Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Charlotte M. Yonge
Part 2
CHAPTER XXXVII. MAKING THE BEST OF IT
STRAY PEARLS MEMOIRS OF MARGARET DE RIBAUMONT, VISCOUNTESS OF BELLAISE By Charlotte Yonge
CONTENTS
PREFACE
STRAY PEARLS
CHAPTER I. — WHITEHALL BEFORE THE COBWEBS.
CHAPTER II. — A LITTLE MUTUAL AVERSION.
CHAPTER III. — CELADON AND CHLOE
CHAPTER IV. — THE SALON BLEU
CHAPTER V. — IN GARRISON.
CHAPTER VI. — VICTORY DEARLY BOUGHT
CHAPTER VII. — WIDOW AND WIFE
CHAPTER VIII. — MARGUERITE TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER IX. — THE FIREBRAND OF THE BOCAGE.
CHAPTER X. — OLD THREADS TAKEN UP.
CHAPTER XI. — THE TWO QUEENS.
CHAPTER XII. — CAVALIERS IN EXILE.
CHAPTER XIII. — MADEMOISELLE’S TOILETTE.
CHAPTER XIV. — COURT APPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XV. — A STRANGER THANKSGIVING DAY.
CHAPTER XVI. — THE BARRICADES
CHAPTER XVII. — A PATIENT GRISEL
CHAPTER XVIII. — TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL.
CHAPTER XIX. — INSIDE PARIS
CHAPTER XX. — CONDOLENCE
CHAPTER XXI. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON
CHAPTER XXII. — ST. MARGARET AND THE DRAGON
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE LION AND THE MOUSE
CHAPTER XXIV. — FAMILY HONOUR
CHAPTER XXV. — THE HAGUE
CHAPTER XXVI. — HUNDERSLUST
CHAPTER XXVII. — THE EXPEDIENT
CHAPTER XXVIII. — THE BOEUF GRAS
CHAPTER XXIX. — MADAME’S OPPORTUNITY
CHAPTER XXX. — THE NEW MAID OF ORLEANS
CHAPTER XXXI. — PORTE ST. ANTOINE
CHAPTER XXXII. — ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXXIII. — BRIDAL PEARLS
CHAPTER XXXIV. — ANNORA’S HOME
THE YOUNG STEP-MOTHER or, A CHRONICLE OF MISTAKES By Charlotte M Yonge
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
UNDER THE STORM or STEADFAST'S CHARGE
By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE TRUST CHAPTER II. THE STRAGGLERS CHAPTER III. KIRK RAPINE CHAPTER IV. THE GOOD CAUSE CHAPTER V. DESOLATION CHAPTER VI. LEFT TO THEMSELVES CHAPTER VII. THE HERMIT'S GULLEY CHAPTER VIII. STEAD IN POSSESSION CHAPTER IX. WINTRY TIMES CHAPTER X. A TERRIBLE HARVEST DAY CHAPTER XI. THE FORTUNES OF WAR CHAPTER XII. FAREWELL TO THE CAVALIERS CHAPTER XIII. GODLY VENN'S TROOP CHAPTER XIV. THE QUESTION CHAPTER XV. A TABLE OF LOVE IN THE WILDERNESS CHAPTER XVI. A FAIR OFFER CHAPTER XVII. THE GROOM IN GREY CHAPTER XVIII. JEPH'S GOOD FORTUNE CHAPTER XIX. PATIENCE CHAPTER XX. EMLYN'S SERVICE CHAPTER XXI. THE ASSAULT OF THE CAVERN CHAPTER XXII. EMLYN'S TROTH CHAPTER XXIII. FULFILMENT
List of Illustrations
Cover
The Hiding of the Casket
Stead Stirring the Porridge.
Finding of Emlyn
Farewell to the Cavaliers
Emlyn at the Market
Stead Before the Roundheads
THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
PREFACE
THE TWO SIDES OF THE SHIELD
CHAPTER I. — WHAT WILL BECOME OF ME?
CHAPTER II. — THE MERRIFIELDS.
CHAPTER III. — GOOD-BYE
CHAPTER IV. — TURNED IN AMONG THEM
CHAPTER V. — THE FIRST WALK
CHAPTER VI. — PERSECUTION
CHAPTER VII. — G.F.S.
CHAPTER VIII. — MY PERSECUTED UNCLE
CHAPTER IX. — LETTERS
CHAPTER X. — THE EVENING STAR
CHAPTER XI. — SECRET EXPEDITION
CHAPTER XII. — A HUNT
CHAPTER XIII. — AN EGYPTIAN SPHYNX
CHAPTER XIV. — A CYPHER AND A TY.
