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GAY'S STANDARD HISTORY.

OF THE

WORLD'S GREAT NATIONS,

FROM

THE COMPLETE HISTORIES

BY

CHARLES KNIGHT, LORD MACAULAY, M. GUIZOT, DR. DAVID
MÜLLER, M. F. CUSACK, EDWARD GIBBON, CHARLOTTE

M. YONGE, ETC., ETC.

INCLUDING A HISTORY OF THE RISE AND FALL OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN EMPIRES, THE RISE AND
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT MODERN NATIONS, THE MIDDLE AGES, THE CRUSADES, THE FEUDAL
SYSTEM, THE REFORMATION, THE DISCOVERY ANd settlemENT OF THE NEW WOrld, and

CONTAINING

CHARTS OF ALL NATIONS,

EMBRACING FULL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNTS OF

THE WORLD'S HISTORY

IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES.

THE WHOLE PREPARED AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT YEAR

BY REV. J. H. BEALE, M.A.,

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AUTHOR OF "OUR GREAT republic AND EDITOR OF GAY'S STANDARD ENCYCLOPÆDIA.

TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I.

ILLUSTRATED AND EXPLAINED BY NUMEROUS CHARTS, MAPS AND FINE STEEL ENGRAVINGS.

THIS WORK CONTAINS IN ALL 2234 PAGES.

NEW YORK:

WILLIAM GAY AND COMPANY,
27 WARREN STREET.

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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1884, by
WILLIAM GAY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.

All rights reserved.

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Electrotyped, Printed, and Bound,

BY

WILLIAM GAY & Co., MANUFACTURING PUBLISHERS,

27 Warren Street, New York.

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