A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 17 of 22, covering from 1844-1861 AD. (Summary Adapted from the Title Page)
Chapters
1 Outline Narrative 25 min 2 Invention of the Telegraph, AD 1844, by Alonzo B. Cornell 27 min 3 Repeal of the English Corn Laws, AD 1846, by Justin McCarthy 37 min 4 The Discovery of Neptune, AD 1846, by Sir Oliver Lodge 24 min 5 The Acquisition of California, AD 1846, by Henry B. Dawson 42 min 6 The Fall of Abd-el-Kader, AD 1847, by Edgar Sanderson 55 min 7 The Mexican War, AD 1847, by John Bonner 42 min 8 Famine in Ireland, AD 1847, by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy 25 min 9 Migrations of the Mormons, AD 1848, by Thomas L. Kane 47 min 10 The Reforms of Pius IX, AD 1848, by Francis Bowen, part 1 43 min 11 The Reforms of Pius IX, AD 1848, by Francis Bowen, part 2 44 min 12 The Revolution of February in France, AD 1848, by Francois P.G. Guizot and Mme. Guizot de Witt 45 min 13 Revolutionary Movements in Germany, AD 1848, by C. Edmund Maurice, part 1 27 min 14 Revolutionary Movements in Germany, AD 1848, by C. Edmund Maurice, part 2 31 min 15 The Revolt of Hungary, AD 1848, by Arminius Vambery 53 min 16 Discovery of Gold in California, AD 1848, by John S. Hittell 26 min 17 The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, AD 1849, by Jessie White Mario 49 min 18 Livingstone's African Discoveries, AD 1849, by David Livingstone 23 min 19 Livingstone's African Discoveries, AD 1849, by Thomas Hughes 29 min 20 The Coup D'état of Louis Napoleon, AD 1851, by Alexis de Tocqueville 22 min 21 Discovery of Gold in Australia, AD 1851, by Edward Jenks 45 min 22 The Rise of the Republican Party, AD 1854, by Abraham Lincoln 25 min 23 The Opening of Japan, AD 1854, by Matthew C. Perry, part 1 28 min 24 The Opening of Japan, AD 1854, by Matthew C. Perry, part 2 27 min 25 The Capture of Sebastopol, AD 1855, by Sir Edward B. Hamley 15 min 26 The Capture of Sebastopol, AD 1855, by Sir Evelyn Wood 16 min 27 The Indian Mutiny, AD 1857, by J. Talboys Wheeler, part 1 33 min 28 The Indian Mutiny, AD 1857, by J. Talboys Wheeler, part 2 36 min 29 Battles of Magenta and Solferino, AD 1859, by Pietro Orsi 25 min 30 Darwin Publishes his Origin of Species, AD 1859, by Charles Robert Darwin 20 min 31 The Kingdom of Italy Establish, AD 1860, by Giuseppi Garibaldi 21 min 32 The Kingdom Italy Establish, AD 1860, by John Webb Probyn 27 min 33 Emancipation of Russian Serfs, AD 1861, by Andrew D. White, part 1 34 min 34 Emancipation of Russian Serfs, AD 1861, by Andrew D. White, part 2 32 min 35 Emancipation of Russian Serfs, AD 1861, by Nikolai Turgenieff 10 min
