Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 67 in 1802, and in 1808 published his famous Knickerbockers History olNew York. In 1805 Abie! Holmes, father of Oliver Wendell Holmes,published the first two volumes of his monumental work, AmericanAnnals. At the same time Sir Walter Scott was risings into notice in GreatBri


Story of one hundred years : A comprehensive review of the political and military events, the social, intellectual and material progress, and the general state of mankind in all landsEmbodying detailed and accurate accounts of all things of importance and interest, from 1801 to 1900, inclusive . STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. 67 in 1802, and in 1808 published his famous Knickerbockers History olNew York. In 1805 Abie! Holmes, father of Oliver Wendell Holmes,published the first two volumes of his monumental work, AmericanAnnals. At the same time Sir Walter Scott was risings into notice in GreatBritain. He produced his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border in1802. his Lay of the Last Minstrel in 1805, his Tales of My Land-lord in 1807, and Marmion in 1808. Schiller, one of the greatest poets of Germany, died in 1805, hav-ing produced his famous drama of William Tell in the precedingyear. The philosopher Hegel ended his Jena lectures in 1806, and in1807 published his Phenomenology of Spirit. The general manners and customs of society in these years werea curious mixture of ancient and modern. Old things were passingaway, yet had, not entirely vanished, and the fashions of the presenttime were only just beginning to commend themselves to the world CHAPTER IV. M&dison Becomes Preside


Size: 1332px × 1875px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookid, booksubjecthistorymodern