Excerpt from Contemporary Europe, Asia and Africa, Vol. 20: A History of All NationsThe subject of the present volume is the recent history of' Europe, Asia, and Africa to the beginning of the twentieth century. The Allgemeine Weltgeschichte, of which the preceding volumes, by various authors, contain a translation, was carried by Professor Theodor Flathe to the close of the reign of Emperor William I. But as the treatment of other countries than Germany, since 1871, was largely summary in character and the subject viewed by the author naturally frem a German standpoint, the publishers deemed it best that the history of the last thirty years should be the work of a single band, and that my task of continuation should begin not with the year 1888, but with the year 1871. Consequently Professor Flathe's work closes with the chapters on the Vatican Council and the internal history of Germany from 1871 to 1888, which are to be found in Volume XIX., and my contribution begins with the present volume.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.