This is a very lovely old book about various colonies of the British Empire. This is volume II of a set, however, it is complete in and of itself pertaining to the subject matter included therein. The book contains 69 illustrations. The book was published in 1898 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York & London. The book measures 5 5/8 inches by 7 ¾ inches and contains viii, 468 pages. The green cloth cover has an embossed and textured finish. The front and spine have gilt detailing and the title is in gilt on the spine. The cover shows signs of wear to the edges, corners and to the top and bottom of the spine which are frayed. The spine is tight. The back hinge is strong. The paper covering the front hinge is split. I would be glad to reinforce it with hinge conservation tape upon request. The pages show no signs of rips or foxing. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is good plus.

Contents:

Book III – Fighting on all the seas

1. Results of the Revolution
2. Progress of the New East India Company
3. Fighting the French from Canada to the Ohio
4. Clive Begins his Career in India
5. The French Driven out of the New World
6. The Conquest of Bengal
7. Quarrel with the American Colonies
8. Driving the American Colonies to Revolt
9. Independence of the United States
10. An Age of Development and Revolution

Book VI – Completing the Edifice

A Titanic Contest
1. A Struggle for Existence
2. From War to Peace
3. Colonial Expansion
4. A Peaceful Revolution
5. Mother of Nations
6. The Discovery of Gold
7. The Chartered Companies
8. The Work Still to Do

Index

Various regions are explored in this book such as Spain, India, Quebec, Australia, New Zealand, Copenhagen, South Africa and of course America. Various personages are discussed including Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Captain Cook, William Pitt and David Livingstone, among others.

Excerpt – The Discovery of Gold:
The year 1851 was marked by an event of the first importance in the history of Australia, and, indeed, of the whole British Empire. That was the discovery of gold in New South Wales and Port Phillip, or Victoria, as it is now called, having been separated from the mother-colony, and started on its course as an independent colony the same year.

It had long been suspected that the soil of Australia was in parts auriferous. Samples of the precious metal had been picked up here and there from time to time, although the story of their finding was at first received with incredulity. A convict for shewing a lump of gold which he affirmed he had found in the interior, the supposition being, of course, that he had stolen a watch and melted it to prevent detection. This was in 1836. But as early as 1823 James McBrian, the assistant-surveyor of the colony, had noted in his field-book the fact of having discovered particles of gold in the vicinity of Fish River, fifteen miles from Bathurst. In 1840 Count Strzelecki, while exploring the southern part of the dividing range known as the Australian Alps, found traces of the precious metal, and inferred from his observations that it abounded in the district…
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