GIVING, IN A HISTORICAL FORM,
THE VAST IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF COTTON AND SUGAR; COMMERCE;
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION; STEAM ENGINE; MANUFACTURE OF COTTON, WOOLEN, SILK, PAPER,
FIRE-ARMS, CUTLERY, HATS, CARRIAGES AND COACHES, PLATED WARE, LEATHER, BOOTS AND SHOES,
CLOCKS AND WATCHES, PINS, REFINED SUGAR, GLASS, AND INDIA RUBBER; FISHING BUSINESS; FUR
AND FUR TRADE; HUMANITARIAN INSTITUTIONS, ETC., ETC.; WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF STATISTICAL
INFORMATION, SHOWING THE COMPARATIVE PROGRESS OF THE DIFFERENT STATES WITH EACH OTHER,
AND THIS COUNTRY WITH OTHER NATIONS.
WITH AN APPENDIX ENTITLED
MARVELS THAT OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL SEE;
ONE HUNDRED YEARS' PROGRESS IN THE FUTURE.
BEING AN ESTIMATE OF THE VAST INCREASE OF POPULATION, WEALTH, GROWTH OF CITIES, AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL BRANCHES
OF INDUSTRY, DEDUCED FROM FACTS AND FIGURES OF THE PAST ONE HUNDRED YEARS, WITH REMARKS ON THE PROSPECTIVE
INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATIVE MONOPOLIES; CONFLICT BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR; INCREASE OF
PROTECTIVE UNIONS; ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY; EXHAUSTION OF PUBLIC LANDS; GREAT ADVANCE IN REAL
ESTATE, &C.; WITH REFLECTIONS ON THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS CHANGES WHICH WILL ENSUE
FROM THE TRANSFERENCE OF THE GOVERNING POWER FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON RACE TO THE TEUTONIC,
CELTIC, AND SCANDINAVIAN RACES OF EUROPE, AND MONGOLIAN, MALAY, AND AFRICAN
BACES; WITH EXAMPLES FROM ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY OF THE EFFECT OF
SUCH CHANGES OF POPULATION ON THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE OLD WORLD.
WHO HAVE MADE THE SUBJECTS ON WHICH THEY HAVE WRITTEN THEIR SPECIAL STUDY.
EMBELLISHED WITH TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY ENGRAVINGS,
Executed by the First Artists in the Country, Mustrating the Progress of the various Interests treated of.
FURNISHED BY AGENTS ONLY.
PUBLISHED BY L. STEBBINS.
1870.