FISHER'S BRIEF HISTORY OF 

 THE NATIONS 



By GEORGE PARK FISHER, LL.D., Emeritus Professor 



in Yale University 



$1.50 



THIS is an entirely independent work, written expressly 

 to meet the demand for a compact and acceptable text- 

 book on General History for secondary schools and lower 

 classes in colleges. Some of the distinctive qualities which will 

 commend this book to teachers and students are as follows : 

 ^[ It narrates in fresh, vigorous, and attractive style the most 

 important facts of history in their due order and connection. 

 It explains the nature of historical evidence, and records only 

 well established judgments respecting persons and events. It 

 delineates the progress of peoples and nations in civilization 

 as well as the rise and succession of dynasties. 

 ^| It connects, in a single chain of narration, events related 

 to each other in the contemporary history of different nations 

 and countries. It is written from the standpoint of the 

 present, and incorporates the latest discoveries of historical 

 explorers and writers. 



^J It is illustrated by numerous colored maps, genealogical 

 tables, and artistic reproductions of architecture, sculpture, 

 painting, and portraits of celebrated men, representing every 

 period of the world's history. 



FISHER'S OUTLINES OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY 

 Revised, $2.40 



Also published in three parts, price, each, $1.00. Part I, Ancient History. 

 Part II, Mediaeval History. Part III, Modern History. 



ANEW and revised edition of this standard work. Soon after the 

 publication of the first edition of this history the author was 

 honored by the University of Edinburgh with the degree of Doctor 

 of Laws, in recognition of his services in the cause of historical research. 

 In this edition the book is brought fully up to date in all particulars. 



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