(1) What we owe to William of Orange (2) A Famous Victory and a Lucky Capture (3) Grandmotherly Government of the French in Canada (4) Ripening for War (5) "The Great Commoner" and his "Mad General" (6) Capture of a Second Gibraltar (7) First Founder of our Indian Empire (8) Beginning of British Rule in India CHAPTER IV. Time of Trial and Triumph (1763-1815). (1) Tightening our Hold on India (2) A Great Loss to the Empire (3) Australasia brought to Light (4) First Settlement in Australia (5) Pioneer Work in Australia (6) Remarkable Industrial Progress (7) Nelson and Napoleon (8) Nelson's Crowning Victory (9) India's New Masters (10) Wellington and Napoleon CHAPTER V. Progress of India and the Colonies (Since 1815). (1) Colonial Self-Government (2) Birth of a Nation (3) Promise of National Greatness (4) "The Good of the Governed" (5) Spoils of Victory (6) Deeds of Heroism (7) British Rule on a New Footing (8) Bars to Progress (9) Effect of the Discovery of Gold (10) Exploration & its Martyrs (11) Mutual Advantage of Motherland & Colony (12) A Difficult British State to Build (13) Great Extension of British Territory CHAPTER VI. Unity of the Empire. (1) Growth of Freedom (2) Imperial Spirit of our Race (3) The Sovereign in Relation to the Empire KING EDWARD'S REALM. INTRODUCTORY. The Empire and its Living Link. 1. A glance at the map of the world in which the parts of the British Empire are coloured red may well fill us with astonishment that the little spot marked England has expanded into an empire that covers one-sixth of the habitable globe, and measures more than one hundred times as much as the little island that forms its heart and home. 2. The only other empire that approaches it in size is that of Russia, and we can well imagine a patriotic Russian thinking that his sovereign had a much better realm than had ours, even if it was not so large. "For see," he might say to a countryman of ours, "what a sprawling, disjointed empire yours is, whereas ours is so compact that we can pass through its length and breadth without crossing a single sea." What reply should a Briton make to this boast? 3. "True," he might say, "the British Empire looks like a giant with his limbs outstretched, having his head in one sea, and his arms and legs in as many others; true it is that our king's realm is so widely spread that the sun never sets on his dominions, still it is far easier for us to go from end to end of our empire than it would be if built like yours."