A HISTORY OF THE WORLD, ON A Lew and Systematic Plan; FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE TREATY OF VIENNA. TO WHICH IS ADDED A SUMMARY OF LEADING EVENTS FROM THAT PERIOD TO THE YEAR 1821. BY H. WHITE, B. A. TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. WITH A CONTINUATION, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS TO THE PRESENT TIME. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY J. & J. L. GIHON, 98 CHESTNUT STREET. 1851. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by J. & J. L. GIHON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 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. Philadelphia, January, 1844 |