A Historical Sketch of the Armenian People from Traditional Times to the Present Tragic Days BY M. C. GABRIELIAN Author of “ The Armenians, or the People of Ararat ,” “ The Armenian Question and the Massacres of the Christians ” Publisher logo New York     Chicago     Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh...

The history of Armenia is a history at once ancient, romantic, tragic and instructive. One of the peoples early mentioned in the Old Testament, the Armenians have maintained themselves for thousands of years, in a region close to the birthplace of mankind and associated historically with the greatest of the cataclysms which have afflicted the world, the Noahic Deluge. That God, in His providence, should have preserved them as a people through so many centuries and amidst such changeful circumsta

Book-writing is neither a profession nor a passion with me. But a former attempt, on a small scale, was so favorably received by the public, that I conceived the thought that a brief history of the Armenians, the first Christian Nation in the world, who have, for centuries, swelled the noble army of martyrs, would fill a gap that much needed filling. Although born an Armenian, I am also an American by adoption and, having a deep conviction and a desire to “do my bit,” I thought I could probably

By Ellen M. Mitchell ( The New Armenia ) Through all this golden sunshine there peals a mournful cry, Help, help us, or we perish—help, help us, or we die! Our babes are begging wildly for one small crust of bread, They faint, they die with hunger—is there a God o’erhead? Oh, haste with friendly succor, we are starving while we wait, To thousands sinking graveward your help may come too late; Our gaunt forms totter feebly; our lips grow wan and white, Oh, God, how hard it is to starve beneath a