Publisher's Synopsis
"This volume should be of very great service to all classes of readers.... The work should take a place on the shelf of indispensable elbow books.'' -- Literary World. "It is only by continued use that the excellences and defects of such a compilation become known, but we have applied several tests with satisfactory results." -- Manchester Guardian. "It is a book that will prove invaluable not only to the student of the history of ancient and modern times but also to the ordinary newspaper reader." --Dundee Courier"A very complete and useful commonplace book of historical facts and points." --Liverpool Post. "Extremely well done, and will undoubtedly prove a great' time-saver' to the busy man and woman." --Education. "An extremely useful book.... one that should have a place in every well-informed man's library." --Yorkshire Post. "One of those books which should always be within reach of the studious reader." --Dundee Advertiser. "A book which no writer or public speaker can afford to be without." --New Age. "The information is conveyed with brevity and accuracy." --Glasgow Herald.
