Subtitles of each volume at head of title Each plate accompanied by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress "The first edition of The world's story is limited to seven hundred and fifty numbered copies." "Vol. XIV has title: An outline of universal history, by Carl Ploetz ; tr. and ed. by William H. Tillinghast, with additions covering recent events I. China, Japan and the islands of the Pacific -- II. India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine -- III. Egypt, Africa and Arabia -- IV. Greece and Rome -- V. Italy, France, Spain and Portugal -- VI. Russia, Autria-Hungary, the Balkan states and Turkey -- VII. Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland -- VIII. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the search of the poles -- IX. England -- X. England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales -- XI. Canada, South America, Central America, Mexico and the West Indies -- XII-XIII. The United States -- XVI. An outline of universal history -- XV. The World War / ed. by H.W. Dresser