THE RIDPATH COLLECTION

Carefully edited and arranged by a corps

of the most capable scholars

EDITOR IN CHIEF
JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, A.M., LL.D.
Author of “Ridpath's History of the United States," “Encyclopedia of

Universal History,” “Great Races of Mankind," etc., etc.

WITH REVISIONS AND ADDITIONS BY

WILL M. CLEMENS
Autho: of “The Life of Roosevelt," "The Life of Mark Twain," "The Life
of Kipling," of the Editorial Staff of the “Encyclopedia

Americana," etc.

TWENTY-FIVE VOLUMES

NEW YORK

THE FIFTH AVENUE LIBRARY SOCIETY

1906