Excerpt from Lardner's Outlines of Universal History: Embracing a Concise History of the World, From the Earliest Period, to the Present Time; Arranged So That the Whole May Be Studied by Periods, or the History of Any Country May Be Read by Itself; With Questions for Examination of Students The Mongols stand far higher in the scale of intellect and in importance than the Ethiopians. As we proceed, we shall find them striking terror into Europe by their arms and their numbers. One nation of this race, the Chinese, has long been an object of curiosity to the western world, from its ex tent of empire and the singularity of its social institutions. 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.