The attention of Normal instructors, Superintendents and Teachers is invited to the peculiar educative value of the American History Leaflets series when used for supplementary reading and reference as adjuncts to the regular text-book in United States history. The matter comprised in the Leaflets consists of reprints of famous documents that were the mainspring of political action, or the resultants of such activity. The American History Leaflets are thus of great value for giving that particularity and local color to the important events of our history which the limited space of most text-books forbids. Pupils using them will thus obtain a more intelligent idea of the epoch under consideration. The American History Leaflets are issued under the editorial supervision of Albert Bushnell Hart and Edward Channing, Professors of American History in Harvard University, and each number contains an Introduction by the Editors, with a bibliography for further investigation. The numbers more particularly adapted for common school use are : No. 1.-The Letter of Columbus to Santangel announcing his Discovery. A familiar letter addressed to the Spanish gentleman who befriended No. 8.—The Exact Text of the Constitution of the United States. An exact reprint reproducing the peculiar capitalization, punctuation and spelling then in vogue. It is prefaced by a valuable editorial introduction. No. 12.-Ordinances of Secession and other Documents. 1860-61. Reprints of the Secession ordinances passed by the Southern States at the opening of the Civil War. These numbers are bound in stout paper covers, price 10 Cents per copy. Special rates on quantities. The titles of other numbers adapted for High School and Normal School use will be found advertised elsewhere. * American History Leaflets for both "Let us have more of the adults and children."—Lyman P. Powell, in The Review of Reviews. A. LOVELL & CO., Publishers, 3 East 14th Street, New York, COLONIAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL. EDITED BY ALBERT BUSHNELL HART and EDWARD CHANNING, Of Harvard University. Price, per copy, 10 Cents. These Leaflets are designed to promote the scientific method of studying history from its documents, and furnish in convenient form and at a moderate price copies of original documents that have become famous in our colonial and constitutional history as the outcome of some important crisis, or as exponents of the theories underlying our form of government. Each Leaflet contains a brief historical introduction and bibliography to aid further investigation by the student. 1. The Letter of Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel announcing his Discovery, with Extracts from his Journal. 2. The Ostend Manifesto. 1854. 3.-Extracts from the Sagas describing the Voyages to Vinland. 4.-Extracts from Official Declarations of the United States embodying the Monroe Doctrine. 1789-1891. 5.-Documents illustrating the Territorial Development of the United States. 1763-1769. 6.-Extracts from official Papers relating to the Bering Sea Controversy. 1790-1892. 7.-The Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England. 1643-1684. 8.-Exact Text of the Constitution of the United States. From the Original Manuscripts. 1787-1870. 9.-Documents describing the Voyage of John Cabot in 1497. 10.-Governor McDuffie's Message on the Slavery Question. 1835. 11. Jefferson's Proposed Instructions to the Virginia Delegates, 1774, and the Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence, 1776. 12. Ordinances of Secession and other Documents. 13.-Coronado's Journey to New Mexico and the Great Plains. 1540-42. 14.-Plans of Union. 1696-1780. 1860-1861. 15.-The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, with the Alien, Sedition and other Acts. 1798-1799. 16.-Documents illustrating the Territorial Development of the United States. 1584-1774. 17.-Documents relating to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 1854. 18.-Lincoln's Inaugural and First Message to Congress. 1861. 19.-Extracts from the Navigation Acts. 1645-1696. 20.-The Exact Text of the Articles of Confederation, with the Franklin From the Original Manuscripts. and Dickinson Drafts. 1781. 21.-The Stamp Act. 1765. 22.-Documents illustrating State Land Claims and Cessions. 23.-Extracts from the Dred Scott Decision. 1857. 1776 1776-1802. 24.-Documents relative to the Bank Controversy. 1829-1833. All of the above numbers are now ready for delivery. Price. 10 Cents per number. ANNOUNCEMENT. The following six numbers will be issued bi-monthly in the months of January, March, May, July, September and November, 1896. Annual subscription, 60 cents. Price. per number, 10 cents. 25.-Extracts from the Massachusetts Body of Liberties. 26.-Extracts from Lincoln's State Papers. Dec. 1861-March 1865. 27.-The Early History of Virginia. Extracts from John Smith's True Relation, etc. 1641. 28.-Proposals to Amend the Articles of Confederation. 1780-1787. 29.-The Early History of Plymouth. Extracts from Bradford and Mount. 30.-Constitutional Doctrines of Webster, Hayne, and Calhoun. 18281833. SOME PRESS AND OTHER COMMENTS. "The Leaflets' which the professors of American History at Harvard have been editing during the past three years afford in every respect the best available material for the study of our national history in preparatory schools and lower college grades. 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