A Song of the English

CONTENTS

I.
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WILLIAM THE NORMAN[1]
II.
EDWARD OF THE LONG LEGS[21]
III.
THE QUEEN’S LITTLE PIRATE[39]
IV.
OLIVER CROMWELL[71]
V.
WILLIAM OF ORANGE[97]
VI.
JAMES COOK[119]
VII.
LORD CLIVE[143]
VIII.
WARREN HASTINGS[169]
IX.
NELSON[193]
X.
WELLINGTON[223]
XI.
“CHINESE GORDON”[249]
XII.
CECIL RHODES[279]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

By STANLEY L. WOOD

“ALMIGHTY GOD, OF THY GOODNESS, GIVE ME LIFE AND LEAVE ONCE TO SAIL AN ENGLISH SHIP ON YONDER SEA!”[Frontispiece]
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HE DROVE THE GOOD STEEL THROUGH MAIL AND FLESH AND BONE[10]
DUKE WILLIAM ROARED OUT THAT HE WAS ALIVE[17]
EDWARD GRIPPED THE WOULD-BE MURDERER[30]
THEY CARRIED HIM DOWN TO THE BOATS[53]
HE SWOOPED WITH HIS CAVALRY ROUND THE REAR OF THE KING’S ARMY[83]
HE HALTED HIS ARMY ... AND SANG THE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH PSALM[94]
MADE HIM REEL IN HIS SADDLE[112]
“MEN OF ENNISKILLEN, WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR ME?” HE CRIED[113]
MISSED HIM AND KILLED ANOTHER MAN BEHIND HIM[141]
INSTEAD OF CHARGING THEY TURNED ROUND AND MADE LANES THROUGH THE ARMY BEHIND THEM[158]
HIS ENEMY WENT DOWN WITH A BULLET IN THE RIGHT SIDE[185]
NELSON AT COPENHAGEN[214]
THE ORDER THAT SENT THE BRITISH LINE STREAMING DOWN FROM THE RISING GROUND[246]
THE LONELY MAN WHO STOOD ON THE RAMPARTS OF KHARTOUM[275]
THAT HISTORIC INDABA IN THE MATOPPOS[300]

FOREWORD