University and historical addresses: delivered during a residence in the United States as ambassador of Great Britain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Macmillan company, 1913.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 mission of state universities
  • The art of Augustus Saint-Gaudens
  • Architecture and history
  • The character and career of Abraham Lincoln
  • The Scotch-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