The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914)

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Editor

Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Gwidon Naskrent and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

D: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere

Subject

World history

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Text

eBook-No.

10341

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10341

Release Date

November 1, 2003

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.BY — EDITED BY — CONTENTS — VOLUME XXI
2. 2.AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE — THE RECENT DAYS (1910-1914) — CHARLES F. HORNE
3. 3.THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF GOVERNORS
4. 4.UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA A.D. 1910
5. 5.PORTUGAL BECOMES A REPUBLIC A.D. 1910
6. 6.THE CRUSHING OF FINLAND — JOHN JACKOL — VON PLEHVE[1] — SERGIUS WITTE
7. 7.MAN'S FASTEST MILE THE AUTOMOBILE AGE — ISAAC F. MARCOSSON
8. 8.THE DOWNFALL OF DIAZ
9. 9.FALL OF THE ENGLISH HOUSE OF LORDS — ARTHUR PONSONBY, M.P. — SYDNEY BROOKS — CAPTAIN GEORGE SWINTON, L.C.C.
10. 10.THE TURKISH-ITALIAN WAR — WILLIAM T. ELLIS[1]
11. 11.WOMAN SUFFRAGE — THE UNITED STATES — GREAT BRITAIN — ENGLISH COLONIES — SCANDINAVIA — OTHER COUNTRIES — JANE ADDAMS — DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE — ISRAEL ZANGWILL — ELBERT HUBBARD
12. 12.MILITARISM — NORMAN ANGELL — SIR MAX WAECHTER
13. 13.PERSIA'S LOSS OF LIBERTY A.D. 1911 — PERSIA IS TAKEN UNAWARES — AN EXHIBITION OF SELF-RESTRAINT
14. 14.DISCOVERY OF THE SOUTH POLE A.D. 1911
15. 15.THE CHINESE REVOLUTION A.D. 1912 — R.F. JOHNSTON — TAI-CHI QUO
16. 16.A STEP TOWARD WORLD PEACE
17. 17.TRAGEDY OF THE "TITANIC"
18. 18.OUR PROGRESSING KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE SURGERY PERPETUATES THE BODY'S ORGANS — GENEVIEVE GRANDCOURT — THE "IMMORTALITY" OF TISSUES — R. LEGENDRE
19. 19.THE OVERTHROW OF TURKEY — J. ELLIS BARKER — FREDERICK PALMER[1]
20. 20.MEXICO PLUNGED INTO ANARCHY — EDWIN EMERSON — WILLIAM CAROL[1]
21. 21.THE NEW DEMOCRACY
22. 22.THE INCOME TAX IN AMERICA
23. 23.THE SECOND BALKAN WAR — PROF. STEPHEN P. DUGGAN — CAPT. ALBERT H. TRAPMANN
24. 24.OPENING OF THE PANAMA CANAL A.D. 1914 — COL. GEO. W. GOETHALS, U.S. ARMY — BAMPFYLDE FULLER
25. 25.CHRONOLOGY OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY

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