OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY, ON A NEW AND SYSTEMATIC PLAN; FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE TREATY OF VIENNA. TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SUMMARY OF THE LEADING EVENTS SINCE THAT PERIOD. BY JOHN S. HART, A.M. Principal of the Philadelphia High School, and Professor PHILADELPHIA: LEA & BLANCHARD. 1849. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1844, by LEA AND BLANCHARD, in the clerk's office of the district court of the United States in and for the the eastern district of Pennsylvania. J. Fagan, Stereotyper. (2) ADVERTISEMENT TO THE AMERICAN EDITION. In presenting to the American public this excellent compend of Universal History, the original work is given entire, without abridgement or alteration. It has been thought advisable, however, to add a few pages to that part of the history which relates to the discovery and settlement of North America. The portions thus added are distinguished from the rest of the book by being enclosed in brackets. Numerous questions have been prepared for the purpose of facilitating its use as a Textbook in schools Philadelphia, January, 1844. (3) |