A Short History of the United States Author:Edward Channing The aim of this little book is to tell in a simple and concise form the story of the founding and development of the United States. The study of the history of one¿s own country is a serious matter and should be entered upon by the text-book writer by the teacher and by the pupil in a serious spirit even to a greater extent than the study of... more » language or of arithmetic.« less