“This is the first adequate modern book on higher education in America that has appeared, and it is also President Thwing’s best work. It is good history, good literature, and good professional reading.”--_Boston Journal of Education._ “A careful and comprehensive history of higher education in America, which will fill a permanent place in the literature of educational subjects.”--_Boston Evening Transcript._ “The history is the result of persevering research and careful study. It is judiciously arranged and admirably written. Undoubtedly the book will immediately take its place as a standard presentation of an important and difficult subject.”--_Cleveland Plain Dealer._ D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.