713.6. Not in AD. deber 28/1920 A MISS E. S. KIRKLAND AUTHOR OF "A SHORT HISTORY OF FRANCE," SIX LITTLE COOKS," "DORA'S HOUSEKEEPING, SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND YOUNG PEOPLE April book A. C. MCCLURG & COMPANY J 942 K59 643 TO MY CLASSES IN ENGLISH HISTORY: You already know something of American history. For two hundred years it was closely connected with that of England, and it is but little more than a century since we began to have a history exclusively our own. England is our mother country; her past belongs to us as much as it does to the English, and ought to be equally interesting to us and them. After reading what was done and thought by our ancestors, you will understand all the better how the separation came about which made us an independent Nation. CHICAGO, October, 1891. E. S. K. |