[p v]PREFACE

[p vii]CONTENTS

[p ix]HISTORY

HISTORY1

[p25]CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY

[p27]CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY

[p47]THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN

[p49]THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN

[p81]NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES

[p83]NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES

[p99]SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

[p101]SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

[p105]EDWARD GIBBON

[p107] EDWARD GIBBON

[p141]SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER

[p143]SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER

[p151]WILLIAM E. H. LECKY

[p153]WILLIAM E. H. LECKY

[p159]SIR SPENCER WALPOLE

[p161]SIR SPENCER WALPOLE

[p169]JOHN RICHARD GREEN

[p171]JOHN RICHARD GREEN

[p175]EDWARD L. PIERCE

[p177]EDWARD L. PIERCE

[p183]JACOB D. COX

[p185]JACOB D. COX

[p189]EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE

[p191]EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE

[p201]THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE

[p203]THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE

[p243]A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION

[p245]A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION

[p265]EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN

[p267]EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN

[p299]WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?

[p301]WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?

[p315]A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL

[p317]A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL

[p325]INDEX