THOMAS J. McCORMACK LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD. PRINCIPAL OF THE LA SALLE AND PERU TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL Translated from the Second Revised French Edition With a Frontispiece, Map, and Fifty Cuts and Illustrations PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GHENT, BELGIUM 1903 BY TRANSLATION COPYRIGHTED CHICAGO BY 1903