Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-06-29
HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
BY PHILIP SMITH, B. A.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS TO DICTIoN
ARIES GREEK ROMAN ANTIQUITIES. BIOG-
EArHY, AND GEOGRAPHY.
PLAN OF EEIE 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
achieved the work which he left unfinished There
have been Universal HStories,' from the bulk of
encyclopedia to the most meagre outline, in which the
annals Of each nation are separately recorded but
without attempt to trace the story of Divine prov
dence and human progress in one connected narrative
1t is proposed supply this want by work condensed
enough TO keepit within reasonable size, but yet
full as to he free from the dry badness Of eptome
The literature of Germanyabounds in history-such
as those Of Muller, Schosser, Karl Rottccl
Duncker, and others-which at prove the demand
for such book, and furnish models, in degree,
for its execution. But even those great works are
somewhat deficient in that organic unity which is the
chief aim of this Iiistory of the World
The study of our whole race like that of each sepa-
rate nation has "a beginning, middle and end.
The story propose follow, from its beginning in
the sacred records and from the dawn Of civilization in
the east--thr0ugh the successive Oriental Empires
the rise oiherfy and the perfection heather poty
arts, and literature in Greece and Komethe change
which passed the face the world when the light
ofChrIslanity sprung up-the origin and first appear
ance of those barbarian which overthrow both die
visions of the Roman Empyethe annals Of the States
which rose on the Empires ruins including the pic
turesque details Of medieval history and the steady
progress of modern liberty and cvization-and the
extension Of these influences by discovery, conquest,
colonization, and Christian missions, to the remotest
regions Of the earth In word as separate histories
reflect the detached scenes Of human action and suffer-
ing aim is to bring into view the several parts
which assuredly form one great whole, moving on
unknown end ordained in the Divine purposes.
No pains will be spared to make this history scholar
like in substance and popular in style. 1t will be foun
ded on the best authorities, ancient and MODERN orig
nal and secondary The vast progress recently made
i'll historical and critical Investigations the results OBJ
tanned from themodern science of comparative phil
ology and the discoveries which have laid open
sources Conformation concerning the east afford such
facilities as to make the present fit epoch for
dertdiing.
divided Periods each
complete in itself, and will form Eight Volumes in
Deny Octave.
TANGENT History Sacred ard 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
1ll.-MoDERN HISTORY, from the Fall of the Byzan-
tine Empire to our own times. Four Volumes
1t will be published in vols, vo Price in CLOTH
$3.50 per volume Sheep s4,50. Half morocco, 500
Volume now ready.