ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918), historian. A Letter to American Teachers of History. Washington: [Privately printed], 1910.

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ADAMS, Henry (1838-1918), historian. A Letter to American Teachers of History. Washington: [Privately printed], 1910.

8o, 214pp. green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Black cloth clamshell case.

FIRST EDITION. A PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED ON THE FLYLEAF: "with the compliments of the author, March 1910." A scarce title; only three copies recorded in auction records for the past 25 years. One of a series of late works by Adams in which he tried to incorporate new scientific knowledge, especially in physics, into the study of American history. Bibliography of American Literature 34.

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