World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales

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This is the tenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part X covers the second part of the history of England, from the Stuart Kings till the early 1900s. Also included are excerpts from the history of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Irish and Welsh legends and Scottish ballads. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The murder of King Duncan: First Witch: Sandra Schmit / Second Witch: Devorah Allen / Third Witch: Monika M.C. / Macbeth: alanmapstone / Banquo: Tomas Peter / Ross: Nemo / Angus: Todd HW / Duncan: Jim Locke / Malcolm: SaraHale / Lady Macbeth: Eva Davis / Messenger: Adrian Stephens / Chief Justice: April6090 / Narrator: Sonia

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1Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader, German painter 1815-1900, painting frontispiece

157

2England Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical note

142

3King James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter Scott

1653

4The gunpowder plot (1605), by David Hume

470

5A charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

1684

6Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth Praed

360

7The battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-with-links-of-iron, sergeant in Ireton's regiment (1645), by Thomas Babington Macaulay

368

8Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 46

164

9England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical note

151

10The trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob Abbott

1346

11Cromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p. 60

12A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel Butler

144

13How Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot

582

14Praise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of Clarendon

542

15Cromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p. 74

116

16England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historical note

152

17In the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel Defoe

749

18The fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles Dickens

662

19The song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen Hawker

156

20James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward Mathew Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 92

107

21A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace Thackeray

1147

22The government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace Thackeray

1496

23Sunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph Addison

341

24England Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical note

113

25The vicar of Bray, by Author unknown

263

26The ''Bubbles'' of the reign of King George I (1720), by Charles Mackay

585

27When George II became king, by William Makepeace Thackeray

170

28The funeral of George II (1760), by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford

293

29Dr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 136

161

30William Pitt and the Stamp Act (1766), by George Bancroft

543

31The quarrel of Squire Bull and his son (1775 to 1783), by James Kirke Paulding

453

32A maid of honor at the court of George III (1786), by Madame d'Arblay

632

33The royal visit to Oxford (1786), by Madame d'Arblay

973

34England Part V: The Napoleonic wars: Historical note

126

35The battle of the Baltic (101), by Thomas Campbell

237

36Trafalgar (1805), by William C. Bennett

311

37The burial of Sir John Moore (1809), by Charles Wolfe

176

38Wellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, English painter 1847, painting p. 174

118

39Just before Waterloo (1815), by William Makepeace Thackeray

1115

40Waterloo (1815), by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

330

41''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 186

42England Part VI: The last hundred years in England: Historical note

167

43When Victoria became Queen (1837), by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

413

44The charge of the light brigade (1854), by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

142

45Balaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 194

106

46Santa Filomena (1854-1856), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

238

47Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), by L. F. Jennings

880

48Gladstone's fight for home rule (1893), from the Atlantic Monthly

562

49The latest English revolution (1911), from the Outlook

237

50The coronation of George V (1911), by Sydney Brooks

1198

51Scotland Part I: Ballads and legends of Early Scotland: Historical note

124

52Legends of St. Columba (563 ?), by Adamnan, ninth abbot of the Ionian Monastery

719

53The murder of King Duncan (1040), by William Shakespeare

2247

54The invasion of the Norsemen (1263), by Charles Mackay

728

55Sir Patrick Spens, an old ballad

284

56Scotland Part II: Two Scottish heroes: Historical note

125

57The capture of William Wallace (1305), by Jane Porter

677

58The coronation of Robert Bruce (1306), by Grace Aguilar

1521

59Bruce at Bannockburn (1314), by P. Hume Brown

584

60Scots wha hae, by Robert Burns

127

61Scotland Part III: To the death of Mary: Historical note

127

62The bier-right (latter part of the fourteenth century), by Sir Walter Scott

750

63How the Scots lived while James I was king (1422-1437), by P. Hume Brown

638

64On the Field of Flodden (1513), by Sir Walter Scott

388

65Edinburgh after Flodden Field (1513), by William E. Aytoun

427

66''The goodman of Ballangiech'' (between 1513 and 1542), by Sir Walter Scott

550

67John Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wilkie, English artist 1785-1841, painting p. 334

116

68The flight of Mary, Queen of Scots, to England (1568), by Sir Walter Scott

1655

69Sacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, English artist 1803-1881, painting p. 336

123

70The fate of Mary, Queen of Scots (1587), by Sir Walter Scott

941

71Scotland Part IV: A century of unrest: Historical note

179

72Why Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sara J. Lippincott)

725

73Gathering song of Donald the Black, by Sir Walter Scott

194

74The execution of Montrose (1650), by William E. Aytoun

163

75The burial march of Dundee (1689), by William E. Aytoun

289

76The massacre of Glencoe (1692), by P. Hume Brown

290

77A rescue at the battle of Prestonpans (1745), by Sir Walter Scott

689

78The order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 388

106

79How Flora MacDonald saved Prince Charlie (1745), by Charles Sanford Terry

1041

80Ireland Part I: The golden age of Erin: Historical note

204

81Oisin in Tir na n-Og, an Irish folk-story

1503

82The chase of Slieve Cullinn, an old Irish legend

881

83The story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston Joyce

953

84The ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by Patrick Weston Joyce

504

85O'Rourke's tower and great cross, Clonmacnoise, photograph p. 434

120

86The book of Kells (seventh century), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer

234

87How Brian Boru held the ford of Tribute (941), by E. S. Brooks

1658

88Ireland Part II: Six centuries of oppression: Historical note

148

89The house of the Geraldines, by Justin H. McCarthy

444

90The Geraldines, by Thomas Davis

316

91The vengeance of Cromwell (1649), by Oliver Cromwell

174

92After the rebellion of 1641 (1653), by Mrs. E. M. Field

1559

93The siege of Londonderry (1689), by Thomas Babington Macaulay

1392

94The battle of the Boyne (1690), by Thomas Babington Macaulay

970

95The wearin' o' the Green (1798)

186

96Emmet's grave, by Justin F. McCarthy

144

97The harp that once through Tara's halls, by Thomas Moore

98Ireland Part III: Ireland and her people: Historical note

162

99The ''Grand Canal Hotel'', by Charles Lever

1399

100An Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald Griffin

983

101The winning back of the land (1808-1903), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer

988

102An Irish cottage, photograph p. 544

119

103The Irish people (twentieth century), by Katharine Tynan

590

104Wales Part I: Legends of Wales: Historical note

105King Arthur, by Bessie Raynor Parkes

149

106The dream of Maxen Wledig, from the Mabinogion

868

107Beth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Robert Spencer

412

108The wearing of leek, an old song translated from the Welsh, by Henry Davies

189

109Wales Part II: Stories of the Welsh rebellions: Historical note

114

110How the Welsh kept the Christmas of 1115, by Sabine Baring-Gould

826

111''When the eighteen fell'' (1282), by Owen Rhoscomyl

581

112The rebellion of Owen Glyndwr (1402-1415), by Owen Rhoscomyl

394

113The march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; translated by John Oxenford

217

114How a Welshman became king of England (1485), by Owen Rhoscomyl

779

115Wales Part III: Scenes of Welsh life: Historical note

117

116The Eisteddfod, by Jeannette Marks

1443

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