The purpose of this work is to give a true estimate of the Huguenots as a factor in American life. Separate chapters deal systematically with the Huguenots in Canada and the settlements at Oxford Narragansett New Amsterdam New Rochelle and New Paltz and in the states of Maine Pennsylvania Delaware South Carolina and Virginia. Also included are sketches of Huguenot founders soldiers statesmen churchmen artists and writers. Valuable appendices include a list of Some English Surnames of French Origin and a list of the Present Members of the Huguenot Society of America (1906).