Parkman's _Half Century of Conflict_ and _Montcalm and Wolfe_, 2 vols. (French and Indian War.) Fiske's _American Revolution_, 2 vols. Fiske's _Critical Period of American History_. Walker's _The Making of the Nation_. Johnston's _History of American Politics_. Schouler's _History of the United States of America under the Constitution_, 6 vols. The works by Hart, Channing, and James and Sanford, referred to on p. 61, will give the leading events in brief compass. An account of much of the history of the period is given in the biographies of Washington by Lodge, of Franklin by Morse, of Hamilton by Lodge, and of Jefferson by Morse. (_American Statesmen Series_.) LITERARY Tyler's _The Literary History of the American Revolution_, 2 vols. Richardson's _American Literature_, 2 vols. Wendell's _Literary History of America_. Trent's _A History of American Literature_. McMaster's _Benjamin Franklin_. Ford's _The Many-Sided Franklin_. Erskine's _Leading American Novelists_, pp. 3-49, on Charles Brockden Brown. Loshe's _The Early American Novel_. SUGGESTED READINGS The Essayists.--Selections from Thomas Paine's _Common Sense_,--Cairns, [Footnote: For full titles see p. 62.] 344-347; Carpenter, 66-70; S. & H., III., 219-221. From the _Crisis_,--Cairns, 347-352; Carpenter, 70, 71; S. & H., III., 222-225. _Jefferson's Declaration of Independence_--which may be found in Carpenter, 79-83; S. & H., III, 286-289; and in almost all the histories of the United States--should be read several times until the very atmosphere or spirit of those days comes to the reader. Selections from Alexander Hamilton, including a paper from the _Federalist_, may be found in Cairns, 363-369; S. & H., IV., 113-116. THE ORATORS.--A short selection from Otis is given in this work, p. 72. A longer selection may be found in Vol. I. of Johnston's _American Orations_, 11-17. For Patrick Henry's most famous speech, see Cairns, 335-338; S. & H., III., 214-218; Johnston, I., 18-23. The speech of Samuel Adams on American Independence is given in Johnston, I., 24-38, and in Moore's _American Eloquence_, Vol. I. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.--Every one should read his _Autobiography_. Selections may be found in Carpenter, 31-36; Cairns, 322-332; T. & W., III., 192-201; S. & H., III., 3-13. Read his _Way to Wealth_ either in the various editions of _Poor Richard's Almanac_ or in Cairns, 315-319; Carpenter, 36-43; T. & W., III., 202-213; S. & H., III., 17-21. JOHN WOOLMAN.--Cairns, 307-313; S. & H., III., 78-80, 82-85. CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN.--The first volume of _Arthur Mervyn_ with its account of the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia is not uninteresting reading. Chaps. XVI., XVII., and XVIII. of _Edgar Huntly_ show the hero of that romance rescuing a girl from torture and killing Indians. These and the following chapters, especially XIX., XX., and XXI, give some vigorous out-of-door life.