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The Book of History: A history of all nations from the earliest times to the present, with over 8,000 illustrations was published between 1915 and 1921 and comprises 18 volumes covering all of the history of the earth from the earliest times to the early 20th century. Here is an index of contents of each of the volumes:

1. Man and universe.--Japan
2. The Far East.
3. Islands of the Pacific--Australasia--India.
4. The middle East.--The Near East.
5. The Near East--Egypt.
6. The Near East.
7. The Roman empire
8. Eastern Europe to the French revolution--Western Europe in the middle ages
9. Western Europe in the middle ages
10. Western Europe in the middle ages. Continued
11. French revolution and Napoleonic era
12. Europe in the nineteenth century.
13. European powers today.--The British empire--America before Columbus
14. South and Central America--The North and South poles--North America.
15. Unites States--Canada--Newfoundland--The West Indies.
16. The causes of the war. The events of 1914-1915 including summary.
17. The events of 1916 ... 1917 and summary.
18. The events of 1918. The armistice and peace treaties

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