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Excerpt from An Outline of Early American History With each text assignment there are citations of certain numbers in Professor A. B. Hart's American History Told by Contemporaries (n. Y. 1897 et a work intended to make broad the highways for those who would visit their forefathers. Professor Hart performed a valuable serv ive to the teaching of history in popularizing the use of primary sources, and his reflections upon their place in a general course are fully set forth in his Preface and his Practical Introduction, Vol. I, chaps. I and ii, which are to be read in connection with Section I. In our directions as to the preparation of an historical essay, printed later in this pamphlet, will be found certain remarks on the use of sources in scholarly writing. Side by side with the references to the text and source-book, which must be read, there will be found notations of more detailed narratives and discussions which are recommended as collateral reading. Some One of these books mentioned in each section should be available in the near est public library, and he who hopes here to derive a benefit comparable with that of a first-rate college course must seek them out. On the other hand, it is feasible for those who lack this opportunity to carry on this home study somewhat less extensively and less valuably without them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.