AND Civil Government of Ohio BY 62099 B. A. HINSDALE, PH.D., LL.D. PROFESSOR OF THE SCIENCE AND THE ART OF TEACHING IN THE UNIVERSITY PREFACE. The Authors of this work have striven to make it conform to the ideas set forth in the General Introduction to the Series. The teacher is earnestly advised to turn to that Introduction and study it carefully before attempting to teach the book. The same advice may be given to all students or readers of the book who have already some general acquaintance with the subject. The History of Ohio is but an outline, and lays most stress on the formative period. Again, it deals most particularly with the political and civil side of the history. Here it has seemed best to present the facts with considerable fullness. The history of the Northwest Territory is, indeed, closely related to the other four States that were formed out of it, but to none so closely as to Ohio. Part II., which deals with the State Government, is also but an outline. Still the cardinal facts have been presented, it is believed, with clearness. Intricate topics and technical language have been studiously shunned. In other words, the aim has been twofold: First, to explain those features of the State Government that every citizen should understand; secondly, to explain them in clear, direct, and simple language. The Authors think there is nothing in this Part that intelligent pupils in the public schools from the eighth grade upward, who are led by a capable teacher, can not understand without real difficulty. The only proviso is that the pupils must be willing to read and think. The same may be said of Part III. A few words as to the order in which the three Parts of the book should be taken. Something may depend on the progress that the pupil has already made, and on the necessities of the school; but the typical pupil should take them in the order in which they are presented. If any one of them must be omitted, let it be Part III. In that case, however, the teacher should give some knowledge of the |