Description: The World's Great Events: an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day by great historians; edited by Esther Singleton published by P. F. Collier & Sons. 1916. Illustrated. COMPLETE 10 Volume Set. The World's Great Events: an indexed history of the world from earliest times to the present day by great historians is a comprehensive reference set, a great source of research and inspiration that will make a great gift for history buffs or a valuable addition to any collection of antiquarian and collectible books. CONTENTS: VOLUME ONE: FROM THE WORLD'S BEGINNING TO B.C. 208 THE WORLD’S BEGINNING AND PRIMITIVE MAN by Rev. A. Irving, THE DELUGE by François Lenormant THE FOUNDING OF CHALDEA (B.C. 2250) by George Rawlinson ZOROASTER (about B.C. 1000) by James Darmesteter THE DELPHIC ORACLE by William Mitford THE FOUNDING OF CARTHAGE (B.C. 872) by François Lenormant LAWS OF LYCURGUS (B.C. 820) by Plutarch FIRST DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH (BC. 780) by Francois Lenormant THE OLYMPIC GAMES (B.C. 776) by Max Duncker THE FOUNDING OF ROME (BC. 753) by Plutarch GAUTAMA BUDDHA (BC. 623-543) by T. W. Rhys-Davids LAWS OF SOLON (B.C. 597) by Plutarch THE FALL OF TYRE AND THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM (B.C. 586) by G. Maspero CYRUS FOUNDS PERSIA (D.C. 558) by George Rawlinson CONFUCIUS (BC. 550-478) by James Legge THE CONQUEST OF LYDIA (B.C. 548) by Herodotus THE FALL OF BABYLON (D.C. 538) by Sir Walter Raleigh CONQUEST OF EGYPT BY CAMBYSES (B.C. 525) by G. Maspero EXPULSION OF THE PEISISTRATÆ (BC. 510) by William Mitford EXPULSION OF THE TARQUINS (BC. 5I0) by Thomas Arnold THE BATTLE OF MARATHON (B.C. 490) by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton THE BATTLE OF SALAMIS (B.C. 480) by Plutarch FALL OF THE DECEMVIRATE (B.C. 449) by Charles Merivale THE PLAGUE AT ATHENS (B.C. 420) by Thucydides SIEGE OF SYRACUSE (B.C. 415) by E. S. Creasy EXPEDITION OF THE TEN THOUSAND (B.C. 400) by Leopold von Ranke DEATH OF SOCRATES (BC. 399) by Plato THE GAULS' FIRST ATTACK ON ROME (B.C. 390) by Livy END OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR (BATTLE OF CHERONEA) (B.C. 338) by Leopold von Ranke THE BATTLE OF ARBELA (B.C. 331) by E. S. Creasy VOLUME TWO: FROM B. C. 207 TO A. D. 1193 THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS (B.C. 207) by E. S. Creasy THE FALL OF CARTHAGE (B.C. 150-146) by Henry George Liddell THE FALL OF GREECE (B.C. 151-146) by Henry George Liddell SOCIAL AND MITHRIDATIC WARS (BC. 90-64) by Edward Augustus Freeman THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM (B.C. 31) by Plutarch THE NATIVITY OF CHRIST by Frederic W. Farrar VICTORY OF ARMINIUS (A.D. 9) by E. S. Creasy . THE CRUCIFIXION (A.D. 33). Frederic W. Farrar PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHRISTIANS (A,D. 64-303) by William Francis Collier THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM (A.D. 70) by Heinrich Graetz ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS (A.D. 79) by Pliny FALL OF ZENOBIA AND PALMYRA (A.D. 273) by Edward Gibbon THE FOUNDING OF CONSTANTINOPLE (A,D. 330) by William Francis Collier THE GROWTH OF THE PAPACY by William Francis