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An English adaptation of Helmolt's Weltgeschichte, with a rejection of sections which did not seem quite adequate from the point of view of its English readers. C.f. Publisher's note.

Excerpt from The History of the World, Vol. 6 of 8: A Survey of Man's Record This volume, nominally the sixth, is the eight in order of publication, and concludes the "World's History" as originally planned. More than ten years have elapsed since the series was arranged, and thirty-seven different scholars have collaborated in the execution of a scheme which presented unusual difficulties owing to the novelty of its main principle, that of geographical arrangement. Our history is "universal" in the fullest sense, as it aims at noticing all the nations and countries of the globe. To this end, at least, it may claim superiority to all previous Universal Histories. It is hoped that it will supply a reliable basis for research wherever the study of comparative ethnology is pursued upon those principles which Karl Lamprecht has illustrated in theory and practice. The geographer has much to learn from the historian, and the historian even more from the ethnologist. The present volume is entitled "Central and Northern Europe;" its subject is complementary to those of the fifth and seventh volumes, which deal with "Eastern" and "Western" Europe respectively. Before the close of the Crusades there is no West-European civilization in the true sense of the word. Earlier developments, springing from the seed sown by classical antiquity, have been appropriately styled "Central European;" and under the head of "Central Europe" we include the common achievements of the Romance and Teutonic races in the heart of Europe subsequently to the decay of the Kelts. The histories of Germany, Italy, and France before the Renaissance, and of Christianity from the age of migration, to the Reformation, thus constitute a great part of the present volume. It also treats of the Scandinavian North and of the British Isles - two spheres in which European civilization has assumed special forms, akin to those presented by the continental lands of West Europe, but also differentiated in countless points. A few words must be said regarding the structure of the volume. The subject of the Baltic, restricted as it may seem, involves so many difficulties that it seemed best to divide this section between two scholars. The prehistoric portion has been written by a professed archaeologist and ethnologist, and the historical portion by a native of the Baltic. The two following sections, "The Germans to the Middle of the Fourteenth Century" and "The Kelts," contain much matter necessitated by our general scheme, and therefore include certain elaborations of the contribution to Volume II from the pen of the late Dr. Emil Schmidt. Among other questions, the yet unsettled problem of the original home of the Indo-Europeans is discussed. 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.