# The Tyranny of Shams

Author: McCabe, Joseph, 1867-1955

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62961

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Tyranny+of+Shams+McCabe&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

ALTHOUGH this work does not embody any system of speculation about the universe, any creed or 'ism or large and abstruse set of principles, it must begin with a careful study of the phenomenon of revolt. Never before was there such an age of general and feverish restlessness; never was there such quaking of the deepest foundations of old institutions, such tottering of thrones and altars. From every intellectual centre the disturbing waves radiate. Round London, Berlin, and New York the rumbling is habitual. Already they perceive it in Tokyo and Peking and Constantinople. Tomorrow it will break on the ear in Teheran and Lhasa. The same questions are asked all over the earth. I have discus...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-tyranny-of-shams-62961/chapters/1/index.md)