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St. James's Palace, in the Time of Anne[1]
Dean Swift[5]
The English Plenipotentiaries insulted in the Streets of Utrecht[9]
Sir Richard Steele[13]
Welfen Castle, Hanover[17]
Anne making the Duke of Shrewsbury Lord Treasurer[21]
Great Seal of George I.[25]
The Earl of Mar raising the Pretender's Standard[29]
Retreat of the Highlanders from Perth[33]
James Edward Stuart, the "Old Pretender"[37]
Sea Fight off Cape Passaro[41]
The South Sea Bubble[45]
George I.[49]
Bartholomew Fair, London, in 1721[53]
Five-Shilling Piece of the South Sea Company[56]
Five-Guinea Piece of George II.[56]
Walpole's Quarrel with Townshend[61]
Sir Robert Walpole[65]
The Porteous Mob[69]
Great Seal of George II.[73]
Maria Theresa and the Hungarian Parliament[77]
George II.[85]
Interior of the House of Commons in 1742[89]
The Landing of Prince Charlie[93]
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (the "Young Pretender")[97]
Prince Charlie's Vanguard at Manchester[101]
Culloden House[105]
The Standard of Prince Charlie's Bodyguard, taken at Culloden[108]
The End of the '45[109]
Flora Macdonald[113]
Wedding in the Fleet[117]
Defeat of General Braddock in the Indian Ambush[121]
London Bridge in 1760[125]
Lord Clive[129]
Surprise of Frederick at Hochkirch[132]
Admiral Rodney bombarding Le Hâvre[133]
Death of Wolfe[137]
Martello Tower on the Plains of Abraham, Quebec[140]
George Whitefield preaching[141]
John Wesley[144]
Interior of the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey[145]
Henry Fielding[149]
Costumes of the Period of George II.[153]
Mrs. Arabella Hunt singing to Queen Mary[156]
Handel[157]
St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and Ludgate Hill, as it was[161]
William Hogarth[165]
Great Seal of George III.[169]
George III.[173]
Temple Bar in 1800[176]
Lord Bute and the Londoners[177]
John Wilkes[181]
Revenue Cutters capturing an American Smuggling Vessel[185]
Troops escorting the Stamped Paper to the City Hall, New York[189]
The Mob releasing Mr. Wilkes on his Way to Prison[193]
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham[197]
Affray at Boston between the Soldiers and Rope-Makers[201]
Spade Guinea of George III.[204]
Five-Shilling Piece of George III.[204]
Twopenny Piece of George III.[204]
Press-Gang at Work[205]
Boston "Boys" disguised as Indians throwing the Tea
Chests into the Harbour		[209]
Benjamin Franklin[213]
American Twenty Dollars Bill (1775)[216]
Montgomery's Assault on the Lower Town, Quebec[221]
Signatures to the Declaration of Independence[225]
Washington crossing the Delaware[229]
American Bill of Credit (1775)[233]
Washington and his Men at Valley Forge[237]
George Washington[241]
Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga[245]
Washington at Valley Forge: By the Camp Fire[249]
Death of the Earl of Chatham[253]
The Saucy "Arethusa" and the "Belle Poule"[257]
Lord North[261]
"No Popery" Rioters assaulting Lord Mansfield[265]
Dr. Johnson viewing the Scene of some of the "No Popery" Riots[269]
Old Newgate[273]
Arrest of Major André[277]
Surrender of Lord Cornwallis, York Town[281]
Edmund Burke[285]
Henry Grattan[289]
The Attack on the "Ville de Paris"[293]
Map of the United States at the Time when they gained their Independence[297]
The Mansion House, London, in 1760[301]
Charles James Fox[305]
General Election of 1784: Master Billy's Procession to Grocer's
Hall—Pitt presented with the Freedom of the City of London		[308]
General Election of 1784: The Hustings, Covent Garden;
The Westminster Deserter drummed out of the
Regiment—Defeat of Sir Cecil Wray		[309]
View of London from the Tower to London Bridge in the
latter Part of the 18th Century		[313]
Deposition of Meer Jaffier[317]
The Great Mogul entering the English Camp[320]
Warren Hastings[321]
Benares[325]
Surrender of Baillie to Hyder Ali[329]
Arrest of the Rajah of Benares[333]
Richard Brinsley Sheridan[337]
The Trial of Warren Hastings[341]
Carlton House, London (1780)[345]
William Pitt[348]
Expulsion of the Professors from the University of Antwerp[353]
Notre Dame, Paris[357]
The French Revolution: Costume of Lady of the Period[360]
The French Revolution: Costume of 1790[360]
The French Revolution: Costume "à la Robespierre"[361]
Tricoteuse, or knitting Woman, of the National Convention[361]
The Conquerors of the Bastille[365]
The Bastille[369]
Captain Cook[373]
Scene in the House of Commons: Breach between Burke and Fox[377]
William Wilberforce[381]
The Priestley Riots at Birmingham[385]
The Count de Mirabeau[389]
Government House, Calcutta[393]
View in Old Paris: Rue de Pirouette, North Side of Les Halles[397]
The Royal Family of France on their Way to the Assembly[401]
Marie Antoinette (1783)[405]
View in Old Paris: The Porte au Blé, from the End of
the Old Cattle Market to the Pont Notre Dame		[409]
Trial of Louis XVI.[413]
Robespierre[417]
View in the Old Town, Warsaw[420]
Retreat of the Royalists from Toulon[421]
Napoleon Buonaparte, Lieutenant of Artillery[425]
The Tolbooth, Edinburgh[429]
Calvi, Corsica[432]
St. Just[433]
Paris under the Reign of Terror: a Vain Appeal[437]
The Palace of the Tuileries, Paris[441]
La Roche-Jaquelein and the Republican Soldiers[445]
Attack on the Royal Carriage[449]
The Cathedral of Milan[453]
The Mutiny at Spithead: Hauling down the Red Flag on the "Royal George"[457]
The Doge's Palace, Venice[459]
Dublin Castle[461]
Capture of Wolfe Tone[465]
Lord Nelson[469]
Napoleon's Coup de Main: Scene in the Hall of the Ancients[473]
Genoa[477]
Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen[480]
Copenhagen[481]
Sir Ralph Abercromby[484]
Napoleon and his Suite at Boulogne[489]
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi[492]
The Chase at Argaum[493]
Kidnapping of the Duke d'Enghien[497]
The Coronation of Napoleon in Notre Dame[501]
Herrenhausen Castle, Hanover[505]
Lord Collingwood[509]
Sailing into Action at Trafalgar[512]
The "Victory" at Portsmouth[513]
Talleyrand[517]
The Queen of Prussia reviewing the Army[525]
Napoleon at Rossbach[528]
Murat (King of Naples)[529]
Charing Cross, London, in 1795[533]
The British Fleet passing through the Dardanelles[537]
Departure of the British Troops from Alexandria[540]
Heligoland[541]
The Treaty of Tilsit[545]
Flight of the Royal Family of Portugal[548]
Capture of Godoy[552]
Heroism of the Maid of Saragossa[557]
Sir John Moore[561]
The Royal Palace, Madrid[564]
Burial of Sir John Moore[569]
Sir David Baird[573]
Map of Spain and Portugal to illustrate the Peninsular War[576]
The Bayonet Charge at Talavera[577]
The Duke of Wellington[581]
The "Mediator" breaking the Boom at La Rochelle[585]
Marshal Lannes at Ratisbon[588]
The Duke of Brunswick and his Hussars (the Black Brunswickers)[592]
Andrew Hofer appointed Governor of the Tyrol[593]
George Canning[597]
Cadiz[600]
Arrest of Sir Francis Burdett[601]
Wellington's Retreat from Coimbra[605]

