A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library / by distinguished scholars.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Flathe, Theodor, 1827-1900.

Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World history.

Physical Description:

24 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles (part folded) maps (part folded) plans, plates (part color) portraits ; cm

Place of Publication:

[Philadelphia]: [Lea brothers], [1902-05, v.1, 1905]

Contents:

I. Justi, F. Egypt and Western Asia in antiquity.

II. Justi, F. Central and eastern Asia in antiquity.

III. Hertzberg, G. F. Ancient Greece.

IV. Hertzberg, G. F. Republican Rome.

V. Hertzberg, G. F. Imperial Rome.

VI. Pflugk-Harttung, J. von. The great migrations.

VII. Pflugk-Harttung, J. von. The early middle ages.

VIII. Prutz, H. The age of Charlemagne.

IX. Prutz, H. The age of feudalism and theocracy.

X. Prutz, H. The age of renaissance.

XI. Philippson, M. The age of the reformation.

XII. Philippson, M. The religios wars.

XIII. Philippson, M. The age of Louis XVI.

XIV. Philippson, M. The age of the European balance of power.

XV. Philippson, M. The age of Frederick th Great.

XVI. Flathe, T. The French revolution and the rise of Napoleon.

XVII. Flathe, T. The Napoleonic empire.

XVIII. Flathe, T. Restoration and revolution.

XIX. Flathe, T. The reconstruction of Europe.

XX. Andrews, C. M. Contemporary Europe, Asia and Africa.

XXI. Fiske, J. Colonization of the New world.

XXII. Fiske, J. Independence of the New world.

XXIII. Fiske, J. Modern development of the New world.

XXIV. General index.

Notes:

The first 19 volumes are a slightly condensed translation, with additions, of the "Allegemeine Weltgeschichte" by T. Flathe and others, Berlin, 1885-92. Translated by James Hunter, Joseph H. Myers and others, under the supervision of John Henry Wright. cf. General pref.

OCLC:

213527133