Excerpt from Library of Universal History and Popular Science, Vol. 1 of 25: Containing a Record of the Human Race From the Earliest Historical Period to the Present Time; Embracing a General Survey of the Progress of Mankind in National and Social Life, Civil Government, Religion, Literature, Science and Art<br><br>This being a newly revised, enlarged and improved edition of the Library of Universal History - the work of revision being done wholly by the author himself - a few prefatory remarks by him may not be out of place in this con nection. Circumstances and events made necessary a complete revision and remaking of the plates Of the entire work, with many new and improved features, among which is the analytical side index found on every page throughout the Work, which serves the purpose of a full and complete table of contents.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.