THE HISTORY OF COLONIZATION (2 Volumes)

Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, pp. 459 + 383. Inscription on flep of both volumes, boards rubbed, some loss to cloth at top spine area of vol. 1, else a good set.

From the Introduction:

"... the following particulars will in each case be mentioned:

Causes of colonial origin;

Objects of colonization;

Requisite conditions in parent state and colony;

Methods of colonization;

Systems of government applied to the colony;

Period and course of development of colonial life;

Cost of colonization;

Advantages derived and disadvantages accruing from a colonial policy;

Causes leading to the severance of colonial ties, and the establishment of independent states;

Finally, in some measure, the relations existing between the former parent state and the liberated colony, after the latter's freedom has been attained.