LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Charlemagne | [Frontispiece] |
| Jupiter sending the Evil Dream to Agamemnon | Page [9] |
| Hector chiding Paris | [11] |
| Diomed casting his Spear against Mars | [17] |
| Ajax defending the Greek Ships against the Trojans | [18] |
| Hector’s Body dragged at the Car of Achilles | [26] |
| The Funeral of Hector | [27] |
| Persian Guardsman carrying Bow and Quiver | [37] |
| Persian Soldier with Battle-Axe | [37] |
| Persian Foot Soldiers | [37] |
| Persian King seated on his Throne | [38] |
| Persian Subjects bringing Tribute | [58] |
| Chart of the Country around Babylon | [60] |
| Supposed Plan of Ancient Babylon | [62] |
| Babylonian King | [64] |
| Persian Chariot | [67] |
| Tomb of Cyrus | [67] |
| Ruins of Babylon | [70] |
| Temple of Diana at Ephesus | [72] |
| Alexander the Great | [74] |
| Demosthenes | [80] |
| Darius | [92] |
| Julius Cæsar—from the Antique Bust | [110] |
| Julius Cæsar | [116] |
| Cæsar in Gaul | [122] |
| The Landing of Julius Cæsar in Britain | [124] |
| Charlemagne—from Early Engraving | [142] |
| The Huns at Châlons | [144] |
| “Thrust him away or thou diest in his stead” | [147] |
| Charlemagne | [152] |
| Death of Roland | [160] |
| Alfred the Great | [170] |
| The Northmen invading France | [174] |
| Alfred the Great | [182] |
| Alfred and the Cakes | [186] |
| Richard Cœur de Lion | [196] |
| Richard Cœur de Lion | [208] |
| Richard tearing down the Austrian Banner | [221] |
| “Most Holy Land, Farewell!” | [228] |
| King John | [230] |
| Warren, Earl of Surrey, Governor of Scotland under Edward I. | [235] |
| Robert Bruce | [238] |
| “Bruce was not slow in taking the warning” | [243] |
| “See! I have spoiled my good battle-axe” | [260] |
| Ferdinand of Aragon | [266] |
| Isabella of Castile | [268] |
| Segovia: The Alcazar and Cathedral | [271] |
| The Cathedral and Port of Malaga | [274] |
| Court of Lions, Alhambra | [280] |
| Columbus | [282] |
| Prison of the Inquisition at Barcelona | [286] |
| Tomb of Ferdinand and Isabella in the Cathedral of Granada | [289] |
| Philip II. | [291] |
| Queen Mary plighting her Troth to Philip | [292] |
| Destroying Statues, etc., in the Cathedral at Antwerp | [304] |
| Philip II. | [308] |
| Gustavus Adolphus | [312] |
| Gustavus Adolphus—from a picture by Van Dyck | [318] |
| Death of Gustavus and his Page | [332] |
| Louis XIV. | [334] |
| Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin | [340] |
| Louis XIV. taking leave of Fouquet | [344] |
| Death of Turenne | [350] |
| Jean Baptiste Colbert | [352] |
| Revocation of the Edict of Nantes | [354] |
| Peter the Great | [368] |
| The Krémlin of Moscow | [373] |
| Peter saved from Slaughter by his Mother | [374] |
| Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul in the Fortress | [385] |
| Peter the Great in the Dutch Ship-yard | [389] |
| Peter the Great | [392] |
| Frederick II., King of Prussia, æt. 58 | [398] |
| Frederick the Great | [418] |
| Arrest of Voltaire by order of Frederick | [427] |
| Equestrian Statue of Frederick the Great, æt. 73 | [430] |
| Napoleon | [434] |
| Napoleon in the Prison of Nice, 1794 | [442] |
| Napoleon at Fontainebleau | [462] |
| Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon | [466] |
| The Rock at St. Helena | [474] |
BOYS’ BOOK OF FAMOUS RULERS.
AGAMEMNON.
1184 B.C.
“The rule
Of many is not well. One must be chief
In war, and one the king.”—Iliad.