Collier INVASION OF ITALY BY ATTILA, FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF VENICE AND DESTRUCTION OF ATTILA's EMPIRE (A.D. 452-453) by Edward Gibbon THE SAXON CONQUEST OF BRITAIN (A.D. 449) by John Richard Green THE AGE AND LAWS OF JUSTINIAN (A.D. 530). By William Francis Collier THE HEGIRA (A.D. 622) by Edward Henry Palmer THE CONQUEST OF PERSIA (A.D. 632-64I) by Edward Gibbon THE ARAB CONQUEST OF SPAIN (A.D. 709-713) by Edward Gibbon THE BATTLE OF TOURS (A,D. 732) by E. S. Creasy THE CORONATION OF CHARLEMAGNE (A,D. 800) by James Bryce THE NORMANS IN FRANCE AND ITALY (A.D. 800-1000) by William Francis Collier THE BEGINNINGS OF RUSSIA (AD 862) by Alfred Rambaud CONSOLIDATION OF GERMANY BY HENRY I. (A.D. 919-936) by Sutherland Menzies REVIVAL OF THE IMPERIAL DIGNITY (A.D. 962) by James Sime DANISH CONQUEST OF ENGLAND (A,D. 1002) by Charles Knight NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND (A.D. 1066) by John Richard Green EMPIRE VERSUS PAPACY - HENRY IV AT CANOSSA (A.D. 1076) by T. F. Tout RISE OF FEUDALISM by Charles H. Pearson THE FIRST CRUSADE (A.D. 1096) by Jules Michelet THE THIRD CRUSADE (A.D. 1190) by William Stubbs VOLUME THREE: FROM A.D. 1194 TO A.D. 1492 THE FOURTH CRUSADE (A.D. 1202) by Jules Michelet CONQUESTS OF ZINGIS KHAN (A,D. 1200-1227) by Edward Gibbon CRUSADE AGAINST THE ALBIGENSES (A.D. 1208-1229) by William Francis Collier THE MAGNA CHARTA (A.D. 1215) by J. F. Bright ORDER OF THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS (A.D. 1226) by Henrv Hart Milman THE BARONS' WAR AND FIRST ENGLISH PARLIAMENT (A.D. 1257 - 1265) by William Stubbs THE SICILIAN VESPERS (A.D. 1282) by Jules Michelle MARCO POLO’S TRAVELS (A.D. 1291) by Henry Yule THE SWISS CONFEDERACY: THE SWISS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (A.D. 1307) by Sutherland Menzies SUPPRESSION OF THE TEMPLARS (A.D. 1307-1313) by David Hume BANNOCKBURN (A.D. 1314) by Andrew Lang THE HANSEATIC LEAGUE (A,D. 1343-1666) by Richard Lodge BATTLE OF CRECY (A.D. 1346) by David Hume REVOLUTIONS IN ROME (A.D. 1347) by Henry Hallam THE BLACK DEATH (A.D. 1348) by J. F. C. Hecker EXECUTION OF MARINO FALIERO (A.D. 1355) by Oscar Browning THE JACQUERIE (A.D. 1358) by Henri Martin COSMO DE MEDICI (A.D. 1389 -1464) by William Roscoe THE INVASION OF TAMERLANE (A.D. 1397) by Mahummud Casim Ferishta COUNCIL OF CONSTANCE AND THE HUSSITE WAR (A.D. 1414-1437) by Sutherland Menzies BATTLE OF AGINCOURT (A.D. 1415) by David Hume VOLUME FOUR: FROM A.D. 1493 TO A.D. 1648 CHARLES VIII. INVADES ITALY (A,D. 1494) by J. C. L. de Sismondi VOYAGES OF VASCO DA GAMA (A.D. 1497-1499) by Richard Henry Major THE EXECUTION OF SAVONAROLA (ad. 1498) by John Addington Symonds THE MORISCOS (A.D. 1499-1502) by U. R. Burke LEAGUE OF CAMBRAY (A.D. 1508) by J. C. L. de Sismondi CONQUESTS OF MEXICO AND PERU (A.D. 1510-1535) by Charlotte M. Yonge BATTLE OF FLODDEN FIELD (A.D. 1513) by Andrew Lang THE REFORMATION (A.D. 1517-1540) by William Francis Collier FIRST VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD (A.D. 1519-1522) by Richard Henry Major FIELD OF THE CLOTH OF GOLD (A.D. 1520) by Charles Knight CHARLES V. CONQUERS ITALY (A.D. 1521-1529) by J. C. L. de Sismondi LIBERATION OF