THE PURPOSES OF THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN COMMISSION.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. THE AGE OF DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER II. "GOOD OLD COLONY TIMES."
CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF THE NATION.
CHAPTER IV. WORLD'S FAIRS.
CHAPTER V. THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION.
CHAPTER VI. SOCIETY'S FOUNDATION-STONE.
CHAPTER VII. THE DEMON OF DIVORCE.
CHAPTER VIII. THE FARMER'S TROUBLES.
CHAPTER IX. THE RUM POWER.
CHAPTER X. NATIONAL DEFENCE.
CHAPTER XI. LABOR.
CHAPTER XII. SELF-HELP FOR LABOR.
CHAPTER XIII. IMMIGRATION.
CHAPTER XIV. ANNEXATION.
CHAPTER XV. THE INDIAN.
CHAPTER XVI. THE PRESS.
CHAPTER XVII. THE SCHOOL-ROOM.
CHAPTER XVIII. RAILROADS.
CHAPTER XIX. BANKS AND BANKING.
CHAPTER XX. OUR CITIES.
CHAPTER XXI. RELIGION.
CHAPTER XXII. WOMAN AND HER WORK.
CHAPTER XXIII. OUR LITERATURE.
CHAPTER XXIV. AMERICAN HUMOR.
CHAPTER XXV. THE HIGHER EDUCATION.
CHAPTER XXVI. OUR GREAT CONCERN.
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“My Country, ’Tis of Thee!”
OR,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;
Past, Present and Future.
A Philosophic View of American History and of Our Present
Status, to be Seen in
THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION.
BY
WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON, A. M.,
Author of “Stanley’s Adventures in Africa,” “History of the Johnstown
Flood,” “A Life of General Sherman,” Etc.
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GREAT ISSUES OF THE FUTURE,
AS VIEWED BY
OUR MOST PROMINENT EDITORS AND EMINENT MEN OF
OUR COUNTRY,
INCLUDING
President Harrison, Ex-President Cleveland, Senator Sherman,
Judge Thurman, Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Foss, Bishop
Potter, T. V. Powderly, General Schofield,
Admiral Porter, and many others.
BY
J O H N H A B B E R T O N,
Author of “A Life of George Washington,” Etc., and Editor of
“The Select British Essayists.”
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ILLUSTRATED.
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INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.,
44 N. 4th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 134 E. Van Buren St., Chicago, Ill.
1892.
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Copyright, 1892, by B. W. URIAN.
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.
BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS.
WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
Gentlemen:
With reference to your request for an introductory note, allow me to assure you that it affords me great pleasure to speak to the masses through the medium of your excellent book.
Thanking you for the courtesy, I am,
Yours most truly,
