The Revolt of the Thirteen Colonies. The Struggle for Independence and the War. The Creation of the United States. The Development of the American Nation. The United States in Our Own Time British America Canada. Newfoundland. British West Indies. British Honduras. Bermudas. Central America in the 19th and 20th Centuries Cuba. Haiti. Dominica. Porto Rico. Mexico. Guatemala. Honduras. San Salvador. Nicaragua. Costa Rica. Panama South America in the 19th and 20th Centuries Colombia. Venezuela. British, French and Dutch Guiana. Brazil. Ecuador. Peru. Chili. Bolivia. Paraguay. Argentina. Uruguay The World Around the Poles Greenland. Iceland. Arctic and Antarctic Oceans [Illustration] [Illustration: THE BOOK OF HISTORY] FIRST GRAND DIVISION MAN AND THE UNIVERSE] [Illustration] FIRST GRAND DIVISION MAN AND THE UNIVERSE There can, of course, be neither absolute finality nor entire unanimity in the subjects of these chapters, which are designed to enable the reader to follow the course of history with greater interest and understanding than would be possible without some scientific knowledge of life. They are presented as a symposium of modern thought on the problems concerning the origin and development of the earth and mankind PLAN THE WORLD AND ITS STORY A VIEW ACROSS THE AGES Rt. Hon. James Bryce A SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD Arthur D. Innes, M.A. CHRONOLOGY OF 10,000 YEARS AND CHART OF NATIONS MAKING OF THE EARTH & THE COMING OF MAN THE BEGINNING OF THE EARTH Dr. Wm. Johnson Sollas, F.R.S. HOW LIFE BECAME POSSIBLE ON THE EARTH Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, F.R.S. HOW MAN OBTAINED THE MASTERY OF THE EARTH Dr. Archdall Reid, F.R.S.E. THE RISE OF MAN AND THE EVE OF HISTORY THE WORLD BEFORE HISTORY Professor Johannes Ranke THE GREAT STEPS IN MAN’S DEVELOPMENT Professor Joseph Kohler BIRTH OF CIVILISATION & THE GROWTH OF RACES THE BIRTH OF CIVILISATION Dr. Flinders Petrie, F.R.S. HOW CIVILISATION CAME TO EUROPE David George Hogarth, M.A. THE TRIUMPH OF RACE Dr. Archdall Reid, F.R.S.E. ALPHABET OF THE WORLD’S RACES W. E. Garrett Fisher, M.A. MAKING OF NATIONS & THE INFLUENCE OF NATURE Professor Friedrich Ratzel THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF NATIONS INFLUENCE OF LAND & WATER ON NATIONAL HISTORY EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON NATIONS THE SIZE AND POWER OF NATIONS THE FUTURE HISTORY OF MAN * * * * * For full contents and page numbers see Index Mr. Kipling’s “Recessional” is quoted in a Frontispiece from “The Five Nations,” by permission of the Author and the Publishers, Messrs. Methuen [Illustration] [Illustration: THE WORLD AND ITS STORY] A VIEW ACROSS THE AGES AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF HISTORY BY THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT BRYCE