Note 1 — The Beginnings of Critical Realism in America [Volume Three]

The Introduction, as will be readily seen by the reader, is not complete, yet it undoubtedly contains the gist of what Professor Parrington intended to include in it. He wrote several forms of some parts, from which the Introduction as it stands has been pieced together in logical order. It is probable that the last words he wrote were the significant closing words here—“to summon forth the potential intelligence of the younger generation.”—Publisher.