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PREFACE.

Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century.

Crises in Civil Society.

BRUMAIRE.

HOW THE SON OF EQUALITY BECAME KING OF FRANCE.

THE COUP D'ETAT OF 1851.

THE CHARTIST AGITATION IN ENGLAND.

THE ABOLITION OF HUMAN BONDAGE.

THE PERIL OF OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR.

THE DOUBLE FETE IN FRANCE AND GERMANY.

Great Battles.

TRAFALGAR.

CAMPAIGN OF AUSTERLITZ.

"FRIEDLAND—1807."

UNDER THE RUSSIAN SNOWS.

WATERLOO.

SEBASTOPOL.

SADOWA.

CAPTURE OF MEXICO.

VICKSBURG.

GETTYSBURG.

SPOTTSYLVANIA.

APPOMATTOX.

SEDAN.

BAZAINE AND METZ.

Astronomical Vistas.

THE CENTURY OF ASTEROIDS.

THE STORY OF NEPTUNE.

EVOLUTION OF THE TELESCOPE.

THE NEW ASTRONOMY.

WHAT THE WORLDS ARE MADE OF.

Progress in Discovery and Invention.

THE FIRST STEAMBOAT AND ITS MAKER.

TELEGRAPHING BEFORE MORSE.

THE NEW LIGHT OF MEN.

THE TELEPHONE.

THE MACHINE THAT "TALKS BACK."

THE EVOLUTION OF THE DYNAMO.

THE UNKNOWN RAY AND ENTOGRAPHY.

Stages in Biological Inquiry.

THE NEW INOCULATION.

KOCH'S BATTLE WITH THE INVISIBLE ENEMY.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN SURGERY.

Great Religious Movements.

Defence on New Lines.

Evangelical Activity.

Bible Revision.

Bibles By The Million.

A Great Missionary Era.

Preaching To Heathen At Home.

Churches Drawing Together.

Organized Activities.

Humanitarian Work.

The Sunday School.

Pulpit And Press.