The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . THE DOWNFALL OF ASIAS POWER (The Greek Victory of Salatnis) A celebrated painting by William Kaulbach, the noted German artistof the middle ninete

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The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands . THE DOWNFALL OF ASIAS POWER (The Greek Victory of Salatnis) A celebrated painting by William Kaulbach, the noted German artistof the middle nineteenth century WE gaze here upon one of the most stupendous momentsof history, a battle wliich was to decide the fate of allthe future ages. Greece overthrew Persia. Europesnatched from Asia that rulership of the world wliich Europe hasheld ever since. Asia had been the first home of all wealth andsplendor and empire; but Asia had surrendered itself to thepower of one man, the Persian tyrant Xerxes. His people werehis servants, almost his slaves. Had he conquered the Greeksalso, mankind might have continued slaves forever. But the Greeks, though few in number, were free men andstrong of soul, and they defied the tyrant. Xerxes sent hiswhole mighty navy to crush them. So sure was he of ctorythat he had a throne erected on the sea-shore in order that hemight watch, hke a theatrical performance, the downfall ofthe Greeks. He also brought with hstoryofgreatestn01elli