MOSES PRAYING ON MOUNT SINAI 5 DAVID PLAYING HIS HARP BEFORE KING SAUL 9 HOMER, THE BLIND POET 11 SOCRATES TAKES THE CUP OF POISON FROM HIS JUDGES 18 ALEXANDER THE GREAT AT ONE OF HIS LUXURIOUS BANQUETS 23 THE ASSASSINATION OF CÆSAR 28 CHARLEMAGNE IS CROWNED EMPEROR OF THE WESTERN WORLD AT ROME 35 KING ALFRED DIVIDES HIS LAST LOAF OF BREAD WITH THE POOR BEGGAR 39 KING WILLIAM WOUNDED IN SINGLE COMBAT 45 KING RICHARD FORGIVES BERTRAND DE GURDUN 48 THE VICTORIOUS RETURN OF JOAN OF ARC TO ORLEANS 55 SHAKESPEARE AMONG HIS FRIENDS IN LONDON 59 OLIVER CROMWELL VISITING THE POET MILTON 63 EMPEROR NAPOLEON AT THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO 70 NELSON RECEIVING THE SWORD OF THE SPANISH ADMIRAL 74 COLUMBUS PLEADING HIS CAUSE BEFORE KING FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA 81 FERDINAND MAGELLAN 85 HERNANDO CORTES 90 THE CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF MEXICO BY CORTES 93 DE SOTO ON THE BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI 100 QUEEN ELIZABETH KNIGHTING DRAKE ON BOARD THE “GOLDEN HIND” 107 THE BOYHOOD OF RALEIGH 110 THE DISCOVERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER 117 THE SHIPS OF FRANCE AT THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI 124 DAVID LIVINGSTONE, THE BRAVE SCOTCH MISSIONARY 127 PEARY IN ARCTIC DRESS WITH HIS ESKIMO DOGS 138 CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 145 THE MARRIAGE OF POCAHONTAS 149 WHEN BRAVE AND COURTEOUS CHAMPLAIN SURRENDERED QUEBEC 158 THE MARCH OF MYLES STANDISH 163 GOVERNOR JOHN WINTHROP 170 THE LANDING OF ROGER WILLIAMS 179 GEORGE CALVERT, LORD BALTIMORE 181 WILLIAM PENN 185 PENN’S TREATY WITH THE INDIANS 189 PATRICK HENRY DELIVERING HIS CELEBRATED SPEECH 191 THE LAST WORDS OF CAPTAIN NATHAN HALE 199 GENERAL LAFAYETTE WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE 204 JOHN PAUL JONES COMMANDING THE “BON HOMME RICHARD” 215 GENERAL MARION, THE CAROLINA “SWAMP FOX” 218