GENOA: ANDREA DORIA (A.D. 1528) by G. B. Malleson SUPPRESSION OF THE GREATER MONASTERIES (A.D. 1534) by David Hume THE COUNTER-REFORMATION (A.D. 1540) by Richard Lodge THE REIGN OF AKBAR (A.D. 1556-1605) by Edward Augustus Freeman BATTLE OF ST. QUENTIN AND THE LOSS OF CALAIS (A.D. 1558) by Charles Knight THE REFORMATION IN SCOTLAND (A.D. 1560-1590) by James Anthony Froude MALTA AND LEPANTO (A.D. 1565-1573) by Charlotte M. Yonge RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC (A.D. 1568-1648) by Richard Lodge DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH ARMADA (A.D. 1572-1588) by John Richard THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW (A.D. 1572). Richard Lodge THE LEAGUE (A.D. 1576-1598) by W. C. Taylor THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND AND COLONIZATION OF ULSTER (A.D. 1588-1610) by John Richard Green THE COLONIZATION OF VIRGINIA (A.D. 1602-1611) by Samuel Rawson Gardiner THE GUNPOWDER PLOT (A.D. 1605) by Charles Knight THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF MANHATTAN ISLAND (A.D. 1609-1628) by David T. Valentine HUDSON’S LAST VOYAGE (A.D. 1610) by Hessel Gerritz SIR WALTER RALEIGH’S EXPEDITION (A.D. 1618) by David Hume THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR (A.D. 1618-1648) by William Francis Collier VOLUME 5: FROM A.D. 1648 TO A.D. 1776 THE VOYAGE OF THE "MAYFLOWER" (A.D. 1620) by William Bradford THE WAR BETWEEN CHARLES I AND THE PARLIAMENT (A.D. 1642-1646) by Thomas Babington Macaulay LA FRONDE (A.D. 1648-1653) by Charlotte M. Yonge THE EXCLUSION BILL AND HABEAS CORPUS ACT (A.D. 1679) by David Hume THE SIEGE OF VIENNA (A.D. 1683) by Charlotte M. Yonge REVOCATION OR THE EDICT OF NANTES (A.D. 1685) by François Marie Arouet de Voltaire THE TRIAL OF THE SEVEN BISHOPS (A.D. 1688) by Thomas Babington Macaulay THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION (A.D. 1688) by John Richard Green BATTLE OF THE BOYNE (A.D. 1690) by Thomas Babington Macaulay THE MASSACRE OF GLENCOE (A.D. 1692) by Thomas Babington Macaulay THE BATTLE OF LA HOGUE (A.D. 1692) by Thomas Babington Macaulay THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM (A,D. 1704) by E. S. Creasy THE BATTLE OF PULTOWA (A.D. 1709) by E. S. Creasy THE PEACE OF UTRECHT (A.D. 1713) by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot THE FIRST JACOBITE REBELLION (A.D. 17I5) by Tobias Smollett THE SOUTH SEA BUBBLE (A.D. 1720) by Charles Knight THE AUSTRO-RUSSIAN ATTACK ON TURKEY (A.D. 1737-1739) by Thomas Carlyle THE RISE OF METHODISM AND THE NEW PHILANTHROPY (A.D 1738) by John Richard Green WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION (A.D. 1740-1748) by Sutherland Menzies THE CAPTURE OF CAPE BRETON (A.D. 1745) by Tobias Smollett BRADDOCK’S DEFEAT (A,D. 1755) by James Grant THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE AT LISBON (A.D. 1755) by J. Chase THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR (A.D. 1756-1763) by William Francis Collier THE CONQUESTS OF BENGAL AND CANADA (A.D. 1757-1764) by John Richard Green PROSECUTION OF JOHN WILKES AND PASSING OF THE STAMP ACT (A.D. 1763-1766) by John Richard Green COOK’S AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERIES (A.D. 1768-1771) by Albert Hastings Markham THE INVENTION OF THE STEAM-ENGINE (A.D. 1768) by Charles Knight PARTITION OF POLAND (A.D. 1770-1777) by Charlotte M. Yonge. DESTRUCTION OF TEA IN BOSTON HARBOR (A.D. 1773) by Charles Knight VOLUME 6: FROM A.D. 1776 TO A.D. 1848 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (A.D. 1776) by James Schouler SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE AT SARATOGA (A.D. 1777) by E. S. Creasy THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS AT YORKTOWN (A.D. 1781) by Charles Knight THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST OF THE CRIMEA (A.D. 1787-1792) by Alphonse de Lamartine THE BEGINNING OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (A.D. 1789) by William Francis Collier THE TAKING OF THE BASTILLE (A.D. 1789) by Thomas Carlyle THE CONQUEST OF MYSORE (A.D. 1790-1799) by Sir William Wilson Hunter THE BATTLE OF VALMY (A.D. 1792) by E. S. Creasy THE REIGN OF TERROR (A.D, 1793-1794) by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine THE DIRECTOIRE (A.D. 1795-1799) by Sir Archibald Alison THE DECLINE AND FALL OF VENICE (A,D. 1797) by J. C. L. de Sismondi THE BATTLE OF THE NILE (A.D. 1708) by Robert Southey THE SIEGE OF ACRE (A.D. 1799) by J. R. Miller THE FIRST CONSUL (A.D. 1799). William Francis Collier THE INVENTION OF THE STEAMBOAT (A.D. 1801-1807) by James Renwick THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (A,D. 1805) by Charles Alan Fyffe THE GREAT TRIUMPHS OF NAPOLEON (A.D. 1805-1812) by William Francis Collier THE MOSCOW CAMPAIGN (A.D. 1812) by Charles Alan Fyffe THE BATTLE OF VITTORIA (A.D. 1813) by Sir Archibald Alison THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE (A.D. 1813) by James Fenimore Cooper THE DOWNFALL OF NAPOLEON (A.D. 1815) by Sutherland Menzies WESTERN EUROPE AND THE HOLLY ALLIANCE (A.D. 1815-1825) by Richard Lodge WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE (A,D. 1821-1832) by W Alison Phillips MODERN ILLUMINATION by Alfred Russel Wallace THE CONQUEST OF ALGERIA (A.D. 1830-1857) by David Kay THE BEGINNING OF FREE TRADE (A.D. 1838-1842) by Robert Mackenzie. THE OPENING OF CHINA (A.D. 1839-1860) by James Legge THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE (A.D. 1845-1847) by Albert Hastings Markham THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA (A.D. 1847-1849) by James Schouler THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1848 by W. A. Taylor VOLUME 7: FROM A.D. 1848 TO A.D. 1899 THE REVOLUTION OF 1848 by W. Alison Phillips THE GREAT EXHIBITION (A.D. 1851) by Sir Theodore Martin MODERN INVENTIONS by Robert Mackenzie THE SECOND REPUBLIC AND THE SECOND EMPIRE IN FRANCE (A.D. 1850-1852) by Richard Lodge THE OPENING OF JAPAN (A.D. 1853-1854) by Francis Ottiwell Adams THE CRIMEAN WAR (A.D. 1854-1856) by Justin McCarthy THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN (A.D. 1854) by A. W. Kinglake THE INDIAN MUTINY (A,D. 1857) by Sir Richard Temple NAPOLEON III IN ITALY (A.D. 1859) by John Webb Probyn END OF THE POPE’S TEMPORAL POWER AND UNIFICATION OF ITALY (A.D. 1860-1870) by Robert Mackenzie THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SERFS (A.D. 1861) by Robert