BY

FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S
HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRE-
SENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS
OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS

NON-SECTARIAN

NON-PARTISAN

NON-SECTIONAL

ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATH-
ERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA
AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS
TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, AR-
RANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOG-
RAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING

Compilation of the Earliest Code (B.C. 2250), .

HAMMURABI

Theseus Founds Athens (B.C. 1235), .

PLUTARCH

The Formation of the Castes in India (B.C. 1200), .

GUSTAVE LE BON

W. W. HUNTER

Fall of Troy (B.C. 1184), .

GEORGE GROTE

Accession of Solomon

Building of the Temple at Jerusalem (B.C. 1017),

HENRY HART MILMAN

Rise and Fall of Assyria

Destruction of Nineveh (B.C. 789), .

F. LENORMANT AND E. CHEVALLIER

The Foundation of Rome (B.C. 753),

BARTHOLD GEORG NIEBUHR

Prince Jimmu Founds Japan's Capital (B.c. 660), .

SIR EDWARD REED

THE "NEHONGI"