The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations   By: Harry Perry Robinson (1859-1930)

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The Twentieth Century American Being A Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo Saxon Nations BY H. PERRY ROBINSON AUTHOR OF "MEN BORN EQUAL," "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BLACK BEAR," ETC. [Illustration] The Chautauqua Press CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK MCMXI

COPYRIGHT, 1908

BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

TO

THOSE READERS,

WHETHER ENGLISH OR AMERICAN,

WHO

AGREE WITH WHATEVER IS SAID IN THE

FOLLOWING PAGES IN LAUDATION OF

THEIR OWN COUNTRY

THIS BOOK

IS INSCRIBED IN THE HOPE

THAT THEY WILL BE EQUALLY READY TO ACCEPT

WHATEVER THEY FIND IN PRAISE

OF

THE OTHER.

[Illustration: The British Isles and the United States.

A Comparison (see Chapter IV.)]

PREFATORY NOTE

There are already many books about America; but the majority of these have been written by Englishmen after so brief an acquaintance with the country that it is doubtful whether they contribute much to English knowledge of the subject.