Book digitized by Google from the library of University of California and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. "Nearly all of the papers here published were originally contributed to Harper's magazine."--Publisher's advertisement I. Introduction: colonial progress, by E. Lawrence.--II. Mechanical progress by E.H. Knight.--III. Progress in manufacture, by D.A. Wells.--IV. Agricultural progress, by W.H. Brewer.--V. The development of our mineral resources, by T.S. Hunt.--VI. Commercial development, by E. Atkinson.--VII. Growth and distribution of population, by F.A. Walker.--VIII. Monetary development, by W.G. Sumner.--IX. The experiment of the union, with its preparations, by T.D. Woolsey ...--X. Educational progress, by E. Lawrence.--XI. Scientific progress: 1. The exact sciences, by F.A.P. Barnard. 2. Natural science, by T. Gill.--XII. A century of American literature, by E.P. Whipple.--XIII. Progress of the fine arts, by S.S. Conant.--XIV. Medical and sanitary progress, by A. Flint.--XV. American jurisprudence, by B.V. Abbott.--XVI. Humanitarian progress, by C.L. Brace.--XVII. Religious development, by J.F. Hurst Bibliographical footnotes