THIS volume, as its title page indicates, consists
of such parts of Mr. Lecky's work The History of
England in the Eighteenth Century as relate to the
English colonies in America, and the causes and
progress of the American Revolution. The chapter
on "America, 1763-1716," which is taken entire, con-
tains Mr. Lecky's notable account of the colonial
controversy with the mother country, which caused
the dismemberment of the British Empire and made
two nations of the English race. To this chapter
have been added Mr. Lecky's discussions of the prog-
ress of our Revolutionary War, and of the peace nego-
tiations which closed that war -- the most important
chapter in the history of American diplomacy. It is
believed that this material, gathered from a volumi-
nous work, constitutes a volume of unity and of logi-
cal and historical sequence, and one of great value as
a contribution to American history.

Mr. Lecky is one of the greatest of modern his-
torians. The quality of his historical writing is too
well known to need description here. He deals with
movements and problems of history on large and lib-

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