Chapter THE TENTH: The Story of the Last Trump 295

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD By H. G. Wells

CONTENTS CHAPTER Page I. THE WORLD IN SPACE 1 II. THE WORLD IN TIME 5 III. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE 11 IV. THE AGE OF FISHES 16 V. THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS 21 VI. THE AGE OF REPTILES 26 VII. THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS 31 VIII. THE AGE OF MAMMALS 37 IX. MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN 43 X. THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN 48 XI. THE FIRST TRUE MEN 53 XII. PRIMITIVE THOUGHT 60 XIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION 65 XIV. PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS 71 XV. SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING 77 XVI. PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES 84 XVII. THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES 91 XVIII. EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA 96 XIX. THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS 104 XX. THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I 109 XXI. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS 115 XXII. PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA 122 XXIII. THE GREEKS 127 XXIV. THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS 134 XXV. THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE 139 XXVI. THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 145 XXVII. THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA 150 XXVIII. THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA 156 XXIX. KING ASOKA 163 XXX. CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE 167 XXXI. ROME COMES INTO HISTORY 174 XXXII. ROME AND CARTHAGE 180 XXXIII. THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 185 XXXIV. BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA 196 XXXV. THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE 201 XXXVI. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE 208 XXXVII. THE TEACHING OF JESUS 214 XXXVIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY 222 XXXIX. THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST 227 XL. THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE 233 XLI. THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES 238 XLII. THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA 245 XLIII. MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM 248 XLIV. THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS 253 XLV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM 258 XLVI. THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION 267 XLVII. RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM 277 XLVIII. THE MONGOL CONQUESTS 287 XLIX. THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS 294 L. THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH 304 LI. THE EMPEROR CHARLES V 309 LII. THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE 318 LIII. THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS 329 LIV. THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 335 LV. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE 341 LVI. THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON 349 LVII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE 355 LVIII. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 365 LIX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS 370 LX. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES 382 LXI. THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE 390 LXII. THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF THE STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY 393 LXIII. EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA, AND THE RISE OF JAPAN 399 LXIV. THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914 405 LXV. THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18 409 LXVI. THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA 415 LXVII. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD 421 CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 429 INDEX 439

