The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13
A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS
ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES, ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY, WITH THOROUGH INDICES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING
ROSSITER JOHNSON, LL.D.
CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
VOLUME XIII
Copyright, 1905, By THE NATIONAL ALUMNI
TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF
(FROM VOLTAIRE TO WASHINGTON)
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THE GREAT EVENTS
FAMOUS HISTORIANS
The National Alumni
VOLUME XIII
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XIII
THE GREAT EVENTS
CHARLES F. HORNE
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LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS
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SIEGE AND BATTLE OF BELGRAD
PRINCE EUGENE OF SAVOY
LOUIS ADOLPHE THIERS
HENRY TIPPER
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WILLIAM B. STEVENS
PREACHING OF THE WESLEYS AND OF WHITEFIELD
WILLIAM E.H. LECKY
CAPTURE OF DELHI
SIR JOHN MALCOLM
EDMUND GOSSE
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MARIA THERESA APPEALS TO THE HUNGARIANS
WILLIAM SMYTH
LAST OF THE STUARTS
JUSTIN McCARTHY
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JOHN BIGELOW AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
JOHN MORLEY GEORGE W. KITCHIN
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THE BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA: BATTLE OF PLASSEY
SIR ALEXANDER J. ARBUTHNOT
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BATTLE OF TORGAU
WOLFGANG MENZEL FREDERICK THE GREAT
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VICTORY OF WOLFE AT QUEBEC
A.G. BRADLEY
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W. KNOX JOHNSON
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E.O. RANDALL
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PATRICK HENRY'S SPEECH
JAMES GRAHAME GEORGE BANCROFT
FRANÇOIS ARAGO
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JAMES FLETCHER
GEORGE BANCROFT
THOMAS F. HENDERSON
GOETHE'S "WERTHER" REVIVES ROMANTICISM
KARL HILLEBRAND
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GEORGE RIPLEY
EMBRACING THE PERIOD COVERED IN THIS VOLUME
JOHN RUDD, LL.D.
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