Modern Editions of Classic Works for Readers TodayrnFAME AND THE FOUNDING FATHERSrnESSAYS BY DOUGLASS ADAIRrnEdited by Trevor ColbournrnThe fifteen articles, essays, notes, and documents gatiiered in this collectionrnare a permanent contribution to study of the American founding. For,rnamong historians of the founding era, the late Douglass Adair is a reveredrnfigure. As teacher, critic, and editor of the William & Alaiy Quaiterly, Adairrndemonstrated what Trevor Colbourn—one of his principal students—rndescribes as an “extraordinary ability to enter empathetically into the experiencernand ideology of the Founding Fathers while at the same time writingrnabout them critically and movingly.” The volume includes such pathbreakingrnwritings as “The Tenth Federalist Revisited,” “‘Experience Must Be Our OnlyrnGuide’: History, Democratic Theory, and the United States Constitution,”rn”James Madison,” “The Jefferson Scandals,” “The Catalogue of the Library ofrnThomas Jefferson,” and “Was Alexander Hamilton a Christian Statesman?”rnThe volume also includes an affectionate reminiscence of Adair by CarolinernRobbins and a bibliographical essay by Robert E. Shalhope that establishesrnAdair’s indispensable role in the development of a sophisticated understandingrnof eighteenth-century republican thought.rnTrevor Colbourn is President Emeritus of Central Florida University.rn451 + xliv pages. Preface, introduction, personal memoir, bibliographical essay, select bibliography, index.rnHardcover $20.00 0-86597-192-7rnPaperback $ 9.50 0-86597-193-5rn(Indiana residents add 5% sales tax)rn”Conceived in Liberty”rnFor a nation “conceived in liberty,” the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individualsrnis a never-ending obligation. To encourage this deliberation, Liberty Fund—a private educational foundationrnestablished in 1960—makes available a wide range of outstanding books. In keeping with LibertyrnFund’s mission, books are both beautifully produced and priced to ensure their availability to all seriousrnreaders. Each title explores some aspect of the interrelationship of liberty and responsibility in individualrnlife, society, governance, or economics. Accordingly, our publications include the works of Adam Smith,rnDavid Hume, Lord Acton, Ludwig von Mises, Nobel laureates F. A. Hayek and James Buchanan, crucialrnpolitical writings of the American founding era, and other landmark works in philosophy, law, social andrnpolitical thought, and education.rnCall 800-955-8335rnFax 317-579-6060rnor write:rnLiberty FuriclrnfElSVSrnWe payrnUPS shipping onrnprepaid orders.rn8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite #300, Dept. S12J, Indianapolis, IN 46250rnExplore Liberty Fund’s catalogue on the World Wide Webrnat www.libertyfund.orgrnrnrn