JK 37 T52

The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle.

STUDIES FOR 1891-92.

Leading Facts of American History. Montgomery,

Social Institutions of the United States. Bryce,

Initial Studies in American Letters. Beers,

Story of the Constitution of the United States. Thorpe,

Classic German Course in English. Wilkinson,

Two Old Faiths. Mitchell and Muir,

THE STORY OF THE

CONSTITUTION OF

THE UNITED STATES

BY

FRANCIS NEWTON THORPE

School of American History, University of Pennsylvania

AUTHOR OF

The Government of the People of the United States

NEW YORK
CHAUTAUQUA PRESS

C. L. S. C. Department, 180 Fifth Avenue

1891