The World's Story Volume 23: British Isles Part 1 (England, Wales)

The World’s Story A History of the World in Story, Song and Art Volume 23 British Isles Part 1: England, Wales Edited by Eva March Tappan

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The World’s Story, A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, edited by Eva March Tappan. (Original copyright 1914) Cover Image: The Marriage of Princess Maud of Wales and Prince Carl of Denmark, by Laurits Tuxen (1897). In public domain, source Wikimedia Commons.

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CONTENTS ENGLAND I. THE STUART KINGS

Sir Walter Scott

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson From "Studies in History and Letters."

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I A�D HIS GOLDSMITH From "The Fortunes of Nigel."

KING }AMES

THE GUNPOWDER PLOT

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From "The History of England."

A CHARGE WITH PRINCE RUPERT

SIR NICHOLAS AT MARSTON MOOR THE BATTLE OF NASEBY •

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Winthrop Mackworth Praed Thomas Babington Macaulay

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II. THE RULE OF OLIVER CROMWELL THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF KING CHARLES I

Jacob Abbott

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Samuel Butler

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Fran{ois Pierre G11illaume Guizot From "The Life of Oliver Cromwell."

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From "History of Charles the First."

A ROYALIST DESCRIPTION OF CROMWELL'S MEN

From "Hudibras."

How CROMWELL DISSOLVED

PARLIAMENT

PRAISE-GOD BAREBONE'S PARLIAMENT

Edward, Earl of Clarendon From "A History of the Great Rebellion."

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III. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE HOUSE OF HANOVER IN THE DAYS OF THE PLAGUE •

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Daniel Defoe

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CONTENTS THE FA LL OF "KING MONMOUTH " . . . . Charles Di c kens 90 From" A Child's History of England."

TuE SoNG OF THE WESTERN MEN • . Robert Stephen Hawker 97 A CA MPA IGN UNDER MARLBOROUGH William Makepeace Tha c keray 101 From "The History of Henry Esmond."

THE GOVERNMENT IN QUEST OF A POET William Makepeace Thac keray 111 From "The History of Henry Esmond."

SUNDA Y WITH SIR ROGER . • . • • . • Joseph Addison 124 From "The Spectator."

IV. ENGLAND UNDER THE FIRST THREE GEORGES THEA VICA R OF BR Y . . • . . . Unknown 131 THE "BUBBLES,, OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE I Charles Mac kay 134 From "Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions."

WHEN GEORGE II BECA ME KING

William Makepeace Thac keray From "The History of Henry Esmond."

THE FUNERA L OF GEORGE II . . .

II orace lValpole From "The Letters of Horace Walpole."

George Banc roft WILLIA M PITT A ND THE STA MP ACT . .

From "History of the United States."

TnE QUA RREL OF SQUIRE BULL A ND ms SoN James Kirke Paulding From "History of John Bull and Brother Jonathan."

A MA ID OF HONOR A T THE COURT OF GEORGE III Madame D'Arblay THE ROYA L VISIT TO OXFORD . . . . . Madame D'Arblay From "Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay."

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V. THE NAPOLEONIC WARS THE BATTLE OF THE BALTIC Thomas Camp�ell 175 TRA FA LGA R . . . . . . • . • . • . William C. Bennett 178 THE BURIA L OF SIR ]OIIN MOORE . . . . Charles Wolfe 183 JusT BEFORE WATERLOO William J,fakepeace Thac keray 187 From "Vanity Fair."

Douglas Brooke Wlzeelton Sladen 195 WATERLOO . . • . • 11

CONTENTS VI. THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS IN ENGLAND WHEN VICTORIA BECAME QUEEN •

Benjamin Disraeli

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THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE Alfred, Lord Trnnyso,i SANTA FILOMENA • • • • • . Henry Wadsworth Longfellow BENJAMIN DISRAELI • . . • • • L. F. Jennings GLADSTONE'S FIGHT FOR HOME RULE

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TuE LATEST ENGLISH REVOLUTION

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From "Sybil."

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From the "Atlantic Monthly."

From "The Outlook."

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Sydney Brooks

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Bessie Raynor Parkes

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THE CORONATION OF GEORGE V

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WALES I. LEGENDS OF WALES KING ARTHUR . . . . • • .

THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG

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From the Mabinogion. Translated by Lady Charlotte Guest.

BETH G E LERT; OR THE GRAVE OF THE GREYHOUND

William Robert Spencer • • • • An old song From "The,Songs of Wales," by Ceiriog Hughes and Brinley Richards.

THE WEARING OF THE LEEK

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IL STORIES OF THE WELSH REBELLIONS How THE WELSH KEPT THE CHRISTMAS OF II 15

From "Pabo, the Priest."

"WHEN THE EIGHTEEN FELL" • THE REBELLION OF OWEN GLYNDWR

From "Flame-Bearers of Welsh History."

Sabine Baring-Got4ld 265 . Owen Rlzoscomyl 273 . Owen Rhoscomyl 281

. A,1 old war-song From "The Songs of Wales," by Ceiriog Hughes and Brinley Richards.

How A WELSHMAN BECAME KING OF ENGLAND Owen Rlzoscomyl From "Flame-Bearers of Welsh History."

THE MARCH OF THE MEN OF HARLECH

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I II. SCENES OF WELSH LIFE .

THE EISTEDDFOD

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