By Hendrik Van Loon, Ph.D.
Professor of the Social Sciences in Antioch College. Author of The Fall
of the Dutch Republic, The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom, The Golden Book of
the Dutch Navigators, A Short Story of Discovery, Ancient Man.
Frontispiece caption= THE SCENE OF OUR HISTORY IS LAID UPON A LITTLE
PLANET, LOST IN THE VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE.
To JIMMIE "What is the use of a book without pictures?" said Alice.