Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-06-15
PLAN OF THE WORK.

Since Sir Walter Raleigh soaced his inprisonm ,nt
in the Tower by the composition of his .'Hstory of
| the World the literature OF England has never yet
ace level the work which lie left unfinished. There
have been Universal Histories,,' from the bulk of
encyclopaedia to the most meagre outline, in which the
annals of each nation separately recorded but
without an attempt to trace the story Of Divine Prov
dence and human progress in connected narrative
1t proposed to supply this want by work. condensed
enough to keepi within reasonable size, but yet
full as to be free from the dry badness Of an eptome
The literature of Germany ahounds in history-such
as those of Muller, Schlosser, Karl ven Rotteck,
Duncker, and others-whch at once prove the demand
for such book, and furnish models, in degree,
| for It's execution. But even those great works are
somewhat deficient in that organic unity which is the
chiefaim Of this ''History of the World"
The study of0ur whole race like that Of each sepa-
rate nation, has "a beginning, middle, and an end.'
The story we propose to follow from its beginning in
the sacred records and from the dawn of ciyZat III
/ the east-hrough the successive Oriental Empires
the rise OF liberty and the perfection of heather pOty
arts, and literature in Greece and Rome-the change
which passed the face of the world when the light
ofChristanity sprung up-the origin and first appear
ance OF those barbarian which overthrow both di
visions of the Roman Empre-the annals of the States
which rose on the Empires ruins, including the pic
uresque details of medieval history, and the steady
progress OF modern liberty and civiiiZaton-and the
extension of these influences by discovery conquest
colonization and Christian missions to the rcmotest
regions OF the GARTH In word, separate histories
reflect the detached scenes of human action and suffer-
ing our aim is to bring into view the several parts
which assuredly form great whole moving
wards under the guidance of Divine Providence to the
| unknown end ordained in the Divine purposes.
No pains will espared to make this history scholar
like in substance and popular in style 1t will be foun
ded on the best authorities ancient and MODERN orgi
nal and secondary The vast rogress recently made
Ill historical and critical the results OBJ
tanned from the modern science Of comparative phil
oogy, and the discoveries which have laid open new
sources Conformation concerning the east afford such
facilities to make the present fit epoch for
dertakipg.
The work will be divided info three Periods each
complete in itself, and will form Eight Volumes in
DENY Octave.
I.-AEcIgNT HISTORY. Sacred and Secular from the
Creation to the Fa.l Of the Western Empire in A. d.
476. Two Volumes.
II-NEmEvAL HISTORY, Civil and Ecclesiastical:
from the Fall ofthe Western Empire to the taking Of
Constantinople by the Turks in A. D. 1853 Two
Volumes.
IIl.-MoDERN History from the II of the Byzan-
tine Empire TO cur own times -Four olumcs
It will be published in vols 8 vo Price in cloth,
$50 per volume Sheep, s4,50. Half morocco, $500
Volume now ready.