The Scene of Our History is Laid Upon a Little Planet, Lost in the Vastness of the Universe _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Greece 84 Rome 126 The Norsemen Are Coming 156 The Castle 164 The Mediæval World 194 A New World 238 Buddha Goes into the Mountains 246 Moscow 306 LIST OF HALF TONE PICTURES FACING PAGE The Temple 68 The Mountain-pass 148 The Mediæval Town 180 The Cathedral 220 The Blockhouse in the Wilderness 328 Off for Trafalgar 362 The Modern City 404 The Dirigible 430 LIST OF PICTURES AND ANIMATED MAPS PAGE 1. High Up in the North 1 2. It Rained Incessantly 4 3. The Ascent of Man 5 4. The Plants Leave the Sea 6 5. The Growth of the Human Skull 9 6. Pre-history and History 11 7. Prehistoric Europe 15 8. The Valley of Egypt 23 9. The Building of the Pyramids 25 10. Mesopotamia, the Melting-pot of the Ancient World 30 11. A Tower of Babel 34 12. Nineveh 35 13. The Holy City of Babylon 36 14. The Wanderings of the Jews 39 15. Moses Sees the Holy Land 41 16. The Phœnician Trader 42 17. The Story of a Word 45 18. The Indo-Europeans and Their Neighbours 46 19. The Trojan Horse 48 20. Schliemann Digs for Troy 49 21. Mycenæ in Argolis 50 22. The Ægean Sea 51 23. The Island-Bridges Between Asia and Europe 52 24. An Ægean City on the Greek Mainland 54 25. The Achæans Take an Ægean City 55 26. The Fall of Cnossus 56 27.