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I.Celtic and Roman Britain[1]
II.The Coming of the English[14]
III.The Conversion of England, and the Rise of Wessex. 597-836[23]
IV.The Danish Invasions, and the Great Kings of Wessex, 836-975[33]
V.The Days of Cnut and Edward the Confessor[51]
VI.The Norman Conquest, 1066-1087[67]
VII.William the Red—Henry I.—Stephen. 1087-1154[81]
VIII.Henry II. 1154-1189[97]
IX.Richard I. and John. 1189-1216[114]
X.Henry III. 1216-1272[134]
XI.Edward I. 1272-1307[148]
XII.Edward II. 1307-1327[171]
XIII.Edward III. 1327-1377[180]
XIV.Richard II. 1377-1399[202]
XV.Henry IV. 1399-1413[213]
XVI.Henry V. 1413-1422[220]
XVII.The Loss of France. 1422-1453[231]
XVIII.The Wars of the Roses. 1454-1471[245]
XIX.The Fall of the House of York. 1471-1485[260]
XX.Henry VII. 1485-1509[272]
XXI.Henry VIII., and the Breach with Rome. 1509-1536[282]
XXII.The English Reformation. 1536-1553[296]
XXIII.The Catholic Reaction. 1553-1558[314]
XXIV.Elizabeth. 1558-1603[322]
XXV.James I. 1603-1625[350]
XXVI.The Reign of Charles I. to the Outbreak of the Civil War. 1625-1642[362]
XXVII.The Great Civil War. 1642-1651[380]
XXVIII.Cromwell. 1651-1660[406]
XXIX.Charles II. 1660-1685[420]
XXX.James II. 1685-1688[436]
XXXI.England after the Revolution. 1688-1702[445]
XXXII.Anne. 1702-1714[461]
XXXIII.The Rule of the Whigs. 1714-1739[482]
XXXIV.The Development of the Colonial Empire of Britain. 1739-1760[498]
XXXV.George III. and the Whigs—The American War. 1760-1783[532]
XXXVI.The Younger Pitt, and the Recovery of English Prosperity. 1782-1793[554]
XXXVII.England and the French Revolution. 1789-1802[574]
XXXVIII.England and Bonaparte. 1802-1815[598]
XXXIX.Reaction and Reform. 1815-1832[633]
XL.Chartism and the Corn Laws. 1832-1852[652]
XLI.The Days of Palmerston. 1852-1865[673]
XLII.Democracy and Imperialism. 1865-1885[700]
XLIII.The Last Years of Queen Victoria, 1886-1901—The South African War. 1899-1902[718]
XLIV.India and the Colonies. 1815-1902[734]
Index[757]

MAPS AND PLANS.

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The Gaelic and British Tribes in Britain[3]
Roman Britain[10]
England in the Year 570[18]
England in the Eighth Century[30]
England in the Year 900[41]
France in the Reign of Henry II.[98]
The Battle of Lewes[142]
The Battle of Evesham[145]
Wales in 1282[154]
The Battle of Bannockburn[174]
The Battle of Crécy[188]
The Battle of Poictiers[191]
France after the Treaty of Bretigny[194]
The Battle of Agincourt[223]
The Battle of Edgehill[384]
England at the End of 1643[388]
The Battle of Marston Moor[390]
The Battle of Naseby[394]
The Spanish Netherlands, 1702[466]
The Battle of Blenheim[467]
Scotland in the Eighteenth Century[506]
England and France in America, 1756[521]
The Battle of Quebec[527]
India in the Time of Warren Hastings[570]
Spain and Portugal, 1803-1814[616]
Europe in 1811-1812[620]
The Battle of Waterloo[629]
Sebastopol, 1854[686]
Theatre of the South African War of 1899-1902[730]
India, 1815-1890[736]

GENEALOGICAL TABLES.

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The House of Ecgbert[66]
The House of William the Conqueror[80]
The Scottish Succession, 1292[160]
The French Succession, 1337[184]
The Descendants of Edward III.[201]
The Kin of Charles V.[286]
The Spanish Succession, 1699[457]
The House of Stuart[481]
The House of Hanover[497]