{xi} LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Luminous Spiral Clouds of Matter 2 Nebula seen Edge-on 3 The Great Spiral Nebula 6 A Dark Nebula 7 Another Spiral Nebula 8 Landscape before Life 9 Marine Life in the Cambrian Period 12 Fossil Trilobite 13 Early Palæozoic Fossils of various Species of Lingula 14 Fossilized Footprints of a Labyrinthodont, Cheirotherium 15 Pterichthys Milleri 17 Fossil of Cladoselache 18 Sharks and Ganoids of the Devonian Period 19 A Carboniferous Swamp 22 Skull of a Labyrinthodont, Capitosaurus 23 Skeleton of a Labyrinthodont: The Eryops 24 A Fossil Ichthyosaurus 27 A Pterodactyl 28 The Diplodocus 29 Fossil of Archeopteryx 32 Hesperornis in its Native Seas 33 The Ki-wi 34 Slab of Marl Rich in Cainozoic Fossils 35 Titanotherium Robustum 38 Skeleton of Giraffe-camel 40 Skeleton of Early Horse 40 Comparative Sizes of Brains of Rhinoceros and Dinoceras 41 A Mammoth 44 Flint Implements from Piltdown Region 45 A Pithecanthropean Man 46 The Heidelberg Man 46 The Piltdown Skull 47 A Neanderthaler 49 Europe and Western Asia 50,000 years ago Map 50 Comparison of Modern Skull and Rhodesian Skull 51 Altamira Cave Paintings 54 Later Palæolithic Carvings 55 Bust of Cro-magnon Man 57 Later Palæolithic Art 58 Relics of the Stone Age 62 Gray’s Inn Lane Flint Implement 63 Somaliland Flint Implement 63 Neolithic Flint Implement 67 Australian Spearheads 68 Neolithic Pottery 69 Relationship of Human Races Map 72 A Maya Stele 73 European Neolithic Warrior 75 Babylonian Brick 78 Egyptian Cylinder Seals of First Dynasty 79 The Sakhara Pyramids 80 The Pyramid of Cheops: Scene from Summit 81 The Temple of Hathor 82 Pottery and Implements of the Lake Dwellers 85 A Lake Village 86 Flint Knives of 4500 B.C. 87 Egyptian Wall Paintings of Nomads 87 Egyptian Peasants Going to Work 88 Stele of Naram Sin 89 The Treasure House at Mycenæ 93 The Palace at Cnossos 95 Temple at Abu Simbel 97 Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak 98 The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak 99 Frieze of Slaves 101 The Temple of Horus, Edfu 103 Archaic Amphora 105 The Mound of Nippur 107 Median and Chaldean Empires Map 110 The Empire of Darius Map 111 A Persian Monarch 112 The Ruins of Persepolis 113 The Great Porch of Xerxes 113 The Land of the Hebrews Map 117 Nebuchadnezzar’s Mound at Babylon 118 The Ishtar Gateway, Babylon 120 Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II 124 Captive Princes making Obeisance 125 Statue of Meleager 128 Ruins of Temple of Zeus 130 The Temple of Neptune, Pæstum 132 Greek Ships on Ancient Pottery 135 The Temple of Corinth 137 The Temple of Neptune at Cape Sunium 138 Frieze of the Parthenon, Athens 140 The Acropolis, Athens 141 Theatre at Epidauros, Greece 141 The Caryatides of the Erechtheum 142 Athene of the Parthenon 143 Alexander the Great 146 Alexander’s Victory at Issus 147 The Apollo Belvedere 148 Aristotle 152 Statuette of Maitreya 153 The Death of Buddha 154 Tibetan Buddha 158 A Burmese Buddha 159 The Dhamêkh Tower, Sarnath 160 A Chinese Buddhist Apostle 164 The Court of Asoka 165 Asoka Panel from Bharhut 165 The Pillar of Lions (Asokan) 166 Confucius 169 The Great Wall of China 171 Early Chinese Bronze Bell 172 The Dying Gaul 175 Ancient Roman Cisterns at Carthage 177 Hannibal 181 Roman Empire and its Alliances, 150 B.C. Map 183 The Forum, Rome 188 Ruined Coliseum in Tunis 189 Roman Arch at Ctesiphon 190 The Column of Trajan, Rome 193 Glazed Jar of Han Dynasty 197 Vase of Han Dynasty 198 Chinese Vessel in Bronze 199 A Gladiator (contemporary representation) 202 A Street in Pompeii 204 The Coliseum, Rome 206 Interior of Coliseum 206 Mithras Sacrificing a Bull 210 Isis and Horus 211 Bust of Emperor Commodus 212 Early Portrait of Jesus Christ 216 Road from Nazareth to Tiberias 217 David’s Tower and Wall of Jerusalem 218 A Street in Jerusalem 219 The Peter and Paul Mosaic at Rome 223 Baptism of Christ (Ivory Panel) 225 Roman Empire and the Barbarians Map 228 Constantine’s Pillar, Constantinople 229 The Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople 231 Head of Barbarian Chief 235 The Church of S. Sophia, Constantinople 239 Roof-work in S. Sophia 240 Justinian and his Court 241 The Rock-hewn Temple at Petra 242 Chinese Earthenware of Tang Dynasty 246 At Prayer in the Desert 250 Looking Across the Sea of Sand 251 Growth of Moslem Power Map 254 The Moslem Empire Map 254 The Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem 255 Cairo Mosques 256 Frankish Dominions of Martel Map 260 Statue of Charlemagne 262 Europe at Death of Charlemagne Map 264 Crusader Tombs, Exeter Cathedral 268 View of Cairo 269 The Horses of S. Mark, Venice 271 Courtyard in the Alhambra 273 Milan Cathedral (showing spires) 278 A Typical Crusader 280 Burgundian Nobility (Statuettes) 283 Burgundian Nobility (Statuettes) 284 The Empire of Jengis Khan Map 288 Ottoman Empire before 1453 Map 289 Tartar Horsemen 291 Ottoman Empire, 1566 Map 292 An Early Printing Press 296 Ancient Bronze from Benin 299 Negro Bronze-work 300 Early Sailing Ship (Italian Engraving) 301 Portrait of Martin Luther 305 The Church Triumphant (Italian Majolica work, 1543) 307 Charles V (the Titian Portrait) 311 S. Peter’s, Rome: the High Altar 315 Cromwell Dissolves the Long Parliament 321 The Court at Versailles 323 Sack of a Village, French Revolution 325 Central Europe after Peace of Westphalia, 1648 Map 326 European Territory in America, 1750 Map 330 Europeans Tiger Hunting in India 331 Fall of Tippoo Sultan 332 George Washington 337 The Battle of Bunker Hill 338 The U.S.A., 1790 339 The Trial of Louis XVI 344 Execution of Marie Antoinette 346 Portrait of Napoleon 352 Europe after the Congress of Vienna Map 353 Early Rolling Stock, Liverpool and Manchester Railway 356 Passenger Train in 1833 356 The Steamboat Clermont 357 Eighteenth Century Spinning Wheel 361 Arkwright’s Spinning Jenny 361 An Early Weaving Machine 363 An Incident of the Slave Trade 367 Early Factory, in Colebrookdale 368 Carl Marx 372 Electric Conveyor, in Coal Mine 376 Constructional Detail, Forth Bridge 378 American River Steamer 385 Abraham Lincoln 387 Europe, 1848-71 Map 391 Victoria Falls, Zambesi 395 The British Empire, 1815 Map 397 Japanese Soldier, Eighteenth Century 401 A Street in Tokio 403 Overseas Empires of Europe, 1914 Map 406 Gibraltar 407 Street in Hong Kong 408 British Tank in Battle 410 The Ruins of Ypres 411 Modern War: War Entanglements 412 A View in Petersburg under Bolshevik Rule 418 Passenger Aeroplane in Flight 423 A Peaceful Garden in England 426

