TOPICS FOR COLLATERAL READING.--The following topics are thoroughly discussed in Fiske's _Discovery of America_:-- The People of Ancient America, Vol. I, pp. 1-19; Origin of the American Indians, Vol. I, p. 19; The Indians of the Pueblos, Vol. I, p. 82; The Mysterious Mound Builders, Vol. I, p. 140; Voyages of the Northmen to Vinland, Vol. I, p. 164. REFERENCES FOR READING.--For a readable account of the Mound Builders and the American Indians, consult Shaler's _The Story of Our Continent_. OUTSIDE READINGS.--Starr's _American Indians_; The Voyages to Vinland from the Saga of Eric the Red, _Old South Leaflets_, No. 32; Glasscock's _Stories of Columbia_. FOR READING OR RECITATION.--Whittier's _Norumbega_ and _Norsemen_; Longfellow's _Skeleton in Armor_. CHAPTER II. PAGES 10-30. COLUMBUS AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. TOPICS FOR COLLATERAL READING.--Topics from Fiske's _Discovery of America_:-- First Voyage of Columbus, Vol. I, p. 419; Last Voyage of Columbus, Vol. I, p. 505; Vespucius and the "New World," Vol. II, p. 96; The Cabots and their Voyages, Vol. II, p. I; Ponce de Leon, Vol. II, p. 486; Adventures of De Soto, Vol. II, p. 509. REFERENCES FOR READING.--Read selections from the one-volume edition of Irving's _Life of Columbus_; Abbott's _Life of Columbus_ (Ajax Series); Adams's _Columbus_ (Makers of America); Brooks's _True Story of Columbus_; Adventures of De Soto, Parkman's _Pioneers of France in the New World_, p. 13. OUTSIDE READINGS.--Griffis's _Romance of American Discovery_; Glasscock's _Stories of Columbia_; The Discovery of America, from the Life of Columbus, by his son, Ferdinand Columbus, _Old South Leaflets_, No. 29; Columbus's Letter to Gabriel Sanchez, describing the first voyage, _Old South Leaflets_, No. 33; Americus Vespucius's Account of his First Voyage, _Old South Leaflets_, No. 34; Death of De Soto, _Old South Leaflets_, No. 36; The Voyages of the Cabots, _Old South Leaflets_, No. 37. CHAPTER III. PAGES 31-46. SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. TOPICS FOR COLLATERAL READING.--For various topics in connection with Sir Walter Raleigh and Captain John Smith, see the Index to Fiske's _Old Virginia and her Neighbours_. Incidents in the Life of Captain John Smith: see John Esten Cooke's _Virginia_ (American Commonwealth Series), pp. 22-76. The Story of Pocahontas, Cooke's _Virginia_, pp. 35-103. REFERENCES FOR READING.--Towle's _Raleigh, his Voyages and Adventures_; Cooke's _Stories of the Old Dominion_; Eggleston's and Seelye's _Pocahontas_ (Ajax Series). OUTSIDE READINGS.--Towle's _Magellan, or the First Voyage Round the World_. CHAPTERS IV AND V. PAGES 47-72. THE PILGRIMS. TOPICS FOR COLLATERAL READING.--Many topics in connection with this chapter may be selected from Fiske's _The Beginnings of New England_, as, The Separatists, p. 66; Why the Pilgrims did not stay in Holland, p. 74; Voyage of the Mayflower, p. 80; The Pilgrims and the Indians, p. 83.