SECOND DIVISION: THE KINGDOMS OF MAN
[BOOK OF RACES AND PEOPLES]
I. [MAN AND THE HUMAN FAMILY]—[HOW MAN DIFFERS FROM OTHER ANIMALS]—[QUESTIONS OF MAN’S ORIGIN]—[HIS PRIMEVAL HOME]—[OLDEST EXTANT REMAINS OF THE HUMAN RACE]—[MAN’S ADVANCEMENT IN THE PRE-HISTORIC AGES]—[CHART SHOWING DEVELOPMENT OF THE RACE THROUGH THE AGES]: (1) Dawn; Stone Age; (2) Old Stone Age; (3) New Stone Age; (4) Bronze Age; (5) Early Iron Age; (6) Late Iron Age; (7) Age of Letters.
II. [HOW THE RACES ARE CLASSIFIED]—[CHART OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL RACE CHARACTERISTICS]—[GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE RACES OF MANKIND]—[DICTIONARY OF THE HISTORICAL RACE GROUPS]—[COMPARATIVE CLASSIFICATION OF RACES AND PEOPLES.]
⁂Books of Reference about Man.—Prichard: Researches into the Physical History of Mankind. Latham: Natural History of the Varieties of Man. Waitz: Anthropology. Darwin: The Descent of Man. Huxley: Essays and Man’s Place in Nature. Quatrefages: Classification des Races Humaines. Peschel: The Races of Man. Tylor: Anthropology. Lubbock: Prehistoric Times. Ratzel: History of Mankind. Keane: Ethnology and Man. Past and Present. Deniker: The Races of Man. Hutchinson: The Living Races of Mankind.
[BOOK OF NATIONS: Geographical, Historical, Descriptive]
I. [Extinct Nations of the Past].
[CHIEF HISTORICAL PEOPLES]: [Egyptians]—[Babylonians]—[Assyrians]—[Hebrews]—[Phœnicians]—[Medes and Persians]—[Hindus]—[Greeks]—[Romans]—[PROGRESS OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY AND DISCOVERY], B.C. 3800 TO THE PRESENT, WITH 16 MAPS—[THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPLORERS], B.C. 1400 TO 1917 A.D.—[COMPARATIVE OUTLINE HISTORY OF ANCIENT NATIONS], B.C. 5000 TO 843 A.D.—DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT: [The Spell of Egypt: Ancient and Modern]—[The Babylonian-Assyrian Empires]—[The Hebrews and the Holy Land]—[The Phœnicians: First Nation of Colonizers]—[The Medo-Persian Empire]—[The Greeks: Glory of the Ancient World]—[Rome: Mistress of the World]—[The Saracen Empire: Its Fanaticism, Art, and Learning]—[The Germanic Empire of Charlemagne].
II. [Living Nations of To-day].
[COMPARATIVE OUTLINE HISTORY OF MODERN NATIONS]—TRANSITION PERIOD FROM THE ANCIENT TO THE MODERN—[GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREAT POWERS]: [Great Britain]—[France]—[Germany]—[Italy]—[Austria]—[Hungary]—[Russia]—[United States]—[Japan]—THE LESSER MODERN NATIONS: [In Europe], [Spain] and [Portugal]—Scandinavia ([Norway], [Sweden], [Denmark])—[The Netherlands]—[Switzerland]—The Balkan States ([Bulgaria], [Roumania], [Turkey], [Greece], [Servia]); In Asia, [China]—Persia—[Turkey]; In America, [Brazil]—[Argentina]—[Chile]—[Mexico]—[Canada].
III. Tables and Charts.
Including [Great Wars], [Great Battles], Dynasties, Rulers, [Comparative Government], [Biographical Facts Relating to the Presidents of the United States], Important Facts Concerning the States, etc.
IV. Historical Charts and Tables, Maps and Plans.
⁂Books of Reference about the Nations.—HISTORY—Freeman: General Sketch. Haydn: Dictionary Dates. Rawlinson: Manual of Ancient History. Peck: Harper’s Classical Dictionary. Duncker: History of Antiquity. Brugsch-Bey: Egypt under the Pharaohs. Ewald: History of Israel. Allen: Hebrew Men and Times. Ranke: Universal History. Fisher: Outlines of Universal History. Mommsen: History of Rome. Gibbon: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Grote: History of Greece. Duruy: History of Rome. Merivale: General History of Rome. Lecky: History of European Morals. Hallam: Middle Ages. Guizot: History of Civilization. Sybel: History of the Crusades. Cox: The Crusades. Emerton: Mediaeval Europe; Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages. Harding: Essentials in Mediaeval and Modern History. Gieseler: Church History. Alzog: Manual of Universal Church History. Clarke: Events and Epochs of Religious History. Fisher: History of the Reformation. Ranke: History of the Popes. Dyer: History of Modern Europe. Fyffe: History of Europe. Sybel: History of the French Revolution. Acton: Cambridge Modern History. Larned: Topical Outlines of Universal History.
