RUSSELL'S HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE EPITOMISED: FORMING A Complete Text-Book of Modern History, AS WELL AS A PERFECT TREASURY OF FACTS, DATES, IMPORTANT EVENTS, THE HISTORY OF G. ROUTLEDGE & CO. FARRINGDON STREET; 1857. 223. C. 23. PREFACE. WITHIN the compass of this volume the reader is presented with an epitome of Russell's larger work, upon the History of Modern Europe. It remains the favourite guide to a knowledge of the various subjects of which it treats; and has very recently been recommended as a text-book by the Government Civil Service Commissioners and the Earl of Clarendon. No modern work enjoys a similar reputation, and it is in all respects a safe authority. Every fact and the date of all the events recorded in these pages have been verified, original matter has been introduced, and the entire work submitted to the most careful revision. In epitomising this valuable book of reference the editor has endeavoured to give as fair a view of the leading details of modern history, as was possible within the limits. The more interesting portions of the subject, that stand out in bold and full relief on the map of the past, have been described at greater length, while less important matters have been abridged, without, however, interrupting the thread of the narrative. In fact the editor's aim has been to supply what has long been wanting in English literature-a Handbook, in which the chief events of Modern History are set forth in a clear, concise, and intelligent form. Experience |