House of Lancaster--Henry IV.--Henry V.--Agincourt--Battle of Orleans--Wars of the Roses--House of York--Edward IV.--Richard III.--Henry VII.--Printing Introduced. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 CHAPTER VI. Henry VIII.--Wolsey--Reformation--Edward VI.--Mary . . . . . . . 73 CHAPTER VII. Elizabeth--East India Company Chartered--Colonization of Virginia--Flodden Field--Birth of Mary Stuart--Mary Stuart's Death--Spanish Armada--Francis Bacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 CHAPTER VIII. James I.--First New England Colony--Gunpowder Plot--Translation of Bible--Charles I.--Archbishop Laud--John Hampden--_Petition of Right_--Massachusetts Chartered--Earl Strafford--_Star Chamber_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 CHAPTER IX. Long Parliament--Death of Strafford and Laud--Oliver Cromwell--Death of Charles I.--Long Parliament Dispersed--Charles II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 CHAPTER X. Act of Habeas Corpus--Death of Charles II.--Milton--Bunyan--James II.--William and Mary--Battle of the Boyne . . . . . . . . . . 122 CHAPTER XI. Anne--Marlborough--Battle of Blenheim--House of Hanover--George I.--George II.--Walpole--British Dominion in India--Battle of Quebec--John Wesley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 CHAPTER XII. George III.--Stamp Act--Tax on Tea--American Independence Acknowledged--Impeachment of Hastings--War of 1812--First English Railway--George IV.--William IV.--Reform Bill--Emancipation of the Slaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 CHAPTER XIII. Victoria--Famine in Ireland--War with Russia--Sepoy Rebellion--Massacre at Cawnpore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 CHAPTER XIV. Atlantic Cable--Daguerre's Discovery--First World's Fair--Death of Albert--Suez Canal--Victoria Empress of India--Disestablishment of Irish Branch of Church of England--Present Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 CHAPTER XV Death of Queen Victoria--Russo-Japanese War . . . . . . . . . . 191 _HISTORY OF IRELAND_ Pre-Christian Ireland--From Augustine to English Conquest--From Henry II. to Elizabeth--From Elizabeth to William III. and Mary--From William III. to Act of Union--From Act of Union to death of Parnell--New Land Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 _HISTORY OF SCOTLAND_ Early Celtic Period--Period from Malcolm III. to Robert Bruce--From Bruce to James I.--From James I. to Union of Crowns--From Union of Crowns to Treaty of Union--Brief Summary of Period Since the Treaty of Union . . . . . . . . . 249 ILLUSTRATIONS. Magna Charta, 1215: King John submits to the Barons, and signs the Great Charter of British Liberties . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE Queen Elizabeth going on board the "Golden Hind" . . . . . . . . 80