CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

THE SAURIAN AGE

[FRONTISPIECE]

[FIRST GRAND DIVISION]

[MAN AND THE UNIVERSE]

PAGE

Editorial Introduction

[1]

Plan of the HISTORY

[3]

Plan of First Grand Division

[6]

A View across the Ages

[7]

Summary of World History

[60]

Chronology of 10,000 Years

[61]

Time-table of the Nations

[74]

Contemporary Figures in History

[78]

The Beginning of the Earth

[79]

Four Periods of the Earth’s Development

[89]

Geological Clock of the World’s Life

[90]

How Life became possible on Earth

[91]

Scene from the Prehistoric World

[Plate facing 96]

Beginning of Life on the Earth

[99]

How Man obtained Mastery of the Earth

[108]

[THE WORLD BEFORE HISTORY]

Prehistoric Man attacking Cave Bears

[Plate facing 114]

The Wonderful Story of Drift Man

[115]

The Appearance of Man on the Earth

[127]

Life of Man in the Stone Age

[132]

Primitive Man in the Past and Present

[145]

The Home Life of Primitive Folk

[164]

When History was dawning

[175]

[THE GREAT STEPS IN MAN’S DEVELOPMENT]

The Material Progress of Mankind

[185]

Beginnings of Commerce

[Plate facing 192]

The Higher Progress of Mankind

[203]

[BIRTH OF CIVILISATION AND GROWTH OF RACES]

Seven Wonders of Ancient Civilisation

[225]

Rise of Civilisation in Egypt

[233]

Rise of Civilisation in Mesopotamia

[259]

Rise of Civilisation in Europe

[281]

The Triumph of Race

[299]

Alphabet of the World’s Races

[311]

Little Gallery of Races

[313]

Types of the Chief Races of Mankind

[349]

Ethnological Chart of the Human Race

[352]

[MAKING OF NATIONS AND THE INFLUENCE OF NATURE]

Birth and Growth of Nations

[353]

Land and Water and Greatness of Peoples

[377]

Environment and the Life of Nations

[387]

The Size and Power of Nations

[399]

The Future History of Man

[404]

[SECOND GRAND DIVISION]

[THE FAR EAST]

Map of the Far East

[406]

Plan of the Second Grand Division

[408]

Interest and Importance of the Far East

[409]

[JAPAN]

COUNTRY AND PEOPLE

Great Dates in Japan

[416]

The Empire of the Eastern Seas

[417]

Map of Japan

[432]

Qualities of the Japanese People

[433]