Excerpt from A Pictorial History of the World's Great Nations, Vol. 1: From the Earliest Dates to the Present Time Of our own country, we have preferred the history written by Mr. John A. Doyle, and edited by E. A. Freeman, the great historian for it enjoys a breadth of view and freedom from partisan bias, rarely attained by writers. As this work is more especially intended for readers who do not care to peruse the ponderous records of Universal History, we think it advantageous to confine ourselves to the' above-mentioned nations, and mention others only when they come in contact with those. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.