The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Keith M. Eckrich, Tom Allen and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
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.
Non-sectarian, non-partisan and non-sectional.
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.
Editor-in-Chief: Rossiter Johnson, LL.D.
Associate Editors: Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. and John Rudd, LL.D.
With a staff of specialists
CONTENTS of VOLUME XVII
AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE OF THE GREAT EVENTS, Charles F. Horne
(1844) THE INVENTION OF THE TELEGRAPH, Alonzo B. Cornell
(1846) REPEAL OF THE ENGLISH CORN LAWS, Justin McCarthy