GREAT EVENTS IN MODERN HISTORY:
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Comprising the MOST REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES, CONQUESTS, REVOLUTIONS, GREAT BATTLES, and other Thrilling Incidents, chiefly in Europe and America, from the commencement of the Sixteenth Century to the present time. Embellished with over 600 Engravings, by W. CROOME, and other eminent artists. The following are extracts from notices of the press received by the Publisher.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
"We have here, within the compass of eight hundred pages, the history of those events of modern history, which have been 'big with mighty consequences,' and with which, therefore, all men should become acquainted. Beginning with the discovery of America, by Columbus—that new starting-point of civilization—the work proceeds through the history of the various European nations, culling those great periods when, either by wars or revolutions, each nation began to occupy a conspicuous place in the general estimation of men, and to make its influence felt by those without its limits. The late revolutions in Europe, the Mexican war, and the gold discoveries in California, are rapidly and vividly sketched. The illustrations, principally from designs by Croome, are numerous, well executed, serving to impress the striking scenes and characters of history upon the tablet of memory. The whole work, in design and execution, reflects great credit upon all concerned in its production."