Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-08-10
PLAN OF TIIE WORK.


Since Sir Walter Raleigh solaced his iinprisonm mt
in the Tower by the composition of his IIistory of
the World, the literature of England has never yet
ach ieve,: the work which he left unfinished There
have been Universal Histories, from the bulk of
encyclopaedia to the most meagre outline in which the
annals Of each nation are separately recorded; but
without attempt to trace the story of Divine Proy-
dcnce and human progress in connected narrative
1t is proposed to supply this want by work condensed
enough to kcepit within reasonable size, but yet so
full to be free from the dry badness of an eptome
The literature of Germany abounds in history-such
as those of Muller, Schosser, Karl won Rotteck
Duncker. and otheTs-which at prove the demand
for such book and furnish models, in some degree
for its execution But even those great works are
somewhat deficient in that organic unity which is the
chief aim of this "Hstory of the World"
The study -four whole like that of each sepa
nation has "a beginning middle, and an end"
The story propose to follow, from its beginning in
the sacred records and from the dawn of cvzat ion in
the etst-through the successive Oriental Empires
the rise oliberty and the perfection ofheathen poty
arts, and literature in Greece and Rome-the change
which passed the face ofthe world when the light
ofChristianty sprung upthe origin and first appear
of those barbarian which overthrow both di-
visions Of the Roman Empirethe annals OF the States
which the Empires ruins, including the pic
turesque details of medieval history, and the steady
progress of modern liberty and civilization-and the
extension of these Influences by discovery, conquest,
colonization. and Christian missions, to the rcmotest
regions of the earth In word, as separate histories
reflect the detached of human action and suffer-
ing aim is to bring into view the several parts
which assuredly form one great whole. moving on
wards under the guidance of Divine Providence, tothe
unknown end ordained in the Divine purposcs.
No pains will be spared to make this history scholar
like in substance and popular in style. 1t will be oun-
ded tle best authorities, ancient and MODERN origi-
nal and secondary The vast Progress recently made
i'll historical and critical Investigations, the results OBJ
tanned from the modern science Of comparative phil
ology, and the discoveries which have laid open
ofinformaton concerning the east afford such
facilities to make the present fiji epoch for our IN
dertaking
The work will be divided into three Periods each
complete in itself, and will form Eight Volumes in
Denny Octave.
1--AycIENT HISTORY Sacred and Secular from the
Creation to the Fail of the Western EMPIRE in A. D.
476. Two Volumes.
II.-MEDIEvAL HISTORY, Civil and Ecclesiastical :;
from the Fall ofthe Western Empire to the taking Of
Constantinople by the Turks, in A. D. 1853. Two
Volumes.
IH-MoDEEs HISTORY from the Fall of the Byzan-
tine Empire to own times -Four Volumes
It will be Published in vols 70. Price in cloth,
$3.50 per volume. Sheep, $3.50 Half morocco, $500.
Volume ready.