Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 1st June 1882, Edition 1 of 1, Page 504

I Nearly ready , in 2 vols . royal 8 vo . 24 s . ZEUSTOZRTXOF THE FORMATION of the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . By & EOEGE BANCROFT . I Uniform with and a continuation of the Author's History of the United States / volumes * * These of the volumes ' History , while of the published United States separa tel being y , rea dir lly ectl form y connected the eleventh with and volume twelfth ten last published , , , AMERICAN PRESS OPINIONS CONCERNING THE WORK . t This long-expected continuation of the ' Mr . George Bancroft , in his eighty-second magnum opus of Mr . Bancroft has come at year—an age which few men reach , and at ness last , and of contents alike in j perfection it abundantl y ju stifi and es the ll- the which disp ositio of n those or the capacit do y reach for protracted it retain I more than Horatian delay brought by the literary labour—sends out to the world a venerable author to its preparation The work which in its clearness and strength of severity style of the and work for its is terseness remarkabl . e In for the its cl grave assic fresh diction material , its breadth , and it s p scope hilos op hic " , wealth grasp of of and judicial summing-up of its judgments on events and their causes would have reflected the great men and the great events here passed honour upon his prime . His li History of in review it does not suffer at all by compari- the Formation of the Constitution of the son with the immortal work of Thucydides , United States of America " may be riewed and . it differs from the poignant brevity of either as a continuation of his previous Hisa T ac d itu mo s re onl libe y because ral in his p hilosop Bancroft hy . ' broader pendent tory of the work United , and viewed States , " in or either as an aspect inde it - New York Herald . is a contribution to our literature of singular 'It is nearly a half-century since George value and importance . '—Boston Journal . Bancroft work by published which his the reputation first volume has of chiefl the y fres < xhe her interest two new for volumes the generation have in of reality to-day a been made , and on which alone it will rest than have the preceding tenfor at every m two afte additional r time . volumes He now of g Iils ives colossal to the under world - po latel int y they burning touch questions on matters and , that the were ashes but of taking begun they , in , so for truth , long althoug , are ago h but . possessing As a par now t ano of known ther the , work title his , wn < ich T are - not . - * quite . ¦ , cold Cleveland ¦ . . ' , * Herald . narrative peace < History . Th of where es the e volumes United volume , therefo States ten > re ( ends the , take las with up t one the the the ^ partisan x formation doubt , history if of there our of has Constitution our ever con been federacy than a more tlus and published followed much a continuation ) as leaves volumes it eleven off of , the and and story thus twelve as become if of they the as one compare comprehensiveness before with . ^ it m . and of fullness aim certainl . — of Boston y research none Lok ana can - " History of the United Ne States w York . "' Times . respondent < It may be Springfield in few Republic word s that an . Mr . cessful < Whether finishing taken of as a great the comp historical lete and work sue or - with Bancroft a clear has and enriched ^ authoritative American history literature of the as has own a separ preceded merits ate without work it , these to regard be jud two to ged volumes anything solely on must that its Constitution will admirable be accepte exponent , which d aa is of , such to that a great b document y jurists extent , , and and an needs be welcomed as an important contribu- essayists , as well as by historians . A laxge aa tion one to which historical would literature have made , and the recognised reputation p collection ies part of of the valuable second historical volume papers , and occu gives - of a young and unknown Thb Criti author c ( New . ' York ) . additional interest Phii to ^ the adelphia whole . Inquirer ' . t - ~——— London : SAMPSON LOWMARSTONSBARLB & RIVINGTON , Crown Buildings , , 188 Fleet , Street , E . C . , _____ _ ---- «

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