NOW READY. 



OUTLINES OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY 



DESIGNED AS A TEXT-BOOK AND FOR PRIVATE READING. 



BY 



Prof. GEORGE PARK FISHER, D.D., LL.D., of Yale College. 



IT IS COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS PLAN. 



Connected with the narrative of political events, with the record of wars and of the rise and fall of 

 governments and nations, clear summaries are given of the progress of literature, science and art. The 

 great authors, philosophers, artists and pioneers in discovery and invention are not only mentioned by 

 name, but their specific character and achievements are definitely, though concisely, stated. The use 

 of different sorts of type renders it possible to present a great amount of important information pertain- 

 ing to the development of civilization, in due subordination to the main course of the narrative. 



IT IS COMPLETE. 



Starting with the pre-historic period, the narrative advances through the successive ages down to 

 the present time — to as late a date as the recent fall of the Gladstone Ministry and the death of 

 General Grant. Unlike many works which bear the title of General Histories, it does not leap over 

 long eras, or dismiss them with a few meagre observations. The mediaeval period, as well as the 

 ancient and modern, is fully described, and the characteristic features and events of every important era 

 are distinctly set forth. The author has had regard to symmetry of structure. He has aimed to give 

 to each period of the past the space due to it. 



IT IS SO CONSTRUCTED AS TO EXHIBIT IN A STRIKING LIGHT THE 



UNITY OF HISTORY. 



Changes are traced back to their causes, and the thread that unites each period with its antecedents 

 is brought to light. History is thus seen to be a connected whole. 



IT IS CONFORMED TO THE BEST AND LATEST RESEARCHES. 



The difficulty of securing accuracy in a historical narrative relating to any period, especially to the 

 ancient era, is very great. This is partly due to the recent progress of antiquarian researches. The 

 author of this work, in addition to his own investigations, has availed himself of the aid of a number of 

 distinguished scholars specially conversant with different parts of the field that is traversed. Many 

 errors which are found in popular works have been silently eliminated, and many important, but 

 unfamiliar facts, have been introduced. 



THE WORK IS THOROUGHLY IMPARTIAL AND UNSECTARIAN IN ITS 



JUDGMENTS. 



The reader, to whatever political or religious body he may belong, will find no cause to complain 

 of any injustice or disrespect shown to his tenets or to the men whom he holds in honor. 



A GUIDE TO MORE EXTENDED STUDY. 



The guidance afforded to the teacher and to the learner in the prosecution of further studies, by 

 the carefully prepared lists of books in connection with the several eras, is a marked and peculiar 

 excellence of this work. 



The apparatus of maps for illustrating the text of this volume is remarkably ample and serviceable. 

 There are not less than 32 historical maps ; so that the use of a separate historical atlas may be dis- 

 pensed with. 



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