Versailles, Treaty of, 347 Verwee, 336 Vienna-- Congress of, 278, 279, 288, 322, 343 Treaty of, 279, 292, 295 Viglius d'Ayetta, 175, 188 Voltaire, 249, 317 Von Bissing, 343, 344, 345 Vonck, Vonckists, 262, 263, 264, 265, 268, 269, 286, 315, 342 Wala, 34, 40, 41 Walloon League, 210 Walloons, 34, 42, 48, 85 Wappers, G., 334 War of the Peasants, 274, 275, 304 Waterloo, Battle of, 277 Willem, 99, 100 Willems, Jan Frans, 339 William II of Germany, 312, 313 Woeringen, Battle of, 82 Ypres, 87, 90, 92, 112, 113, 115, 116, 180, 202, 217, 242 Yser, Battle of the, 342, 343 Zeebrugge Canal, 324 Zutphen, 157, 158, 187 Zwyn, 115, 120, 163 _Printed in Great Britain by_ UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED LONDON AND WOKING THE STORY OF THE NATIONS 1. =Rome.= By ARTHUR GILMAN, M.A. 2. =The Jews.= By Prof. J.K. HOSMER. 3. =Germany.= By Rev. S. BARING-GOULD, M.A. 4. =Carthage.= By Prof. ALFRED J. CHURCH. 5. =Alexander's Empire.= By Prof. J.P. MAHAFFY. 6. =The Moors in Spain.= By STANLEY LANE-POOLE. 7. =Ancient Egypt.= By Prof. GEORGE RAWLINSON. 8. =Hungary.= By Prof. ARMINIUS VAMBERY 9. =The Saracens.= By ARTHUR GILMAN, M.A. 10. =Ireland.= By the Hon. EMILY LAWLESS. 11. =Chaldea.= By ZENAIDE A. RAGOZIN. 12. =The Goths.= By HENRY BRADLEY. 13. =Assyria.= By ZENAIDE A. RAGOZIN. 14. =Turkey.= By STANLEY LANE-POOLE. 15. =Holland.= By Prof. J.E. THOROLD ROGERS. 16. =Mediaeval France.= By GUSTAVE MASSON. 17. =Persia.= By S.G.W. BENJAMIN. 18. =Phoenicia.= By Prof. G. RAWLINSON. 19. =Media.= By ZENAIDE A. RAGOZIN. 20. =The Hansa Towns.= By HELEN ZIMMERN. 21. =Early Britain.= By Prof. ALFRED J. CHURCH. 22. =The Barbary Corsairs.= By STANLEY LANE-POOLE. 23. =Russia.= By W.R. MORFILL, M.A. 24. =The Jews under the Romans.= By W.D. MORRISON. 25. =Scotland.= By JOHN MACKINTOSH, LL.D. 26. =Switzerland.= By Mrs. LINA HUG and R. STEAD. 27. =Mexico.= By SUSAN HALE. 28. =Portugal.= By H. MORSE STEPHENS. 29. =The Normans.= By SARAH ORME JEWETT. 30. =The Byzantine Empire.= By C.W.C. OMAN. 31. =Sicily: Phoenician, Greek and Roman.= By the Prof. E.A. FREEMAN. 32. =The Tuscan Republics.= By BELLA DUFFY. 33. =Poland.= By W.R. MORFILL, M.A. 34. =Parthia.= By Prof. GEORGE RAWLINSON. 35. =The Australian Commonwealth.= By GREVILLE TREGARTHEN. 36. =Spain.= By H.E. WATTS. 37. =Japan.= By DAVID MURRAY, Ph.D. 38. =South Africa.= By GEORGE M. THEAL. 39. =Venice.= By ALETHEA WIEL. 40. =The Crusades.= By T.A. ARCHER and C.L. KINGSFORD. 41. =Vedic India.= By Z.A. RAGOZIN. 42. =The West Indies and the Spanish Main.= By JAMES RODWAY. 43. =Bohemia.= By C. EDMUND MAURICE. 44. =The Balkans.= By W. MILLER, M.A. 45. =Canada.= By Sir J.G. BOURINOT, LL.D. 46. =British India.= By R.W. FRAZER, LL.B. 47. =Modern France.= By ANDRE LE BON. 48. =The Franks.= By LEWIS SERGEANT. 49. =Austria.= By SIDNEY WHITMAN. 50. =Modern England.= Before the Reform Bill. By JUSTIN MCCARTHY.