PART I

THE WORLD'S PROGRESS

A Dictionary of Dates, being a Chronological and Alphabetical Record of all Essential facts in the Progress of Society, from the beginning of History to August, 1877. With Chronological Tables, Biographical Index, and a Chart of History,

By G. P. PUTNAM, A.M.

Revised and continued by F. B. Perkins. In one handsome octavo volume of 1,000 pages, cloth extra, $4.50; half morocco, $7.00.

CONTENTS:

THE WORLD'S PROGRESS, 1867-1877. THE SAME 1851-1867. THE SAME FROM THE BEGINNING OF HISTORY TO 1851. UNITED STATES TREASURY STATISTICS. LITERARY CHRONOLOGY, ARRANGED IN TABLES: HEBREW, GREEK, LATIN AND ITALIAN, BRITISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE, DUTCH, SWEDISH, DANISH, POLISH, RUSSIAN, ARABIAN, PERSIAN AND TURKISH, AMERICAN. HEATHEN DEITIES AND HEROES AND HEROINES OF ANTIQUITY. TABULAR VIEWS OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY. BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX, GENERAL. THE SAME OF ARTISTS. SCHOOLS OF PAINTING IN CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES.

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