THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
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THE HISTORIANS’ HISTORY OF THE WORLD
A comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: edited, with the assistance of a distinguished board of advisers and contributors, by HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, LL.D.

IN TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME XVII—SWITZERLAND (Concluded) RUSSIA AND POLAND
The Outlook Company New York
The History Association London
1905
Copyright, 1904, By HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS.
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Press of J. J. Little & Co. New York, U. S. A.