Mackenzie THE POLISH INSURRECTION (A.D. 1860-1863) by Alfred Rambaud THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE "MONITOR" AND THE "MERRIMAC" (A.D. 1862) by James Schouler RISE AND FALL OF THE MEXICAN EMPIRE (A.D. 1863-1867) by Jules Gautier THE EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES (A.D. 1863) by James Schouler THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (A.D. 1863) by James Schouler AESTHETICS AND ANTISEPTICS by Alfred Russel Wallace LAYING OF THE ATLANTIC CABLE (A.D. 1866) by W. H. Russell THE EXPULSION OF QUEEN ISABELLA (A.D. 1868) by Martin A. Hume THE SUEZ CANAL (A.D. 1869) by J. W. Grover THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR (A.D. 1870-1871) by James Sime THE CONGRESS OF BERLIN (A.D. 1878) by Justin McCarthy THE RISE OF MAHDISM (A.D. 1881) by G. W. Steevens ITALIAN COLONIZATION ON THE RED SEA (A.D. 1882) by Pietro Orsi THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILWAY (AD. 1886) by John Geddie THE BATTLE OF THE YALU (A.D. 1894) by F. Warrington Eastlake and Yamada Yoshi-Aki DISCOVERY OF THE X-RAYs (A.D. 1896) by H. Snowden Ward PHOTOGRAPHY by Alfred Russel Wallace THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO (A.D. 1898) by Willis John Abbot THE BATTLE OF OMDURMAN (A.D. 1898) by G. W. Steevens THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY (A.D, 1898) by Willis John Abbot VOLUME 8: FROM A.D. 1899 TO A.D. 1906 THE PEACE CONFERENCE (A.D. 1899) by Eleonore d'Esterre-Keeling THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE (A,D. 1899) by G. W. Steevens TELEGRAPHY WITHOUT WIRES by Silvanus P. Thompson THE BOXER MOVEMENT (A.D. 1900) by Sir Robert Hart ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY (A.D. 1901) by Wemyss Reid THE DESTRUCTION OF ST. PIERRE (A.D. 1902) by Robert T Hill THE AUTOMOBILE (A.D. 1902) by Robert Crawford THE CORONATION OF ALFONSO XIII (A.D. 1902) by Richard Harding Davis THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII (A.D. 1902) by Sir Gilbert Parker THE NILE DAM AT ASSOUAN (A.D, 1902) by Frank Fayant MASSACRE OF THE JEWS IN RUSSIA (A.D. 1903) by Arnold White A GLORIOUS REVOLUTION IN SERVIA (A.D. 1903) by Herbert Vivian LEO XIII. A RETROSPECT (A.D. 1903 by William Barry THE NEW PONTIFICATE (A.D. 1903) by J. Moyes HE SECESSION OF PANAMA AND THE PANAMA CANAL (A.D. 1903) by Benjamin Taylor RADIUM AND ITS LESSONS (A.D. 1904) by Sir Oliver Lodge INTO TIBET (A.D. 1904). Colonel H. C. Wylly THE ORENBURG-TASHKENT RAILWAY (A.D. 1904) by Angus Hamilton THE DOGGER BANK AND AFTER (A.D. 1904) by L. C. Carr Laughton THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE (A.D. 1904) by Captain Roald Amundsen THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR (A.D. 1905) by E. St. G. Holbrook THE SIMPLON TUNNEL (A.D. 1905) by H. G. Archer BATTLE OF MUKDEN (A.D. 1905) by E. St. G. Holbrook BATTLE OF THE SEA OF JAPAN (A.D. 1905) by Archibald S. Hurd THE SEPARATION OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN (A.D. 1905) by Henry Seton Karr PEACEMAKING AT PORTSMOUTH (A.D. 1905) by J. C. O'Laughlin THE VICTORIA FALLS BRIDGE (A.D. I005) by George Andrew Hobson THE GREAT DIVORCE IN FRANCE (A.D. 1905) by Richard Heath LEWIS