Excerpt from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-Book and for Private Reading IN writing this volume I have aimed to provide a text-book suited to more advanced pupils. My idea of such a work was, that it should present the essential facts of history in due order, and in conformity to the best and latest researches; that it should point out clearly the connection of events and of successive eras with one another; that through the interest awakened by the natural, unforced view gained of this unity of history, and by such illustrative incidents as the brevity of the narrative would allow to be wrought into it, the dryness of a mere summary should be, as far as possible, relieved; and that, finally, being a book intended for pupils and readers of all classes, it should be free from sectarian partiality, and should limit itself to well - established judgments and conclusions on all matters subject to party contention. Respecting one of the points just referred to, 1 can say that, in composing this work, I have myself been more than ever impressed with tlze unity of Iu'story, and affected by this great and deeply moving drama that is still advancing into a future that is hidden from view. I can not but liope that this feeling, spontaneous and vivid in my own mind, may communicate itself to the reader in his progress through these pages. 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.