CONTENTS. THE DYNASTS: AN EPIC-DRAMA OF THE WAR WITH NAPOLEON Preface PART FIRST Characters Fore Scene. The Overworld Act First:-- Scene I. England. A Ridge in Wessex “ II. Paris. Office of the Minister of Marine “ III. London. The Old House of Commons “ IV. The Harbour of Boulogne “ V. London. The House of a Lady of Quality “ IV. Milan. The Cathedral Act Second:-- Scene I. The Dockyard, Gibraltar “ II. Off Ferrol “ III. The Camp and Harbour of Boulogne “ IV. South Wessex. A Ridge-like Down near the Coast “ V. The Same. Rainbarrows' Beacon, Egdon Heath Act Third:-- Scene I. The Chateau at Pont-de-Briques “ II. The Frontiers of Upper Austria and Bavaria “ III. Boulogne. The St. Omer Road Act Fourth:-- Scene I. King George's Watering-place, South Wessex “ II. Before the City of Ulm “ III. Ulm. Within the City “ IV. Before Ulm. The Same Day “ V. The Same. The Michaelsberg “ VI. London. Spring Gardens Act Fifth:-- Scene I. Off Cape Trafalgar “ II. The Same. The Quarter-deck of the “Victory” “ III. The Same. On Board the “Bucentaure” “ IV. The Same. The Cockpit of the “Victory” “ V. London. The Guildhall “ VI. An Inn at Rennes “ VII. King George's Watering-place, South Wessex Act Sixth:-- Scene I. The Field of Austerlitz. The French Position “ II. The Same. The Russian Position “ III. The Same. The French Position “ IV. The Same. The Russian Position “ V. The Same. Near the Windmill of Paleny “ VI. Shockerwick House, near Bath “ VII. Paris. A Street leading to the Tuileries “ VIII. Putney. Bowling Green House PART SECOND Characters Act First:-- Scene I. London. Fox's Lodgings, Arlington Street “ II. The Route between London and Paris “ III. The Streets of Berlin “ IV. The Field of Jena “ V. Berlin. A Room overlooking a Public Place “ VI. The Same “ VII. Tilsit and the River Niemen “ VIII. The Same Act Second:-- Scene I. The Pyrenees and Valleys adjoining “ II. Aranjuez, near Madrid. A Room in the Palace of Godoy, the “Prince of Peace” “ III. London. The Marchioness of Salisbury's “ IV. Madrid and its Environs “ V. The Open Sea between the English Coasts and the Spanish Peninsula “ VI. St. Cloud. The Boudoir of Josephine “ VII. Vimiero Act Third:--