FRANCE
Reading edition
BY
MARY PARMELE
Author of "Evolution of Empire Series, Germany;" "Who? When? What? Literature Chart."
NEW YORK WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON, 59 FIFTH AVENUE 1894
PUBLISHED AND COPYRIGHTED, 1894, BY WILLIAM BEVERLEY HARISON, 59 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK CITY.
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PREFACE.
In an attempt to tell the story of a great nation in about 100 pages, it is needless to say there must be a rigid exclusion of all save essential facts. To those already familiar with the subject, this sketch is offered merely as a reminder of the sequence of conditions and events in the evolution of France; while to the student it is presented as a framework upon which may be placed, in orderly and comprehensible fashion, the results of future reading and research.
To the latter class I would suggest that a series of papers, written upon the most prominent themes found in the Table of Contents, will bear fruit in knowledge more real and vital than may be obtained from the writings of others, however eloquent and vivid the presentation.
M. P. NEW YORK, July 23d, 1894.