Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-02-18
A Great Historical Work.

The Pictorial History Of the World.
embracing full and authentic accounts II
every nation of anci lent and modern times,
and including History ofthe rise and
fall of the Greek and Roman Empires. the
growth OF the natioa OF Modern Europe,
the Middle Age, the Crusadcs, the Fcudal
Sysem. the Reformation. the discovery
and settlement oft the New " orIo, etc, etc :,
by James d. McCabe.
The re has long been . great and univer
sally f. want Of . History Of the World
suita lie for general use. Thswant il now
being supplied by The National Publish,
ing CO. OF Philadelphia. Pa. Chicago. Ills
ST. Louis. Mo-. and Dayton. Ohio who
have issueda handsome volume, entitled I"
The Pic orial History OF the World" by
James ID. Melahe, well known histsri-
cal writer This work will undoubtedly,
take rank As . Standard History IL Is
the mos. valuable book that has been
published in this country for many years.
II contains separate and admirably writ
ten history Of every nation OF ancient and
modern times, and is full of valuable in
formation concerning them, pressn ed in
popular style, and in manner that viii
enable the reader to refer instantly to any
| subject upon which Information is desired.
The book is complete treasury OF his
| tory, and there is not question that can
be asked concerning any historical sub
iect, but an answer 10 it can be found in
this work, The author DOES not contenl
hineslf with a mere dry statement OF
| facts, but sketches the life and manners Of
! the various M ions of which lie treats in
| life like colors, and presents to the reader
the causes which led TO the prosperity
and decay Of the great powers OF the
world. He shows Us the various great
men-the warriors, statesmen. poers,
sages, and orators-of ancient and modern
tines, and makes them familiar to the
reader; he explains the secret motives of
their actisn, and points our The lessons
which their lives teach. A valuable fea-
ture Of the book is full History Of the late
War b<teeen R,1ssia and Turkey.
This is the only complete History Of
the World in print, and it should be
read by eseryintelligent7 person. b We are
constantly called upon to discuss The great
questions Of history, and the wars and
lquarrels of the nations of history, and the
! old world require US To be continually
refreshing our historical knowledge. This
work offers the best means of obtaining
che information the people need. 1t is
compact, easy Of reference, and strictly
accurate, and presents to the reader mass
of informstion respecting ancient, med
ieva and modern history not to DC found
in any other book.
The mechanical execu ion of the book
deserves the highest prase. 1t contains
| 1850 large double column pages. printed
in the 'carest and most beautiful style
on paper Of the very best quslity. The
book is embe lished with over $50 fine
engravings, illustrating the even recorded
| in the nlrrative, embracing battles and
other historical scenes; portraits Of the
great men Of ancient and modern times :;
and views Of the principal cities of the
word. These ehgravings ! are genuine
works of art, and were made Mt cost OF
over $4,000. The great numbers and high
character Of these engravings make this
the most valuable art publication Of the
century. We cannot TOO highly praise the
numerous and beautiful portraits Of his
torical personages with which it abounds.
The price is 30 low that every one can
afford to purchase a copy. Il is sold by
subscription only, md Mr.. Douglas WEIGH,
who is the authorized agent for this Sec
'tion, now caasessing fer it in this county.