Elements of Ancient History (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Elements of Ancient History<br><br>The increased attention paid to the study of history, is an omen favourable to the cause of education. Parents and teachers have judged correctly in awarding to it a high rank among the means of improving the intellectual, and moulding the moral powers.<br><br>Without the least design to depreciate the many useful volumes on the subject, which have issued from the press, the author of the following pages is not without hopes, that his humble efforts may be useful in simplifying this important branch of knowledge, and extending more widely its advantages. His design has been to embody the most important events, in clear, chronological order, so as to form in the mind of a child, on his first acquaintance with the subject, a systematick outline of the whole, that when he pursues the study in larger compends, or peruses the works of original authors, he may refer every fact to its proper place in the system, and escape the confusion which is apt to arise from so great a variety of matter as history presents.<br><br>The catechetical form has been adopted, as the best calculated to include much matter in little space. It will be observed, that the answers constitute a continued narrative, and make complete sense without the questions, but that the phraseology is often varied to direct the pupils attention more to the meaning than to the words by which it is conveyed.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.