EUROPEAN HISTORY

A collection of extracts from the sources chosen with the
purpose of illustrating some of the chief phases
of the development of Europe during
the last two hundred years

BY JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON AND CHARLES A. Beard

PREFACE

This volume agrees precisely with the previous one in

purpose and arrangement. It has, however, been neces-

sary, on account of the ever-increasing diffuseness of the

material upon which we have had to draw, to resort more

frequently to condensation. Parliamentary speeches, state

papers, pamphlets, books of travel, magazine articles, and

treatises on important phases of our modern life rarely

yield their best in the succinct form essential, consider-

ing the space at our disposal. Moreover, with the class

of readers we have in view it seemed wise to avoid all

digressions and obscure allusions which could hardly

fail to increase the difficulties in the student's path. We

have, however, always plainly indicated in the margin

those cases in which a speech, treaty, constitution, or

extract from a book or article is "condensed" or "much

condensed." While we have struck out sentences and

paragraphs where there was not space for them, and

they could be spared, we have only in the rarest instances

ventured to change a word, excepting always in the case

of translations, which commonly solicit amelioration

either from the standpoint of sense or taste. The crit-

ical student who suspects that he is missing something

can always, by means of our Table of Contents and

List of Citations, readily turn to the text upon which

we have relied.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK CITY

J. H. R.

C. A. B.

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