The World's Progress: Dictionary of Dates, with Tabular Views of General History

Putnam, G. P. [editor]. The World's Progress: A Dictionary of Dates, with Tabular Views of General History. New-York: G. P. Putnam, 1850. First Edition. [10941] Publisher's cloth, faded to brown, binding otherwise very good, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, tight. iv, [4], 691 pages, foxing. Has a folding hand-colored chart, "A Chart of History." Good. Hardcover. "What is here aimed at is simply to indicate, in brief and suggestive terms, the succession of the prominent occurrences and of the governments in the chief nations of the world - enough merely to recall to the reader of history the full pictures of these events, and to enable him to classify them correctly in his memory." - Preface. The contents are Ancient History and Modern History (pp. 2-145); Dictionary of Dates (pp. 146-608); Literary Chronology (pp. 609-647); Heathen Deities, &c. (pp. 648-656); Biographical Index (pp. 657-691).  George Palmer Putnam (1814-1872), b. Brunswick, Maine; d. New York City. Putnam entered the publish