AND CLARK EXPOSITION (A.D. 1905) by Richard Lloyd Jones THE ALGECIRAS CONFERENCE (A.D. 1906) by Budgett Meakin DREADNOUGHTS (A.D. 1906) by Navalis THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS (A.D. 1906) by Robert Haven Schauffer THE SAN FRANCISCO DISASTER (A.D. 1906) by Jack London WHY I REVIVED THE OLYMPIC GAMES (A.D. 1906) by Pierre De Coubertin THE FIRST RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT (A.D. 1906) bu A. S. Rappoport ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF ALFONSO OF SPAIN (A.D. 1906): A Spanish School Girl's Story HAAKON VII. KING OF NORWAY (A.D. 1906) by Hrolf Wisby VOLUME 9: FROM A.D. 1906 TO A.D. 1911 THE PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS (A.D. 1906) by Fergus Crane THE PERSIAN CRISIS (A.D. 1906) by Angus Hamilton EUGENICS (A.D. 1906) by Havelock Ellis THE JAMAICA EARTHQUAKE (A.D. 1907) by H. F. Abell JAPAN AND KOREÀ (A.D. 1907) by Angus Hamilton THE LISBON ASSASSINATION (A.D. 1908) by Jean Finot THE RISE OF THE YOUNG TURKS (A.D. 1908) by Angus Hamilton THE LATE DOWAGER EMPRESS OF CHINA (A.D. 1908) by E. J. Dillon THE MESSINA EARTHQUAKE (A.D. 1908) by Charles Davison THE EIGHTH SATELLITE OF JUPITER (A.D. 1908) by Prof. Tarrida Del Marmol THE VOYAGE OF THE AMERICAN FLEET (A.D. 1908-1909) by Frederick Palmer THE COMING OF PRESIDENT TAFT (A.D. 1909) by Sydney Brooks THE DETHRONEMENT OF THE SHAH (A,D. 1909) by Edward G. Browne LIQUID AIR (A.D. 1909) by Archibald Williams PEARY’S DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE (A.D. 1909) by J. Hampton Moore THE SEINE IN FLOOD (A.D. 1910) by H. Warner Allen THE FLIGHT OF THE DALAI LAMA (A.D. 1910) by Sven Hedin KING EDWARD VII (A.D. 1910) by Arthur C. Benson THEODORE ROOSEVELT'S TRIP (A.D. 1910) by Lionel Strachey RETURN OF HALLEY’S COMET (A.D. 1910) by A. C. D. Crommelin THE PORTUGUESE REVOLUTION (A.D. 1910) by E. J. Dillon KING MANUEL IN EXILE (A.D. 1910) by Philip Gibbs SOLAR MOTORS (A.D. 1910) by Archibald Williams THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT (A.D. 1910) by Ethel B. Harrison PEACE ON EARTH (A.D. 1911) by Harold Spender THE TRIUMPH OF ITALY (A.D. 1911) by Richard Bagot DIAZ: THE MAKER OF MODERN MEXICO (A.D. 1911) by E. Alec Tweedie THE CORONATION (A.D. 1911). By An Eyewitness THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT, ENGLISH (A.D. 1911) by W. Cecil Price THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT, AMERICAN (A.D. 1911) by Walter Prichard Eaton HOW THE LORDS SURRENDERED (A.D. 1911) by George S. C. Swinton STRIKES (A.D. 1911) VOLUME 10: FROM A.D. 1911 TO PRESENT DAY THE ITALIANS AT TRIPOLI (AD. 1911) by Kepi THE AWAKENING OF CHINA (A.D. 1911) by H. Borel REVOLUTION IN CHINA (A.D. 1911) by J. Ellis Barker THE NET RESULTS OF KING GEORGE S INDIAN TOUR (A.D. I1911) by Saint Nihal Singh THE TITANIC DISASTER (A.D. 1912) by E.S. AT THE SOUTH POLE (A.D. 1912) By One of the Party HOW THE CARBONARIA SAVED THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC (A.D 1912) by Francis McCullagh THE GENIUS OF PASTEUR (A.D. TO 1912) by Stephen Paget SPONTANEOUS EDUCATION: THE MONTESSORI METHOD (A.D 1912) by Herbert Burrows THE PANAMA CANAL (A.D. 1912) by Stephen Bonsal