[Illustration: 0008] [Illustration: 0009] AGNES STRICKLAND'S QUEENS OF ENGLAND Abridged By Rosalie Kaufman Vol. II. (of III) Fully Illustrated Boston Estes & Lauriat 1882 PREFACE. |Up to Queen Anne, this work is based upon Agnes Strickland's "Queens of England;" but subsequent to that period many authorities have been consulted, and only such matter used as would seem appropriate. My first care was to prepare a narrative which should interest young people, but I have endeavored also to produce a result that would prove a source, not only of pleasure, but of profit. The limits of the design make it evident that some eminent names and noteworthy events could receive slight mention, or none at all, and that politics could be introduced only when requisite for the comprehension of events that depended on them. It will be a satisfaction to hope that my readers may be prompted to independent inquiry. R. K. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Park at Stowe............................................Frontispiece Mary, First Queen-Regnant of England..............................014 Edward VI.........................................................025 Mary refuses to give up Mass......................................028 Lady Jane Grey....................................................033 Queen Mary plights her troth to Philip............................049 Death of Latimer and Ridley.......................................053 Queen Elizabeth...................................................057 Cranmer...........................................................059 London Street--Rainy Day in time of Elizabeth.....................065 Old Palace at Hatfield............................................070 St. James Park....................................................079 Mary Stuart.......................................................087 Sir Walter Raleigh................................................095 Mary's Chamber....................................................098 Destruction of the Armada.........................................103 Elizabeth boxing Essex on the Ear.................................107 Anne of Denmark...................................................111 Door to Holy rood.................................................115 Castle of Edinburgh...............................................123 The Piscina.......................................................131 Drawing-room at Winchester........................................136 Execution of Sir Walter Raleigh...................................141 Henrietta Maria...................................................145 Château Fontainebleau.............................................149 The Plague........................................................133 Maple-Durham Church and Mill......................................163 Catharine of Braganza.............................................179