Excerpt from Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern IN preparing this edition, the original text of Tytler and N ares has been carefully revised and corrected. Part IV., which contains the History of South America, New Spain, and the West Indies, has been added. These countries are scarcely noticed In former editions but they have acquired a rank and importance which make their history equally impot to the plan of this work, and equally interesting, with that of most countries in Europe. Additions have also been made to many chapters in Part III., by which the history is continued to the commencement of 1 GBP24. The Questions for Examination in the edition of have been corrected, and new Questions are added, adapted to the additions made to the text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.