University and historical addresses : delivered during a residence in the United States as ambassador of Great Britain
1913
University and historical addresses : delivered during a residence in the United States as ambassador of Great Britain
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922
1913
Includes index The beginnings of Virginia -- What university instruction may do to provide intellectual pleasures for later life -- The landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 -- The influence of national character and historical environment on the development of the common law -- The conditions and methods of legislation -- Thomas Jefferson: third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia -- Missions past and present -- The art of Augustus Saint-Gaudens -- Architecture and history -- The character and career of Abraham Lincoln -- The Scoto-Irish race in Ulster and in America -- What a university may do for a state -- Allegiance to humanity -- The tercentenary of the discovery of Lake Champlain -- Some hints on public speaking -- Special and general education in universities -- The study of ancient literature -- On the writing and teaching of history -- Some hints on reading -- National parks -- the need of the future -- The Constitution of the United States Digitized at Georgetown University Law Library
