Produced by David Edwards, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained. Page 492: A probable typographical error "Camide, Desmoulins" has been replaced by "Camille Desmoulin". The following sentences had illegible words; inserted words are shown here between "=". Page 82: "and his mother, Catharine, became virtually the =ruler= of the nation." Page 178: "The minority had now become a majority,"--which is not unusual in revolutionary times,--and proceeded to the work, in good earnest, which =he= had long contemplated. Page 487: All classes in France were anxious for it, and =war= was soon declared.] A MODERN HISTORY, FROM THE TIME OF LUTHER TO THE FALL OF NAPOLEON. FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES. BY JOHN LORD, A.M., LECTURER ON HISTORY. PHILADELPHIA: CHARLES DESILVER; CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER; J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO. NEW YORK: D. APPLETON & Co. BOSTON: NICHOLS & HALL. CINCINNATI: ROBERT CLARKE & Co; WILSON, HINKLE & Co. SAN FRANCISCO: A. L. BANCROFT & Co. _Chicago_: S. C. GRIGGS & Co.--_Charleston, S. C._: J. M. Greer & Son; Edward Perry & Son.--_Raleigh, N. C._: Williams & Lambeth.--_Baltimore, Md._: Cushings & Bailey; W. J. C Dulaney & Co.--_New Orleans, La._: Stevens & Seymour.--_Savannah, Ga._: J. M. Cooper & Co.--_Macon, Ga._: J. M. Boardman.--_Augusta, Ga._: Thos. Richards & Son.--_Richmond, Va._: Woodhouse & Parham. 1874. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by JOHN LORD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. PREFACE.