The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 10, July 1906 - April, 1907 Page: 283
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Book Reviews and Notices. 283
tinctly orignal contribution to United States history in the vol-
une. It is comprehensive, accurate, and valuable, and will put a
new phase upon that question. There has long been and still is
a notion that the cause of the Mexican war was a boundary dispute,
and it will probably never be entirely dissipated until 90 per cent
of all the present school histories are destroyed and the present
generation is all dead, or the study of Garrison's chapter on the
subject is made compulsory in the schools.
The very full accounts of the various diplomatic negotiations of
that decade afford opportunities for a much better estimate of the
history of annexation than we have hitherto had, while the chap-
ters on the Slidell mission and rupture with Mexico give a proper
insight into the attitude of the United States and Mexico toward
each other in 1845. A proper review in the QUARTERLY would
consume more space than could be allowed, and many interesting
and instructive references in other chapters, calculated to revise
the judgment of many who have gone over the ground in other
histories, must be passed unnoticed.
A very instructive and unusually interesting and helpful feature
of the book is the series of maps and charts which accompany the
-text. They not only elucidate, but they supplement the text, show-
ing many facts and are full of suggestions that would not occur to
the average reader. They are original compilations and are exe-
cuted in the best style.
The chapter on the Ashburton treaty will hardly impress one,
at first blush, as being germane to westward extension, but when
considered in connection with the chapter on the settlement of the
Oregon question, its relevancy will be apparent. The same may
be said of the chapter on the Isthmian Canal.
The book fills an important gap in United States history, and,
therefore, meets a demand that had existed in Texas for some
years. Its two-fold value as a part of the history of the whole
country, and of the most interesting and important part of the
political history of Texas, and its assured rank as standard United
States history should give it a place in every library in our State.
Z. T. FULMORE.
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