THE FORLORN HOPE AT BADAJOS. (_By Vereker M. Hamilton_) _Frontispiece_ PRISONERS OF WAR. (_By W. F. Yeames, R.A._) _To face p._ 18 MEN OF WAR OFF PORTSMOUTH. (_By Clarkson Stanfield, R.A._) " 34 THE FLIGHT OF THE FRENCH THROUGH VITTORIA, JUNE 21ST, 1813. (_By Robert Hillingford_) " 58 MAP OF THE STATES OF EUROPE IN 1815. " 87 QUATRE BRAS. (_By Vereker M. Hamilton_) " 97 THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO: FRENCH CUIRASSIERS CHARGING A BRITISH SQUARE. (_By P. Jazet_) " 98 ON THE ROAD FROM WATERLOO TO PARIS. (_By Marcus Stone, A.R.A._) " 102 ON THE EVENING OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. (_By Ernest Crofts, R.A._) " 113 A VILLAGE HOLIDAY OF THE OLDEN TIME. (_By F. Goodall, R.A._) " 157 A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. (_By George Wright_) " 194 A VILLAGE MERRYMAKING. (_By W. P. Frith, R.A._) _To face p._ 200 THE CORONATION OF GEORGE IV. (_By Pugin and Stephanoff_) " 214 SOLICITING A VOTE. (_By R. W. Buss_) " 250 THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. (_By D. O. Hill, R.S.A._) " 429 THE "FIGHTING TÉMÉRAIRE" TUGGED TO HER LAST BERTH TO BE BROKEN UP. (_By J. M. W. Turner, R.A._) " 441 THE QUEEN'S FIRST COUNCIL. (_By Sir David Wilkie, R.A._) " 444 QUEEN VICTORIA IN THE CORONATION ROBES, 1838. (_By C. R. Leslie, R.A._) " 449 H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. (_By F. X. Winterhalter_) " 466 RECEPTION OF LOUIS PHILIPPE BY QUEEN VICTORIA. (_By F. X. Winterhalter_) " 524 AN IRISH EVICTION. (_By F. Goodall, R.A._) " 569 [Illustration: _Reproduced by André & Sleigh, Ld., Bushey, Herts._ THE FORLORN HOPE AT BADAJOS. FROM THE PAINTING BY VEREKER M. HAMILTON] [Illustration: THE GARDEN AT HOUGOMONT.] CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ENGLAND. CHAPTER I. REIGN OF GEORGE III. (_continued_).