My country 'tis of thee, by Willis Fletcher Johnson, A. M

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Author

Johnson, Willis Fletcher, 1857-1931

Title

"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.

Credits

Produced by Richard Hulse, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

E151: History: America: United States

Subject

United States -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

50036

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50036

Release Date

September 22, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.“My Country, ’Tis of Thee!”
2. 2.THE PURPOSES OF THE BOARD OF LADY MANAGERS OF THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN COMMISSION.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — “MY COUNTRY, ’TIS OF THEE.”
5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE AGE OF DISCOVERY.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. “GOOD OLD COLONY TIMES.”
7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF THE NATION.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. WORLD’S FAIRS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE COLUMBIAN EXHIBITION.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. SOCIETY’S FOUNDATION-STONE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE DEMON OF DIVORCE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE FARMER’S TROUBLES.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE RUM POWER.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. NATIONAL DEFENCE.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. LABOR.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. SELF-HELP FOR LABOR.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. IMMIGRATION.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. ANNEXATION.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. THE INDIAN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. THE PRESS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. THE SCHOOL-ROOM.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. RAILROADS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. BANKS AND BANKING.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. OUR CITIES. — THE DARKER SIDE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. RELIGION.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. WOMAN AND HER WORK.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. OUR LITERATURE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. AMERICAN HUMOR.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. THE HIGHER EDUCATION.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. OUR GREAT CONCERN.

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