Manual Of Ancient Geography And History

Excerpt from Manual of Ancient Geography and History The work of which the present Handbook is a translation, consists of three portions: - a) Outlines of Ancient History. b) Outlines of Medieval History. c) Outlines of Modern History. The whole forms a work of moderate extent, and of great accuracy. The second portion is already in the press, and the Editor cannot but entertain a confident hope that, when the whole work is published, it will have a considerable effect in promoting the study of General History in our Classical Schools. A complete set of Questions upon the Historical portions has been added: but no liberty has been taken with the text in any part except that which relates to the History of the Jews. For this portion, the author is not responsible; for though he has generally been followed, the alterations made were too numerous and too much interwoven with the original matter, to allow of their being distinguished by brackets. A small and cheap, but accurate, Classical Atlas, intended as a Companion to the Editor's "Histories Antique Epitome," is about to be published by Messrs. Rivington. It will be found sufficient for the student of this work. 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.

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Excerpt from Manual of Ancient Geography and History A meteor, which shines for a short time and then disappears. Their year began on the 22nd September, and had twelve months of thirty days, the names of which were intended to indicate the various phases of nature; and their terminations (aire, ose, a], and dor) to mark the four seasons of the year. These names were Vendemiaire, Bru maire, Frimaire, Nivose, Ventose, Pluviose, Germinal, Floreal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor, Fructidor. There were also five, and in leap-year six, supplementary days. The months were subdivided into three decades, the days of which were distinguished by nume rals, and contained ten hours of 100 minutes each. 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.