ATLASES.—Bartholomew: Atlas. Rand-McNally: Atlas; Century Dictionary and Atlas. Johnson: Historical Atlas. McClure: Historical Church Atlas.
GAZETTEERS.—Blackie: Imperial Gazetteer. Longman: Gazetteer of the World. Lippincott: Gazetteer. Baedecker: Guides.
GOVERNMENT AND LAW.—Aristotle: Politics. Bluntschli: Theory of the State. Burgess: Political Science and Comparative Constitutional Law. Freeman: Comparative Politics. Goodnow: Comparative Administrative Law. Lalor: Cyclopedia of Political Science. Locke: Treatises of Government. Maine: Popular Government. Montesquieu: Spirit of Laws. Morley: Ideal Commonwealths. Plato: Republic. Rousseau: The Social Contract. Sidgwick: Elements of Politics. Spencer: Man vs. the State. Wilson: The State. Bryce: The American Commonwealth. Hart: Actual Government. Robinson: Elements of American Jurisprudence. Thompson: English and American Encyclopedia of Law. Burdick: The Essentials of Business Law. Lowell: Governments and Parties in Continental Europe. Goodnow: Comparative Administrative Law. Dicey: The Law of the Constitution.
[BOOK OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE]
I. CLASSIFICATION OF LANGUAGES—[WRITTEN] AND [SPOKEN] ENGLISH—[The Proper Use of Words, Sentences and Paragraphs]—[Figures of Speech]—[Poetics]—[Use of Capital Letters]—[Punctuation]—Forms of Practical English Composition: [Letters], [Argument and Debate], [News], Short Story, [Fiction], [Essay], [Editorials], Reviews, Criticism, Addresses and Other Forms of Public Speech—[ABBREVIATIONS]—[PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF CLASSIC WORDS AND PHRASES]—[PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF WORDS AND PHRASES FROM THE MODERN LANGUAGES].
II. [ENGLISH] AND [AMERICAN] LITERATURE—OUTLINE CHARTS OF [ENGLISH] AND [AMERICAN] AUTHORS—[DICTIONARY OF LITERARY ALLUSIONS]: Famous Books, Poems, Dramas, Literary Characters, Plots, Pen Names, Literary Shrines and Geography, and other Miscellany—[PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF MYTHOLOGY]: Gods, Heroes, and Mythical Wonder Tales—[CHART OF GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHS], their Origin, Relationship and Descent.
⁂Books of Reference.—LANGUAGE.—Sayce: Introduction to the Science of Language. Whitney: Language and the Study of Language. Paul: Principles of the History of Language. Muller: Science of Language. Skeat: Philosophy. Jesperson: Progress in Language, with Special Reference to English. Giles: Manual of Comparative Philosophy for Classical Students. Oertel: Lectures on the Study of Language. Sweet: Primer of Spoken English. Skeat: Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Sweet: Grammar, Logical and Historical. Lewis: Applied English Grammar. Genung: Practical Elements of Rhetoric. Gummere: Poetics. Wendell: English Composition. Palmer: Self-Cultivation in English. Kittredge: Words and their Ways in English Speech. Trench: Study of Words. Fernald: Synonymns and Antonymns.
LITERATURE.—Jevons: History of Greek Literature. Mahaffy: Greek Literature. Crutwell: History of Roman Literature. Fortier: History of French Literature. Robertson: History of German Literature. Garnett: Short History of Italian Literature. Symonds: Italian Renaissance. Horn: History of Scandinavian Literature and Jewish Encyclopedia. Morley: Library of English Literature. Brooke: History of English Literature. Ward: English Poets. Gosse: Short History of English Literature. Tyler: History of American Literature. Matthews: History of American Literature. Stedman: An American Anthology. Johnson: Elements of Literary Criticism. Warner: Library of Universal Literature.
DICTIONARIES.—Webster: New International Dictionary. Worcester: Dictionary of the English Language. Funk and Wagnalls: Standard Dictionary. Whitney: The Century Dictionary. Murray: Oxford English Dictionary. Wright: Dialect Dictionary.
[BOOK OF THE SCIENCES AND INVENTION]
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCIENCES IN PARALLEL OUTLINES—[PRACTICAL MATHEMATICS]—Arithematic and its Modern Applications—The Arithmetic of Business, Commercial and Industrial Transactions—Corporations, [Stocks and Bonds]—[Table of Commercial Laws]—[Weights] and [Measures]—PHYSICS: Laws and Properties of Matter—Mechanics and Inventions—Sound—Heat—Light and Color—[Electricity and Magnetism]—[CHEMISTRY]: [Theory of Chemistry]—[Table of the Chemical Elements]—[The Chemistry of Common Things]—[REMARKABLE INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES]—RECENT SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS, [X-rays] and [Radium], [Wireless Telegraphy], [Wireless Telephone], [Aeroplanes], [Submarines], [Airships], and Explosives.
