Excerpt from Cyclopedia of Universal History, Vol. 2 of 3: Being an Account of the Principal Events in the Career of the Human Race From the Beginnings of Civilization to the Present Time, From Recent and Authentic Sources; Part I. The Modern World In following out this plan, it shall be my aim not only to produce a succinct narrative of the leading events which may claim our atten tion, but also to consider, from time to time, the causes which have determined them and the relations by which they are bound together. Without such linking of fact to fact, without such tracing of the ofttimes obscure lines of antecedence and consequence, any narrative of historical events must, of necessity, be of little interest and value. 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.