Produced by Irma Spehar, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For | | a complete list, please see the end of this document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES [Illustration: _Russell & Sons photo_ CECIL CHESTERTON] A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES BY CECIL CHESTERTON WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. K. CHESTERTON LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1919 _First published January 16, 1919_ _Second impression January 17, 1919_ _All rights reserved_ DEDICATED TO MY COMRADE AND HOSPITAL MATE, LANCE-CORPORAL WOOD, OF THE KING'S OWN LIVERPOOLS, CITIZEN OF MASSACHUSETTS, WHO JOINED THE BRITISH ARMY IN AUGUST, 1914. " ... O more than my brother, how shall I thank thee for all? Each of the heroes around us has fought for his house and his line, But thou hast fought for a stranger in hate of a wrong not thine. Happy are all free peoples too strong to be dispossessed, But happiest those among nations that dare to be strong for the rest." --ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. INTRODUCTION