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IMPORTANT NEW EDITION. 



AN AGCOUNT OF ITS ORIGIN, PRO- 

 GRESS> AND PRESENT POSITION. With 

 full Descriptions of Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, and other Colonies and 

 Dependencies. By EDGAR SANDERSON, M.A.(Cantab.), author of "History of the British 

 Empire", "Outlines of the World's History 5 ', &c., &c. Beautifully illustrated throughout 

 with full-page drawings by the most eminent artists. New Edition. Greatly enlarged, and 

 brought down to the reign of King Edward VII. In 6 volumes, cloth elegant, olivine 

 edges, gs. each, net. 



With the accession of His Majesty King Edward the Seventh a new reign and a new century begin 

 together. The occasion is almost unique, and we cannot doubt that the present time will be regarded 

 as one of the outstanding landmarks in British history. It becomes therefore our duty and our pleasure, 

 as responsible citizens of a mighty Empire, to take stock of our present position in the world, and prepare 

 ourselves for the Era that is now opening by studying the successes and the failures of the past. Only by 

 this means can we hope to keep our leading place among the great nations of the earth. 



In the lamented death of Queen Victoria the mother-country and her colonies were united as they had 

 never been before by the bond of a common sorrow; in the great Boer war they learned to recognize 

 a common Imperial interest. It may be said that the events of the past two years have taught us for the 

 first time in our history the true meaning of the phrase "a British citizen". 



It is to assist the home and colonial reader in obtaining a comprehensive view of the Empire at large 

 that the present work has been prepared. It claims to give a comprehensive account of the growth of 

 the Empire from its very small beginnings to the magnificent inheritance which it has now become our 

 duty to preserve. 



The excitement caused by the Boer War will not soon be forgotten; but many of the important 

 incidents of the campaign, coming as they did so thick and fast, and told only in scrappy and often 

 conflicting newspaper reports, will inevitably escape the memory. It is an important feature of the 

 present work that it gives not only a compendious history of the Empire, but a detailed account of the 

 Boer war. In an interesting history of South Africa the author traces the events that led up to the war, 

 gives graphic descriptions of the various sieges and reliefs, marches and engagements, thrilling 

 tales of personal bravery, with many amusing and interesting anecdotes, and sketches the careers 

 of the prominent men on both sides. This section of the work is illustrated with portraits of the 

 British Generals, and with a large number of stirring and realistic war pictures. 



The startling developments that have recently taken place in China have been given due attention, 

 and the author clearly describes the foreign relations in that part of the world up to the present time. 



Canada, India, the Australian Commonwealth, New Zealand, Africa these are the big areas which 

 are painted with British red on the world's map. But this same colour is dotted all over the globe; 

 and the reader will find a full account of every colony, possession, and dependency where flies the Union 

 Jack in this comprehensive history and picture of " Greater Britain". 



The wonderful tale of our progress in the United Kingdom receives full justice and is not less 

 interesting, embracing as it does the civil and military history of our country, the reform-legislation, the 

 foreign policy of Britain, and the chequered history of Ireland from 1801 till 1896. While the narrative 

 deals, for the most part, with the nineteenth century, a thoroughly interesting account of Great 

 Britain in the eighteenth century is also presented. 



The following are some of the subjects which are treated in great detail : 



Engineering. 



Moral and Social Advance. 



Romantic Events. 



Commerce. 



Art. 



Science. 



Thrift. 



Postal Reform. 



Electricity. 



Literature. 



Great Industries. 

 Great Explorers. 

 Railways. 

 Banking. 

 Shipping. 



In the treatment of his subject the author has sought to avoid the dry details of a formal history, and 

 to present in an entertaining narrative the gradual expansion of the British Empire, and its position at 

 the present day. Such a book is invaluable to the scholar, the trader, those who have kin beyond the 

 sea, and the general reader, and must prove of the deepest interest from beginning to end, written as it 



is in a vivid and vigorous style. 



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