THE ABORIGINES; POPULATION, RELIGION, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMERCE; OF THE ARTS, SCIENCES, AND LITERATURE; OCCASIONAL BIOGRAPHIES OF THE MOST REMARKABLE COLONISTS, WRITERS AND PHILOSOPHERS, WARRIORS AND STATESMEN; STEREOTYPED BY J. HOWE. PUBLISHED BY JOHN GRIGG, No. 9, N. 4th-ST. .......... 1826. Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to wit: BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-seventh day of August, in the forty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1821, WILLIAM GRIMSHAW, of the said District, hath deL. S. posited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit: 66 "History of the United States, from their first settlement as Colonies, to "the Cession of Florida, in eighteen hundred and twenty-one; comprising every important political event; with a progressive view of the Abo"rigines; Population, Religion, Agriculture, and Commerce; of the Arts, 66 Sciences, and Literature; occasional Biographies of the most remarka"ble Colonists, Writers and Philosophers, Warriors and Statesmen; and "a copious Alphabetical Index. By WILLIAM GRIMSHAW, Author of a History of England, &c." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;"-And also to the Act, entitled, "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." D. CALDWELL, Clerk of the Eastern ** * Accompanying this History, there is a small book of Questions, for the use of Schools; also, for the convenience of Teachers, a Key, containing the Answers. RECOMMENDATIONS OF GRIMSHAW'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. AND HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. "History of England, from the first Invasion by Julius Caesar, to the Peace of Ghent, &c. For the use of Schools. By William Grimshaw. Philadelphia, 1819. Benjamin Warner. 12mo. pp. 300. "WE have copied so much of the title of this work, barely to express our decided approbation of the book, and to recommend its general introduction into schools. It is one of the best books of the kind to be found, and is instructive even to an adult reader. We should be pleased that teachers would rank it among their class-books; for it is well calculated to give correct impressions, to its readers, of the gradual progress of science, religion, government, and many other institutions, a knowledge of which is beneficial in the present age. Among the many striking merits of this book, are, the perspicuity of the narratives, and chasteness of the style. It is with no little pleasure we have learned, that the author has prepared a similar history of the United States; a work long wanted, to fill up a de-, plorable chasm in the education of American youth." Analectic Magazine, October, 1819. "MR. GRIMSHAW has wisely connected the literary and civil, with the polemical history of England: the ecclesiastical, he has not wholly neglected so that the minds of his readers are not entirely occupied, as they would be by too many historians, with the intrigues of a court, the stratagems of a camp, and the carnage of the field. Most histories may produce warriors; but can never make men of science, or good citizens; can never form the mind to virtuous habits. "With a better history for schools, in which the English language is spoken, than this, we have no acquaintance." Theological Review, April, 1819. 66 Philadelphia, 28 June, 1819. "SIR-I have read with pleasure and profit your History of England. I think it is written with perspicuity, chasteness, and impartiality. Well written history is the best political instructor, and under a government in which it is the blessing of the country that the people govern, its pages should be constantly in the hands of our youth, and lie open to the humblest citizen in our wide-spread territories. Your book is eminently calculated thus to diffuse this important knowledge, and therefore entitled to extensive circulation; which I most cordially wish. With much repect, "Your obedient servant, "LANGDON CHEVES. "WILLIAM MSHAW, Esa." "MR. GRIMSHAW, "SIR-It has been impossible, in the time allotted me, to find the leisure necessary for a careful perusal of the whole of your manuscript History of England. But it has been a very pleasant exercise, whenever I could devote half an hour to the work. Indeed it has been an amusement, the loss of which I should much regret, did I not hope very shortly to see it in print. Judging by the chapters which I have read, my mind is made up to recommend it to the Trustees and Faculty of the Asbury College. "Your style is pure; your sentences agreeably musical; your incidents judiciously chosen, so as to enrich the work; your strictures upon the characters of the princes and men in power, appear to me to be extremely just and the whole narrative is conducted in a manner, well calculated to excite, in the mind of youth, sentiments highly refined, and happily congenial to the spirit of our free government. แ "Entertaining an opinion so favourable to your endeavour to supply our schools with a good abridgment of the History of England, I cannot refuse you this little tribute of commendation. "Wishing you a patronage as extensive as your work deserves, I sub. scribe myself your obedient, "SAMUEL K. JENNINGS, "President of Asbury College, Baltimore." "Baltimore, Sept'r. 1818. "MR. GRIMSHAW, "SIR-I have read, with much pleasure, your valuable History of England; which, in my opinion, for delicacy of sentiment, purity of style, selection of matter, and strict impartiality, stands unrivalled by any similar production. I shall gladly embrace the opportunity of introducing it into my Academy. "Yours, with great respect, "SAMUEL BROWN, Church street." 66 History of the United States, from their first settlement as Colonies, to the Peace of Ghent, &c. By William Grimshaw, pp. 312, 12mo. "THIS is the third time, within the space of two years, that we have had occasion to review a volume from the hand of Mr. Grimshaw. He writes with great rapidity; and improves as he adyances. This is the most correctly written of all his productions. We could wish that a person so well formed for close, and persevering study, as he must be, might find encouragement to devote himself to the interests of literature." "Mr. G. has our thanks for the best concise and comprehensive history of the United States which we have seen." Theological Review, October, 1819. "Golgotha, P. Edwd. Va. Sep. 26, 1820. "DEAR SIR, "MR. GRIMSHAW's History of the United States, &c.' was some time ago put into my hands by Mr. B who requested me to give you my opinion as to the merits of the work. It is, perhaps, on the subject of revolutionary story, rather too compendious, and not sufficiently seasoned with anecdote to captivate the young.* This defect, if it may be so called, originated, it is suspected, in a conviction, that Ramsay had done that subject justice; but more especially in an inclination to afford a cheap book. The history of the late war is well managed by your author: it has more of detail and interest than the former part; and I consider it much superior to any of the many compilations on that subject, with which the public has been favoured. It may be said of the entire performance, that it is decidedly the best chronological series, and the chastest historical narrative, suited to the capacity of the juvenile mind, that has yet appeared. Its arrangement is judicious; its style neat, always perspicuous, and often elegant; and its principles sound. "American writings on men and things connected with America, have been long needed for the young; and I am happy to find, that Mr. Grimshaw has not only undertaken to supply this want, but also to Americanize foreign history for the use of our schools. In a word, sir, I am so fond of American fabrics, and so anxious to show myself humbly instrumental in giving our youth American feeling and character whilst at school; that I shall without hesitation recommend Mr. Grimshaw's works to my young pupils, as introductory to more extensive historical reading. In fine, the work is so unobjectionable, and puts so great a mass of necessary information within the reach of schoolboys, at so cheap a rate, that I feel the highest pleasure in recommending it to the public, and wish you exten "DEAR SIR,-As far as I have examined your books, I find much to *This objection, it is presumed, has been removed in the third and subsequent editions; as they contain many additional incidents relating to that period; some of which will be found highly amusing. |