APR 25 1903

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BY ALEX. FRASER TYTLER, FR. S. E. ford

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PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH,

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WITH MAPS AND ADDITIONS.

BE IT REMEMBERED, That oh the second day of November, in the forty third year of the Independente the United States of America, FRANCIS NICHOLS, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the Title of a book the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:

To which is added a

"Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern. "Table of Chronology. By Alex. Fraser Tytler, F. R. S. E. Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh. tions."

With Maps and Addi

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the Times 'therein mentioned "-And also to the Act, entitled, "An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, “ An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprie tors of such Copies during the Times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the Ats of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

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Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.

ADVERTISEMENT.

In the American Edition of this book, beside many little improvements in the matter and style, and nemerous corrections of grammatical inaccuracies, which still remained in the last English edition, some useful additions have been made, which were approved by competent judges, who have adopted this work in the public seminaries of education over which they preside. The additions are generally distinguished from the original by the word Editor, or by the titles of the books from which they are extracted. They consist of a compent of Jewish history, an introduction to chronology, a few new sections, and some detached paragraphs and notes interspersed in different parts of the volume. Three outline maps are annexed at the end of the volume, namely, 1. A map of those parts of the world which were known to the ancients; 2. a map of the Roman empire; 3. a map of Palestine.

Tytler's Elements of History terminate at the close of the seventeenth century, and no reason is assigned for the omission of an outline of the history of the eighteenth. But conjecture suggests a probable cause of this omission. The transactions and events of the last century are so numerous, important, and wonderful, that a concise narrative of facts would extend the Second Part of this book to a great size. It would, therefore, be adviseable to defer the study of the history of this most memorable age of the world, till youth have finished their education, when they may read it with more satisfaction and benefit in some larger work, which may be publish