivals in the Old World and the New--The Early French Settlements--The Dis...

The wave of war continued to roll southward. The British had met with such meagre success in the Northern and Middle States that they turned their efforts toward the conquest of...

The Origin of the "Caucus"--The Election of 1792--The First Stormy Election--The Constitution Amended--Improvement of the Method of Nominating Presidential Candidates--The First...

The Method of Government During the Revolution--Impending Anarchy--The State Boundaries--State Cessions of Land--Shays' Rebellion--Adoption of the Constitution--Its Leading Feat...

James Monroe--The "Era of Good Feeling"--The Seminole War--Vigorous Measures of General Jackson--Admission of Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri--The Missouri C...

James Madison--The Embargo and the Non-Intercourse Acts--Revival of the Latter Against England--The _Little Belt_ and the _President_--Population of the United States in 1810--B...

Washington--His Inauguration as First President of the United States--Alexander Hamilton--His Success at the Head of the Treasury Department--The Obduracy of Rhode Island--Estab...

The Work Remaining to be Done--General Grant Placed in Command of all the Union Armies--The Grand Campaign--Bank's Disastrous Red River Expedition--How the Union Fleet was Saved...

Andrew Jackson--"To the Victors Belong the Spoils"--The President's Fight with the United States Bank--Presidential Election of 1828--Distribution of the Surplus in the United S...

Opening Incidents--Bombardment of Matanzas--Dewey's Wonderful Victory at Manila--Disaster to the _Winslow_ at Cardenas Bay--The First American Loss of Life--Bombardment of San J...

James K. Polk--_The War with Mexico_--The First Conflict--Battle of Resaca de la Palma--Vigorous Action of the United States Government--General Scott's Plan of Campaign--Captur...

Abraham Lincoln--Major Anderson's Trying Position--Jefferson Davis--Inauguration of President Lincoln--Bombardment of Fort Sumter--War Preparations North and South--Attack on Un...

The Military Situation in the West--Siege and Capture of Vicksburg--The Mississippi Opened--Battle of Chickamauga--"The Rock of Chickamauga"--The Battle Above the Clouds--Siege...

James Monroe--The "Era of Good Feeling"--The Seminole War--Vigorous Measures of General Jackson--Admission of Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri--The Missouri C...

Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson--Change in the Confederate Line of Defense--Capture of Island No. 10--Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh--Capture of Corinth--Narrow Escap...

Andrew Johnson--Reconstruction--Quarrel Between the President and Congress--The Fenians--Execution of Maximilian--Admission of Nebraska--Laying of the Atlantic Cable--Purchase o...

King William's War--Queen Anne's War--King George's War--The French and Indian War--England and France Rivals in the Old World and the New--The Early French Settlements--The Dis...

Grover Cleveland--Completion of the Washington Monument--The Bartholdi Statue--Death of General Grant--Death of Vice-President Hendricks--The First Vice-President to Die in Offi...

The Origin of the "Caucus"--The Election of 1792--The First Stormy Election--The Constitution Amended--Improvement of the Method of Nominating Presidential Candidates--The First...

Zachary Taylor--The "Irrepressible Conflict" in Congress--The Omnibus Bill--Death of President Taylor--Millard Fillmore--Death of the Old Leaders and Debut of the New--The Censu...

R.B. Hayes--The Telephone--Railway Strikes--Elevated Railroads--War with the Nez Perce Indians--Remonetization of Silver--Resumption of Specie Payments--A Strange Fishery Award-...

Declaration of Independence--The American Flag--Battle of Long Island--Washington's Retreat Through the Jerseys--Trenton and Princeton--In Winter Quarters--Lafayette--Brandywine...

_Virginia_,--Founding of Jamestown--Captain John Smith--Introduction of African Slavery--Indian Wars--Bacon's Rebellion--Forms of Government--Prosperity--Education--_New England...

Settling the Northwest--The Face of the Country Transformed--Clearing Away the Forests and its Effects--Tree-planting on the Prairies--Pioneer Life in the Seventies--The Granary...

The Visits of the Northmen to the New World--The Indians and Mound Builders--Christopher Columbus--His Discovery of America--Amerigo Vespucci--John Cabot--_Spanish Explorers_--B...

Causes of the Revolution--The Stamp Act--The Boston Tea Party--England's Unbearable Measures--The First Continental Congress--The Boston Massacre--Lexington and Concord--The Sec...

Repeal of the Purchase Clause of the Sherman Bill--The World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago--The Hawaiian Imbroglio--The Great Railroad Strike of 1894--Coxey's Commonweal Arm...

The Method of Government During the Revolution--Impending Anarchy--The State Boundaries--State Cessions of Land--Shays' Rebellion--Adoption of the Constitution--Its Leading Feat...