Excerpt from The Western Journal of Education, 1931, Vol. 24 In a remarkable way these-authors have succeeded in bringing the story of the world from the first purpling of the dawn of civilization to the wonders in science and the industries today within 500 pages. They are brief without being lifeless. They have winnowed wheat from chaff, without soliciting your praises therefor. They. Have woven fact into fabric that is attractive in itself. They have availed themselves of every latest feature of the book-maker's art and the pedagog's skill, in order to make everything clean - Journal of Education, Dec. 6, 1917. 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.