THE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD (A.D. 1912). NEW YORK’S GREATER SUBWAY (A.D. I9I2) by Katharine Whipple Strong THE WORLD’S GREATEST AQUEDUCT (A.D. 1912) by Katharine Whipple Strong THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1912 (A.D. 1912) THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR (A.D. 1912) by Henry Woodhouse MONTENEGRO (A.D. 1912) by Herbert Vivian WAR IN THE BALKANS (A.D. I912) by J. Ellis Barker THE LEAGUE OF THE BALKAN STATES (A.D. 1912) by Harold Spender THE BALKAN WAR (A.D. 1912) BY E.S. THE FALL OF VERA CRUZ (A.D. 1914). By Arthur Ruhl EUROPE’S COLOSSAL BURDEN (1914) by Sir Max Waechter THE ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND (A.D. 1914) by R W. Seton- Watson GATHERING OF THE WAR CLOUDS (A.D. 1914) by Esther Singleton THE GREAT EUROPEAN WAR (A.D. 1914-1916) by Esther Singleton INDEX CONDITION: This listing is for a complete Set of Antique Vintage Reference Books: Volumes 1-10. The books are in very good condition. No writing, no bookplates, clean text. Tight binding. Books show normal fairly minor sign of storage & age. Pages have turned yellow from age. The covers are worn, scuffed, and have some discoloration. The edges and corners are slightly worn. Bumped cover corners. Volume 8 has a minor tear on the spine. Please see pictures. If you have any questions or would like additional photos please send me a message. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
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Place of Publication: New York
Time Period: From the World’s beginning to 1916
Edited by: Esther Singleton
Year Printed: 1916
Language: English
Personalized: No
Topic: Military & War, battles, invasions, revolutions, massacres
Subjects: Astronomy, bacteriology, Medicine, Science, Pandemics
Binding: Hardcover
Volume 10 topics: Sinking of the Titanic, New York City Subway, WWI, Aviation
Topics: Religion, Christianity, Christian History, Methodism, Catholicism
Signed: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Title: The World's Great Events
Publisher: P. F. Collier & Sons.
Subject: History, Mythology, American History, World History, Humanities
Original/Facsimile: Original
Volume 4 topics: Conquest of Mexico, Protestant Reformation, Colonial America
Volume 3 topics: Mongol invasions, Magna Carta, Swiss Confederacy
Volume 5 topics: Pilgrims, English Civil Wars, Steam engine, Boston Tea Party
Special Attributes: Illustrated, COMPLETE 10 Volume Set, Each book has a frontispiece with tissue guard, Complete Set of Antique Vintage Reference Books
Volume 8 topics: Panama Canal, Northwest Passage, Lewis and Clark
Author: Various
Volume 7 topics: Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Battle, Discovery of X-Rays
Genre: Education & Reference, History, Informational, Encyclopedia
Volume 1 topics: Bible's Prehistory, Greek Mythology, Roman Empire
Subtopics: Politics, Philosophy, Ancient Literature, Art, Expeditions
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Volume 2 topics: Nativity & Crucifixion of Jesus, Christian Persecution, Crusades
Volume 6 topics: American Revolutionary War, French Revolution
Volume 9 topics: Eugenics, Halley's Comet, women's suffrage movement