LIST OF PLATES.

Prince Charlie's Farewell to Flora Macdonald, 1746.
(By George W. Joy)		Frontispiece
Greenwich Hospital. (By T. B. Hardy)To face p.[65]
George II. at Dettingen, 1743. (By Robert Hillingford)"[82]>
"God Save King James." (By Andrew C. Gow, R.A.)"[94]
Map of England during the Civil War, 1642-1649"[100]
After Culloden: Rebel Hunting. (By Seymour Lucas, R.A.)"[107]
Dr. Johnson in the Ante-room of Lord Chesterfield,
waiting for an Audience, 1748. (By E. M. Ward, R.A.)		"[145]
Map of the American Provinces in 1763"[184]
"The Polling." (By W. Hogarth)"[192]
The Declaration of Independence of the United States
of America, July 4th, 1776. (By J. Trumbull)		"[226]
Gibraltar. (By Birket Foster, R.W.S.)"[257]
The Gordon Riots. (By Seymour Lucas, R.A.)"[266]
The Defence of Gibraltar by Lord Heathfield, 1782.
(By J. S. Copley, R.A.)		"[294]
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette in the Prison of the
Temple. (By E. M. Ward, R.A.)		"[404]
Lady Hamilton Welcoming the Victors of the Nile.
(By R. Hillingford)		"[468]
Nelson's Chase after the French Fleet, 1805.
(By Thomas Davidson)		"[497]
The Battle of Trafalgar and the Victory of Lord Nelson
over the Combined French and Spanish Fleets, October
21st, 1805. (By Clarkson Stanfield, R.A.)		"[505]
The "Victory" towed into Gibraltar after Trafalgar.
(By Clarkson Stanfield, R.A.)		"[510]
The Death of Nelson. (By Daniel Maclise, R.A.)"[521]
"Crippled but Unconquered." (By W. L. Wyllie, R.A.)"[529]
Naples, from the Mergellina. (By Birket Foster, R.W.S.)"[550]

PRINCE CHARLIE'S FAREWELL TO FLORA MACDONALD, 1746

From the Painting by George W. Joy.

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