WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT

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CONTENTS

PRESCOTT

WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT

CHAPTER I THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIANS

CHAPTER II EARLY YEARS

CHAPTER III THE CHOICE OF A CAREER

CHAPTER IV SUCCESS

CHAPTER V IN MID CAREER

CHAPTER VI THE LAST TEN YEARS

CHAPTER VII "FERDINAND AND ISABELLA"—PRESCOTT'S STYLE

CHAPTER VIII THE "CONQUEST OF MEXICO" AS LITERATURE AND AS HISTORY

CHAPTER IX "THE CONQUEST OF PERU"—"PHILIP II."

CHAPTER X PRESCOTT'S RANK AS AN HISTORIAN

INDEX

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