United States, the, their part in the Great War, 189-193; constitution of, the adoption of, 267-276; an “experiment,” 267. See Union, the American. Venezelos, Eleutherios, 118. Vienna, threatened by Turks, 104. Wallachia, 105, 110; united with Moldavia, 111. War, the Great, the real cause of, 154-156; and Pan-Germanism, 177, 178, 179; the beginning of, 177-179; the changing character of, 188. Wilhelm I, 142; II, ideals of, 142; his part in the war, 143; his character, 158; changed German policy under, 158-160; lands in Tangiers, 167; his sons uninjured in the war, 223. Wilson, Woodrow, his attitude toward a federated peace, v, 12; address of January 22, 1917, 12; peace views of, 192. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA The following pages contain advertisements of Macmillan books by the same author. The Middle Group of American Historians _Cloth, 12mo, $2.00_ Back in the middle of the last century there was a greater demand for history than today, when there are more historians. Sparks, Bancroft, Prescott and Motley as well as Col. Peter Force, the compiler, brought to their work a patriotic fervour touched with literary genius which made their histories works of literature and themselves distinguished figures in a distinguished past. It is of them and their conception of the historical tradition that Prof. Bassett writes, linking their lives to what they lived to make--the history of their country’s early days. Because a new conception of the study of history has come into being in recent years, and we now have the product of research in endless archives replacing the fervent eloquence of the nineteenth century historians, Professor Bassett’s book will be welcome as an appreciative study of a worthy fragment of our national growth, a history of history. A Short History of the United States BY JOHN SPENCER BASSETT, PH.D. _With maps, 8vo, $2.50_ Scholarly in treatment, accurate in detail, adequate in scope, simple in style, sane in proportion, impartial in point of view, interesting in presentation, modern in its emphasis of the economic, social, and intellectual factors--such is the work of Professor Bassett, who is acknowledged to be one of the foremost American historians. “The book, while it is one of the best textbooks on the subject for higher schools of learning, will be a splendid thing for anyone to keep on their shelves. Dr. Bassett has set down the chief events of our national growth in such a keen, clear way, that one does not have to wade through a mass of verbiage in his search for information on a given subject.” --_Brooklyn Daily Eagle._ The Plain Story of American History BY JOHN SPENCER BASSETT, PH.D. _Illustrated, 12mo, $1.00_