THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS A COMPREHENSIVE AND READABLE ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, EMPHASIZING THE MORE IMPORTANT EVENTS, AND PRESENTING THESE AS COMPLETE NARRATIVES IN THE MASTER-WORDS OF THE MOST EMINENT HISTORIANS NON-SECTARIAN NON-PARTISAN NON-SECTIONAL ON THE PLAN EVOLVED FROM A CONSENSUS OF OPINIONS GATHERED FROM THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS OF AMERICA AND EUROPE, INCLUDING BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS BY SPECIALISTS TO CONNECT AND EXPLAIN THE CELEBRATED NARRATIVES. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. WITH THOROUGH INDICES. BIBLIOGRAPHIES, CHRONOLOGIES, AND COURSES OF READING EDITED BY CHARLES F. HORNE, Ph.D. _Aided by a staff of specialists_ CONTENTS VOLUME XXI _An Outline Narrative of the Great Events_ CHARLES F. HORNE _The United States House of Governors_ (_A.D. 1910_) WILLIAM S. JORDAN THE GOVERNORS _Union of South Africa_ (_A.D. 1910_) PROF. STEPHEN LEACOCK _Portugal Becomes a Republic_ (_A.D. 1910_) WILLIAM ARCHER _The Crushing of Finland_ (_A.D. 1910_) JOHN JACKOL BARON SERGIUS WITTE BARON VON PLEHVE J.H. REUTER _Man's Fastest Mile_ (_A.D. 1911_) C.F. CARTER ISAAC MARCOSSON _The Fall of Diaz_ (_A.D. 1911_) MRS. E.A. TWEEDIE DOLORES BUTTERFIELD _Fall of the English House of Lords_ (_A.D. 1911) ARTHUR PONSONBY SYDNEY BROOKS CAPTAIN GEORGE SWINTON _The Turkish-Italian War_ (_A.D. 1911_) WILLIAM T. ELLIS THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS _Woman Suffrage_ (_A.D. 1911_) IDA HUSTED HARPER ISRAEL ZANGWILL JANE ADDAMS DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE ELBERT HUBBARD _Militarism_ (_A.D. 1911_) NORMAN ANGELL SIR MAX WAECHTER _Persia's Loss of Liberty_ (_A.D. 1911_) W. MORGAN SHUSTER _Discovery of the South Pole_ (_A.D. 1911_) ROALD AMUNDSEN _The Chinese Revolution_ (_A.D. 1912_) ROBERT MACHRAY R.F. JOHNSTON TAI-CHI QUO _A Step Toward World Peace_ (_A.D. 1912_) HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT _Tragedy of the "Titanic"_ (_A.D. 1912_) W.A. INGLIS _Our Progressing Knowledge of Life Surgery_ (_A.D. 1912_) GENEVIEVE GRANDCOURT PROFESSOR R. LEGENDRE _Overthrow of Turkey by the Balkan States_ (_A.D. 1912_) J. ELLIS BARKER FREDERICK PALMER PROF. STEPHEN P. DUGGAN _Mexico Plunged Into Anarchy_ (_A.D. 1913_) EDWIN EMERSON WILLIAM CAROL _The New Democracy_ (_A.D. 1913_) PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON _The Income Tax in America_ (_A.D. 1913_) JOSEPH A. HILL _The Second Balkan War_ (_A.D. 1913_) PROF. STEPHEN P. DUGGAN CAPT. A.H. TRAPMANN _Opening of the Panama Canal_ (_A.D. 1914_) COL. GEORGE W. GOETHALS BAMPFYLDE FULLER _Universal Chronology_ (_1910-1914_) AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE TRACING BRIEFLY THE CAUSES, CONNECTIONS, AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE GREAT EVENTS THE RECENT DAYS (1910-1914) CHARLES F. HORNE