Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . sBERG, 747Napoleons from Russia.—After thepainting by A. W. Kowalski, 748 22 LIST OF ILLUSTliATIOXS, VOLUME III. Battle of Katsbacu, 749 Battle of Leipsic, 751 Death of Poniatowsky, 752 The Allies on the Road to Paris, 754 Bluchers Cavalry devastating the Envi-rons.—Drawn by C. Delort, 755 Napoleon signing his Abdication.—Drawn by E. Bayard, 756
Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . sBERG, 747Napoleons from Russia.—After thepainting by A. W. Kowalski, 748 22 LIST OF ILLUSTliATIOXS, VOLUME III. Battle of Katsbacu, 749 Battle of Leipsic, 751 Death of Poniatowsky, 752 The Allies on the Road to Paris, 754 Bluchers Cavalry devastating the Envi-rons.—Drawn by C. Delort, 755 Napoleon signing his Abdication.—Drawn by E. Bayard, 756 The Return from —Drawn by C. De-lort, 758 Napoleon.—After the painting by Meissonier, 759The Last Call to Arms.—After a painting by F. Defregger, 760 Blucher 761 Bluchbr arriving on the Field of Waterloo, 762 Marshal Nky, 763 Last Charge of the Old Guard.—Drawn by E. Bayard, 764 Napoleon at St. Helena, 765 Funeral Cortege of Napoleon, 766 Congress of Vienna, 767 AVashington.—After the jiaiiiting by .^tuart, . 773 Lady Washingtons Reception, 774 John Adams, 775 Thomas Jefferson, 776 John JIarshall, 777 Robert Fulton, 779 James Madison, 780 Perrys Victory ON Lake Erie, 783 Tail-piece, 788 Introduction to Volume Y common consent thehistorical period subse-quent to the Crusades isconsidered one of themost difficult and con-fused in the pages of hu-man progress. EventsAvhirled round and round. The epoch wastentative. The consciousness of Modern Eu-rope, which for the first time had found self-revelation in the heat of the Holy Wars, nowsought organic expression in political formsand social institutions. But the elements ofsociety were suspicious, and stood it respects the actual civil condition of theWestern States in the era under considerationonly a few facts can be noted with distinct-ness ; the rest can be seen only in cloud-formand nebula. First, it is clear that the twocenturies succeeding the Crusades are thetimes of the emergence and f
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