Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-02-28


SINCE Sir Walter Raleigh sOlaced his Imprisonment
in the Tower by the composition Of his history OF
the World' the Literature of England has never
achieved the work which he left unfinished. There
have been Universal Histories from the bulk Of an
encyclopedia to the most meagre outline, IN
annals Of each nation are separately recorded; DuL
without attempt to trace the story Of Divine Froyl
dence and human progress IN one
It is proposed to supply this want by work, cOndens
ed enough to keep it within reasonable size but yet
full to be free from the dry badness OF an cpl
tome The literature Of Germany abOunds in history,
such those of Muller SChOsser Karl Won Rotteck,
DunCker, and Others,-WhiCh at once prove the de-
mand tor such book and furnish models, in some
degree for It's execution. But even those greatwOrs
are somewhat deficient in that organic unity which is
the chief aim of this % History of the World"
The story of our whole race like that Of each sepa
rate nation, has beginning, middle and an end"
That story propose to follow, from its beginning
in the sacred records, and from the dawn Of civiza
tiOn in the East-thrOugh the successive Oriental En-
pres-the rise of liberty and the perfection Of heath
en- pOlty arts, and literature IN Greece and Romei-
the change which passed over the face Of the world
when the light of Christianity sprang up,the origin
and first appearance Of those barbarian races which
Overthrew both divisions Of the Roman Empire-the
annals of the States which rose on the Empires ruins,
including the picturesque details Of medieval history,
and the steady progress OfmOdern liberty and civil
izatiOnand the extension OF these infuentes by dis
Covery conquest colonization and Christian Missions
to the remOtest regions of the earth. In word.
separate histories reflect the detached scenes Of hu
action and suffering, aim is to bring into
view the several parts which assuFedly form great
whole moving Onwards, underline guidance Of Divine
vine purposes.
No pains will be spared to make this history schOl-
arike in substance and popular in style. 1t will be
founded on the best authorities ancient and modern,
original and secondary. The vast progress recently
made in historical and critical Investigations the re-
suits obtained from the modern science Of compare
tive philOOgy, and the discoveries which have laid
open new sources of information concerning the East,
afford such facilities as to make the presents fit epoch
for our undertaking.
The work viii be divided into three Periods, each
complete in itself, and will form Eight Volumes in
Deny Octave.
I-AECIENT HISTORY, Sacred and Secular; from the
Creation to the Fall of the Western Empire, in
A. D. 476. Two Volumes.
I.-MEDIEvAL HISTORY, Civil and Ecclesiastical
from the Fall of the Western Empire to the Ia
king of ConstantinOple by the Turks, in A. D.
1453. Two Volumes.
III.-MODERN HISTORY; from the Fall of the Byzan
tine Empire to our own Times. -Four Volumes.
1t will be published in vos., SvO. Price in cloth,
s3,5O per volume. Sheep, $3.50. Half morocco, s..
Volume now ready.
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