IN the present edition the record of events is brought down from the close of 1882, where it ceased in the original publication (1884), to the close of 1903 This continuation is mainly the work of Mr.

David Matteson, to whom the editor is likewise indebted for the general supervision of the new issue.

The genealogical tables have been brought down to date, and cross references inserted to connect the appendix with the sections of the earlier work The index to the new material is at the end of the original one.

The editor heartily thanks those readers who have notified him of errors in the book All discovered errors have now been corrected, and it is hoped that any which have escaped detection will be made known by whoever may find them.

Prof Dr CARL PLOETZ, well known in Germany as a veteran teacher, is the author of a number of educational works having a high reputation, among which none has better approved its usefulness than the Epitome of Universal History.