Class of History.
In the Historical Class the successions, revolutions, and various
aspects of the principal nations of the world are considered in such a
manner as to afford a general and connected view of the progress of
political and social organizations. Institutions and laws are noted a
the manifestations of different phases of society; an attempt is made
to discover and clucidate the conditions of historical advancement,
and to refer the changes of nations and governments to the operation
of regular principles.
Text Books.—Schmitz's Manual of Ancient History; Smith's History
of Greece; Gibbon, Abridged by Smith; Taylor's Manual of Modern
History.
For Reference—Long's Ancient Atlas; Appleton's (College) Atlas,
or Chambers' Atlas; Blair's Chronology (Bohn's edition.)
