Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. [Illustration: ANCIENT SWISS LAKE DWELLINGS, ZURICH LAKE. (_From Design by Dr. F. Keller._)] The Story of the Nations THE STORY OF SWITZERLAND BY LINA HUG AND RICHARD STEAD NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS London: T. FISHER UNWIN 1890 COPYRIGHT, 1890 BY G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS _Entered at Stationer's Hall, London_ BY T. FISHER UNWIN Press of G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS New York THE STORY OF THE NATIONS 12MO, ILLUSTRATED. PER VOL., $1.50 THE EARLIER VOLUMES ARE THE STORY OF GREECE. By Prof. JAS. A. HARRISON THE STORY OF ROME. By ARTHUR GILMAN THE STORY OF THE JEWS. By Prof. JAS. K. HOSMER THE STORY OF CHALDEA. By Z. A. RAGOZIN THE STORY OF GERMANY. By S. BARING-GOULD THE STORY OF NORWAY. By Prof. H. H. BOYESEN THE STORY OF SPAIN. By E. E. and SUSAN HALE THE STORY OF HUNGARY. By Prof. A. VÁMBÉRY THE STORY OF CARTHAGE. By Prof. ALFRED J. CHURCH THE STORY OF THE SARACENS. By ARTHUR GILMAN THE STORY OF THE MOORS IN SPAIN. By STANLEY LANE-POOLE THE STORY OF THE NORMANS. By SARAH O. JEWETT THE STORY OF PERSIA. By S. G. W. BENJAMIN THE STORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT. By GEO. RAWLINSON THE STORY OF ALEXANDER'S EMPIRE. By Prof. J. P. MAHAFFY THE STORY OF ASSYRIA. By Z. A. RAGOZIN THE STORY OF IRELAND. By Hon. EMILY LAWLESS THE STORY OF THE GOTHS. By HENRY BRADLEY THE STORY OF TURKEY. BY STANLEY LANE-POOLE THE STORY OF MEDIA, BABYLON, AND PERSIA. BY Z. A. RAGOZIN THE STORY OF MEDIÆVAL FRANCE. By GUSTAVE MASSON THE STORY OF MEXICO. By SUSAN HALE THE STORY OF HOLLAND. By JAMES E. THOROLD ROGERS THE STORY OF PHOENICIA. By GEORGE RAWLINSON THE STORY OF THE HANSA TOWNS. By HELEN ZIMMERN THE STORY OF EARLY BRITAIN. By Prof. ALFRED J. CHURCH THE STORY OF THE BARBARY CORSAIRS. By STANLEY LANE-POOLE THE STORY OF RUSSIA. By W. R. MORFILL. THE STORY OF THE JEWS UNDER ROME. By W. D. MORRISON. THE STORY OF SCOTLAND. By JAMES MACKINTOSH. For prospectus of the series see end of this volume G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO PROFESSOR GEORG VON WYSS AND PROFESSOR G. MEYER VON KNONAU PREFACE.