⁂Books of Reference.—BIOLOGY.—Brooks: Foundations of Zoology. Morgan: Animal Behavior. Pearson: The Grammar of Science. Spencer: Principles of Biology. Thomson: The Science of Life. Verworn: General Physiology. Weismann: The Germ-Plasm.
PHYSICS.—Ames: General Physics. Ames and Bliss: Manual of Experiments. Hoadley: Measurements in Magnetism and Electricity. Preston: Theory of Heat and Theory of Light. Poynting and Thomson: Heat. Tyndal: Light. Schuster: Theory of Optics. Barker: Physics. Merrill: Theoretical Mechanics. Helmholtz: Sensations of Tone. Kapp: Electric Transmission of Energy. Crocker: Electric Lighting. Sewell: Elements of Electrical Engineering. Jackson: Elements of Electricity and Magnetism and Alternating Currents and Alternating Current Machinery.
CHEMISTRY.—Remsen: Introduction to the Study of Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. Roscoe: Lessons in Elementary Chemistry. Wurtz: Elements of Modern Chemistry. Ostwald: Inorganic Chemistry. Alexander Smith: Laboratory Outline of General Chemistry and General Inorganic Chemistry. Wiley: Chemistry of Foods and Agricultural Chemistry. Roscoe and Schorlemmer: Treatise on Chemistry. Watts: Dictionary of Chemistry. Thorp: Industrial Chemistry.
(Abridged in the Concise Edition.)
[BOOK OF THE HUMAN BODY]
[ITS STRUCTURE]—[ORGANIZATION INTO SYSTEMS]—[FUNCTIONS]—[SPECIAL SENSES]—[NERVOUS SYSTEM]—PERSONAL HYGIENE—PREVENTION OF DISEASE—INTERDEPENDENCE OF BODY AND MIND—EUGENICS—ILLUSTRATIONS AND CHARTS.
⁂Books of Reference.—Morris: Treatise on Anatomy. Gray: Anatomy. Davidson: Human Body and Health. Martin: Human Body. Huxley and Youmans: Elements of Physiology and Hygiene. Wilson: The Cell in Development and in Inheritance. Thomson: Heredity. Loeb: Comparative Physiology of the Brain and Comparative Psychology. Sternberg: Manual of Bacteriology.
(Abridged in the Concise Edition.)
[BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY]
[BIOGRAPHICAL CHART SHOWING THE WORLD’S MASTERS OF ACHIEVEMENT BY CENTURIES].
CHRONOLOGICAL DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY: (a) The World’s Immortals, specially treated; (b) Present-Day Biographies.
(The Biographical Chart only is included in the Concise edition.)
⁂Books of Reference.—Philips: Dictionary of Biographical Reference. Vincent: Dictionary of Biography. Thomas: Dictionary of Biography. Appleton: Dictionary of American Biography; Dictionary of National Biography; Who’s Who in Great Britain; Who’s Who in America. Ruoff: Masters of Achievement; American Statesmen Series; American Men of Letters; English Statesmen Series; English Men of Letters. Smith: Dictionary of Christian Biography.
(Omitted in the Concise Edition.)
[BOOK OF THE CHILD WORLD]
PLAYLAND—STORYLAND—NATURE-LAND—SCHOOL-LAND: SIMPLE LESSONS ABOUT WORDS, READING, WRITING, NUMBERS, ETC.—MANNERS AND CONDUCT—THE PARENT AND CHILD—THE OUTLOOK UPON LIFE—EDUCATION AND MORAL GROWTH—CARE OF THE BODY.
⁂Books of Reference.—PRIMARY EDUCATION.—Arnold: Rhythms. Barnard: Kindergarten and Child-Culture Papers. Blow: Educational Issues; Letters to a Mother; Symbolic Education. Froebel’s translated Mother-Play Songs. Froebel: Education of Man; Education by Development; Last Volumes of Pedagogics; Pedagogics of the Kindergarten. Hailman: Laws of Childhood. Harrison: A Study of Child-Nature; Kindergarten Building Gifts; Misunderstood Children; Two Children of the Foothills. Hughes: Educational Laws. Peabody: Kindergarten Lectures. Snider: Commentary on Froebel’s Mother-Play Songs; Life of Froebel; Psychology of the Play-Gifts. Vanderwalker: The Kindergarten in American Education. Von Bulow: The Child; Reminiscences of Froebel.
(Abridged in the Concise Edition.)