Historical Essays
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1. [p iii] HISTORICAL ESSAYS BY JAMES FORD RHODES, LL.D., D.Litt.2. [p v] PREFACE3. [p vii] CONTENTS4. [p ix] HISTORY5. HISTORY16. [p25] CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY7. [p27] CONCERNING THE WRITING OF HISTORY8. [p47] THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN9. [p49] THE PROFESSION OF HISTORIAN10. [p81] NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES11. [p83] NEWSPAPERS AS HISTORICAL SOURCES12. [p99] SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY13. [p101] SPEECH PREPARED FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DINNER AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY14. [p105] EDWARD GIBBON15. [p107] EDWARD GIBBON16. [p141] SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER17. [p143] SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER18. [p151] WILLIAM E. H. LECKY19. [p153] WILLIAM E. H. LECKY20. [p159] SIR SPENCER WALPOLE21. [p161] SIR SPENCER WALPOLE22. [p169] JOHN RICHARD GREEN23. [p171] JOHN RICHARD GREEN24. [p175] EDWARD L. PIERCE25. [p177] EDWARD L. PIERCE26. [p183] JACOB D. COX27. [p185] JACOB D. COX28. [p189] EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE29. [p191] EDWARD GAYLORD BOURNE30. [p201] THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE31. [p203] THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE32. [p243] A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION33. [p245] A REVIEW OF PRESIDENT HAYES’S ADMINISTRATION34. [p265] EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN35. [p267] EDWIN LAWRENCE GODKIN36. [p299] WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?37. [p301] WHO BURNED COLUMBIA?38. [p315] A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL39. [p317] A NEW ESTIMATE OF CROMWELL40. [p325] INDEX