Table of Contents
Introduction
3 pages
General Index
3 pages
CHAPTER I
The Antediluvian World.
CHAPTER II
From the Deluge, to the Settlement of the Jews in Canaan. AFTER the Flood had prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days, and had…
CHAPTER III
The Fabulous and Heroic Ages, to the Institution of the Olympic Games. We have already spoken, in the Introductory Remarks, of the…
CHAPTER IV
From the Institution of the Olympic Games to the Death of Cyrus. THE first recorded Olympiad belongs to the year 776. Of these games…
CHAPTER V
3 pages
CHAPTER VI
2 pages
CHAPTER VII
2 pages
CHAPTER VIII
2 pages
CHAPTER IX
3 pages
CHAPTER X
2 pages
CHAPTER XI
From the Time of Genghis Khan, to that of Tamerlane. WHILE the crusaders were fighting in the western parts of Asia, the nations of the…
CHAPTER XII
From the time of Tamerlane, to the Sixteenth Century. WE now revert to the East. In 1362 Tamerlane invaded Bukharia, which he reduced in…
CHAPTER XIII
3 pages
CHAPTER XIV
3 pages
CHAPTER XV
3 pages
CHAPTER XVI
5 pages
CHAPTER XVII
5 pages
CHAPTER XVIII
2 pages
CHAPTER XIX
5 pages
CHAPTER XX
4 pages
CHAPTER XXI
2 pages
CHAPTER XXII
3 pages
CHAPTER XXIII
3 pages
CHAPTER XXIV
3 pages
CHAPTER XXV
From the Recommencement of Hostilities to the Treaty of Tilsit. THE treaty of Amiens was little better than a hollow truce; and many…
CHAPTER XXVI
The French Invasion of Spain and subsequent Peninsular War. WHAT open force could not effect was carried by intrigue and treachery…
CHAPTER XXVII
2 pages
CHAPTER XXVIII
6 pages
Outlines of General History
7 pages
Chronological Table
91 pages
Outline History of America
16 pages
Battles of the Civil War
25 pages
Inventions and Discoveries
14 pages
The Bible
18 pages
Matters of Religious Interest
42 pages
Time
27 pages
The Weather
3 pages
The Sciences
35 pages
Geographical Statistics
5 pages
Countries of the World
242 pages
Busy Man's Hand-Book
4 pages
Current Coinage of the World
3 pages
Miscellaneous Measures
11 pages
Moneys of the World
44 pages
Terms Used in Trade and Finance
English. German. Dutch. Italian. Spanish.
Punctuation
4 pages
Synonyms and Antonyms
34 pages
Forms of Address
37 pages
Law for Everybody
146 pages
Book-Keeping
32 pages
The Electric Calculator
7 pages
How to Conduct a Debate
49 pages
How to Write Letters
87 pages
What to Do Till the Doctor Comes
15 pages
Miscellaneous
12 pages