The World S Inhabitants Or Mankind Animals And Plants

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1888 Edition.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1888 Edition.

Excerpt from The World's Inhabitants, or Mankind, Animals, and Plants: Being a Popular Account of the Races and Nations of Mankind, Past and Present, and the Animals and Plants Inhabiting the Great Continents and Principal Islands Eturning from a mental voyage, not merely round the world, but among all peoples, the author may perhaps be permitted to say, that if any considerable portion of the pleasure and instruction he has derived from it may be shared by his readers, his object will be amply realised. It must be confessed that he had set himself no slight task in the endeavour to include in one volume, in good type and well illustrated, a review of the peoples at present existing on the globe, as well as a sketch of the past mutations of each country, - change of masters and change of people, -extending the view even to the prehistoric inhabit ants. But if people in general are to have any chance of gaining an acquaintance with a subject so wide as the present, it must be presented to them in a readable volume of moderate size and attractive in form. Probably no two authors would agree in their view of the proportion to be assigned to the different topics, and it cannot be expected that every one will be satisfied with the space assigned to his pet subject. The labour of endeavouring to attain accuracy throughout, and of bringing up the work to the latest date, has been very considerable, but it is hoped that nothing superfluous, diluted, or Without interest to many readers, will be found to have been included. In deciding to deal with Europe first, and to begin with our own country, the author was influenced by the Special importance to us of knowing more about ourselves and our immediate neighbours. He has thus avoided the danger of being tempted at the last to give inadequate space to the European peoples. Even such a brief resume of the history of each nation as has been attempted will be of advantage to those who may have read no Special work dealing with European history. 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.