THE SEA LADY By H. G. Wells ILLUSTRATED

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. —The coming of the Sea Lady 1 II. —Some first impressions 30 III. —The episode of the various journalists 71 IV. —The quality of Parker 90 V. —The absence and return of Mr. Harry Chatteris 101 VI. —Symptomatic 133 VII. —The crisis 204 VIII. —Moonshine triumphant 285 FACING PAGE “Am I doing it right?” asked the Sea Lady Frontispiece “Stuff that the public won’t believe aren’t facts” 81 She positively and quietly settled down with the Buntings 90 A little group about the Sea Lady’s bath chair 134 “Why not?” 160 The waiter retires amazed 170 They seemed never to do anything but blow and sigh and rustle papers 180 Adjusting the folds of his blanket to a greater dignity 216

KIPPS THE STORY OF A SIMPLE SOUL By H. G. Wells

CONTENTS Book I. The Making of Kipps PAGE I. The Little Shop at New Romney 3 II. The Emporium 36 III. The Wood-Carving Class 64 IV. Chitterlow 88 V. "Swapped" 117 VI. The Unexpected 128

Book II. Mr. Coote, the Chaperon I. The New Conditions 169 II. The Walshinghams 201 III. Engaged 218 IV. The Bicycle Manufacturer 245 V. The Pupil Lover 259 VI. Discords 282 VII. London 309 VIII. Kipps Enters Society 354 IX. The Labyrinthodon 380

Book III. Kippses I. The Housing Problem 395 II. The Callers 424 III. Terminations 443

THE PLATTNER STORY AND OTHERS By H. G. Wells

CONTENTS PAGE THE PLATTNER STORY 2 THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR 29 THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM 47 IN THE ABYSS 71 THE APPLE 94 UNDER THE KNIFE 106 THE SEA-RAIDERS 126 POLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN 142 THE RED ROOM 165 THE CONE 179 THE PURPLE PILEUS 196 THE JILTING OF JANE 213 IN THE MODERN VEIN 224 A CATASTROPHE 239 THE LOST INHERITANCE 252 THE SAD STORY OF A DRAMATIC CRITIC 262 A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 274

THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY H. G. Wells CONTENTS Introduction

VOLUME I. Scheme of Contents, Volume I. List of Maps and Illustrations

VOLUME II. Scheme of Contents, Volume II. List of Illustrations Time Charts Chronological Table Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

(etext transcriber's note) SCHEME OF CONTENTS