Just as the history of a country is largely the history of its great men, so the geography of a country is largely the story of its great cities.<br />How much more easily history is grasped and remembered when grouped around attractive biographies. With great cities as the centers of geography-study, what is generally considered a dry, matter-of-fact subject can be made to attract, to inspire, and to fix the things which should be remembered.<br />This book, &ldquo;Great Cities of the United States,&rdquo; includes the ten largest cities of this country, together with San Francisco, New Orleans, and Washington.