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ITALY: THE
OTTOMAN TURKS: RUSSIA: THE INVASIONS OF ITALY
CHAPTER II.
--INVENTION AND DISCOVERY: THE RENAISSANCE
PERIOD II. THE ERA OF THE REFORMATION (1517-1648).
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I.
--THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY: TO THE TREATY OF
NUREMBERG (1517-1532)
CHAPTER II.
--THE REFORMATION IN TEUTONIC COUNTRIES:
SWITZERLAND, DENMARK, SWEDEN, ENGLAND
CHAPTER III.
--THE REFORMATION IN GERMANY, FROM THE PEACE OF
NUREMBERG TO THE PEACE OF AUGSBURG (1532-1555)
CHAPTER IV.

--CALVINISM IN GENEVA: BEGINNING OF THE CATHOLIC
COUNTER-REFORMATION
CHAPTER V.
--PHILIP II., AND THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS
CHAPTER VI.
--THE CIVIL WARS IN FRANCE, TO THE DEATH OF HENRY IV.
(1610)
CHAPTER VII.
--THE THIRTY-YEARS' WAR, TO THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
(1618-1648)
CHAPTER VIII.
--SECOND STAGE OF THE REFORMATION IN ENGLAND: TO
THE DEATH OF ELIZABETH (1547-1603)
CHAPTER IX.
--THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION AND THE COMMONWEALTH
(1603-1658)
CHAPTER X.
--COLONIZATION IN AMERICA: ASIATIC NATIONS: CULTURE
AND LITERATURE (1517-1648)
PERIOD III. FROM THE PEACE OF WESTPHALIA TO THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION (1648-1789).
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.
--THE PREPONDERANCE OF FRANCE: FIRST PART OF THE
REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. (TO THE PEACE OF RYSWICK, 1697):
THE RESTORATION OF THE STUARTS: THE ENGLISH
REVOLUTION OF 1688
CHAPTER II.
--WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION (TO THE PEACE OF
UTRECHT, 1713): DECLINE OF THE POWER OF FRANCE:
POWER AND MARITIME SUPREMACY OF ENGLAND
CHAPTER III.
--THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR: THE FALL OF SWEDEN:
GROWTH OF THE POWER OF RUSSIA
CHAPTER IV.
--WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION: GROWTH OF THE
POWER OF PRUSSIA: THE DESTRUCTION OF POLAND
CHAPTER V.
--CONTEST OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AMERICA: WAR
OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
UNITED STATES
CHAPTER VI.
--LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND RELIGION
PERIOD IV. THE ERA OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
(1789-1815).
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.
--FROM THE ASSEMBLING OF THE STATES-GENERAL TO THE
EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. (1789-1793)
CHAPTER II.
--FROM THE EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI. TO THE FALL OF
ROBESPIERRE (JAN. 21, 1793-JULY 27, 1794)
CHAPTER III.
--FROM THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE TO THE EMPIRE OF
NAPOLEON (1794-1804)
CHAPTER IV.
--FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EMPIRE TO THE RUSSIAN
CAMPAIGN (1804-1812)
CHAPTER V.
--FROM THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN (1812) TO THE CONGRESS
OF VIENNA (1814-15)
CHAPTER VI.
--AMERICAN HISTORY IN THIS PERIOD (1789-1815)
CHAPTER VII.
--LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE (1789-1815)
PERIOD V. FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1815) TO THE
PRESENT TIME.
INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I.
--EUROPE, FROM THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA (1815) TO THE
FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1830
CHAPTER II.
--EUROPE, FROM THE REVOLUTION OF 1830 TO THE
REVOLUTIONARY EPOCH OF 1848
CHAPTER III.
--EUROPE, FROM THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 TO THE
AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR (1866)
CHAPTER IV.
--EUROPE, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE
AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN WAR TO THE END OF THE
FRANCO-GERMAN WAR (1866-1871)
CHAPTER V.
--EUROPE, FROM THE THIRD FRENCH REPUBLIC, AND THE
UNION OF ITALY (1871)
CHAPTER VI.
--THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1815: THE SOUTH AMERICAN
STATES: EASTERN ASIA
CHAPTER VII.
--THE LAST DECADE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
CHAPTER VIII.

--DISCOVERY AND INVENTION: SCIENCE AND LITERATURE:
PROGRESS OF HUMANE SENTIMENT: PROGRESS TOWARDS
THE UNITY OF MANKIND

LIST OF MAPS.
THE WORLD AS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF ASIA
ANCIENT EGYPT
ANCIENT PALESTINE
PHYSICAL FEATURES OF EUROPE
ANCIENT GREECE AND THE AEGEAN ISLANDS
GREEK AND PHOENICIAN COLONIES
EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
KINGDOMS OF THE SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER
ANCIENT ITALY (NORTHERN PART)
ANCIENT ITALY (SOUTHERN PART)
ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE
THE NEW NATIONS AFTER THE GREAT MIGRATIONS
(ABOUT A.D. 500)
EMPIRE OF THE SARACENS (ABOUT A.D. 750)
EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE
EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE A.D. 843

EMPIRE OF CHARLEMAGNE A.D. 887
CENTRAL EUROPE ABOUT A.D. 980
MEDITERRANEAN LANDS AT THE TIME OF THE CRUSADES
FRANCE AND ENGLAND, A.D. 1154-1189
CENTRAL EUROPE, A.D. 1360
CENTRAL EUROPE, A.D. 1660
ITALY ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF IHE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
EUROPE AT THE TIME OF NAPOLEON'S GREATEST POWER
(ABOUT A.D. 1810)
CENTRAL EUROPE IN 1815
EUROPE AFTER 1878
AUSTRO-HUNGARY SINCE 1878
FRANCE SINCE 1871
GERMAN EMPIRE SINCE 1871
TURKISH EMPIRE, GREECE, ETC., SINCE 1878
TERRITORIAL GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES
ASIA AT THE PRESENT TIME

UNIVERSAL HISTORY.
INTRODUCTION.
DEFINITION OF HISTORY.--The subject of history is man. History

has for its object to record his doings and experiences. It may then be
concisely defined as a narrative of past events in which men have been
concerned. To describe the earth, the abode of man, to delineate the
different kingdoms of nature, and to inquire into the origin of them, or
to explain the physical or mental constitution of human beings, is no
part of the office of history. All this belongs to the departments of
natural and intellectual science.
But history, as we now understand the term, is more than a bare record
of what men have done and suffered. It aims to point out the connection
of events with one another. It seeks to explain the causes and the
consequences of things that occur. It would trace the steps that mark the