Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Paul Dring and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: THE FIRST STEAM RAILWAY Painted by Edward L Henry, N.A. Copyright by C. Klackner] A HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY YEAR BY YEAR BY EDWIN EMERSON, Jr. Member of the American Historical Association, New York Historical Society, Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, Honorary Member of the Royal Philo-Historical Society of Bavaria, etc., etc. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GEORG GOTTFRIED GERVINUS ILLUSTRATED WITH SIXTEEN COLORED PLATES AND THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE, HALF-TONE CUTS AND TWO MAPS _IN THREE VOLUMES--VOLUME TWO_ [Illustration] NEW YORK P.F. COLLIER AND SON MCMII COPYRIGHT, 1900 By EDWIN EMERSON, Jr. [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME TWO FULL PAGES IN COLOR THE FIRST STEAM RAILWAY. Painted by Edward L. Henry _Frontispiece_ BALAKLAVA. Painted by Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler) SOLFERINO. Painted by E. Meissonier LAST MOMENTS OF MAXIMILIAN. Painted by J. Paul Laurens FULL PAGES IN BLACK AND WHITE AMERICAN INVENTORS. Painted by C. Schussele THE KING OF ROME. Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence LORD BYRON. Painted by Maurin BEETHOVEN AND HIS ADMIRERS. Painted by A. Grafle QUEEN VICTORIA TAKING THE OATH. Painted by Sir George Hayter LORD TENNYSON. Painted by Frederic Sandys WASHINGTON IRVING AND HIS FRIENDS. Painted by Daniel Huntington THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN. Painted by Gustave Dore WAGNER AND LISZT. Painted by W. Beckmann OPENING OF THE OPERA. Painted by Edouard Detaille EXECUTION OF SEPOY REBELS. Painted by Verestchagin THE EMPEROR OF CHINA RECEIVING THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. 1816 [Sidenote: Parliamentary rule in France] [Sidenote: Revival of French letters]