The Historians' History of the World
The Historians' History of the World, subtitled A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development as Recorded by over two thousand of the Great Writers of all Ages', is a 25-volume encyclopedia of world history, published in 1902. It was compiled by Henry Smith Williams, a medical doctor and author of many books on medicine, science, and history, as well as other authorities on history including historian Walter L. Fleming, and Rupert Hughes as editor.
List of volumes
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- XVII: Switzerland, Russia and Poland
- XVIII: England to 1485
- XIX England, 1485–1642
- XX: England, 1642–1791
- XXI: Scotland, Ireland, England since 1792
- XXII: The British colonies, the United States
- XXII supplement: Australia and New Zealand
- XXIII: The United States, Spanish America
- XXIV: Poland, the Balkans, Turkey, minor Eastern states, China, Japan
- XXV: Index
- XXVI-XXVII: These eventful years, parts I and II: additional volumes in the 5th edition of 1926, dealing with the First World War