CHAPTER XV. — THE BUTTERFLY’S BALL.
CHAPTER XVI. — THE INCONSTANCY OF CONSTANCE.
CHAPTER XVII. — THE STONE MELTING.
CHAPTER XVIII. — MYSIE AND DOLORES.
CHAPTER XIX. — A SADDER AND A WISER AUTHORESS.
CHAPTER XX. — CONFESSIONS OF A COUNTRY MOUSE.
CHAPTER XXI. — IN COURT AND OUT.
CHAPTER XXII. — NAY.
THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE; OR, UNDER WODE, UNDER RODE. By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS TO VOL. I. I. THE BIRTH-DAY GIFT II. THE PIC-NIC III. FORTUNATUS' PURSE IV. TWILIGHT AND DAWN V. WORKING FOR BREAD VI. THE CACIQUE VII. THE CHESS-PLAYER'S BATTLE VIII. THE HOME IX. THE THIRTEEN X. THE FAMILY COBWEB ON THE MOVE XI. THE CHORAL FESTIVAL XII. GIANT DESPAIR'S CASTLE XIII. PEGASUS IN HARNESS XIV. WHAT IT MAY LEAD TO XV. WHAT IT LED TO XVI. THE WINTER OF DISCONTENT XVII. MIDSUMMER SUN XVIII. BY THE RIVER XIX. THE HOUSE WITHOUT PILLARS XX. VALE LESTON XXI. A KETTLE OF FISH XXII. THE REAL THING AND NO MISTAKE XXIII. SMOKE-JACK ALLEY
THE PILLARS OF THE HOUSE OR UNDER WODE, UNDER RODE By Charlotte M. Yonge IN TWO VOLUMES VOL II. CONTENTS TO VOL II. XXIV. FAMILY GHOOLS XXV. DON GIOVANNI XXVI. TRANSMUTATION XXVII. DON OR MYNHEER XXVIII. STARS GRATIS XXIX. BRYNHILD XXX. THE SCULPTOR XXXI. THE BARBE BLONDE XXXII. THE NID D'AVIS XXXIII. A BOOTLESS BENE XXXIV. THE VICAR OF VALE LESTON XXXV. THE OLD SQUIRE AND THE NEW XXXVI. POSSESSION XXXVII. INVASIONS XXXVIII. K.T. XXXIX. FOUR YEARS XL. A K T STROPHE XLI. CHESTS AND HEARTS XLII. A HALCYON DAY XLIII. PRINCESS FAIR-STAR XLIV. THE FIDDLER'S RANCH XLV. THE MYRTLE SPRAY XLVI. SOUR GRAPES XLVII. THE TASK OVER XLVIII. SHATTERED PILLARS XLIX. THE RIVAL OWLS CONCLUSION
JOHN Keble’S PARISHES A HISTORY OF HURSLEY AND OTTERBOURNE By Charlotte M. Yonge AN OLD INHABITANT CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I
Merdon and Otterbourne
1
CHAPTER II
Mediæval Gifts
13
CHAPTER III
Reformation Times
27
CHAPTER IV
Puritan Times
39
CHAPTER V
Customs of the Manor of Merdon
53
CHAPTER VI
Cranbury and Brambridge
69
CHAPTER VII
The Building at Hursley
78
CHAPTER VIII
Old Otterbourne
83
CHAPTER IX
Church Building
92
CHAPTER X
Hursley Church
107
CHAPTER XI
The Golden Days of Hursley
125
CHAPTER XII
Hursley Vicarage
135
CHAPTER XIII
Later Changes
145
CHAPTER XIV
A Survey
153
CHAPTER XV
Words and Phrases
171
CHAPTER XVI
Natural History
190 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
John Keble, from the Pencil Drawing by John Bacon, jun., (1851), by permission of the Rev. J. B. Medley of Tyntesfield
Frontispiece
Merdon Castle and Well, Hursley Park
To face page 10
Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector
49
The Old Church at Hursley
79
Hursley Park House. N.-E. FRONT, 1867
81
Exterior, Otterbourne Church
98
Ampfield Church
102
Fountain at Ampfield
103
Hursley Vicarage and Church
122
Sir William Heathcote, Bart. After the picture by George Richard, R.A., 1870; by permission of P. and D. Colnaglie and Co.
128
Hursley Church
141
Interior, Otterbourne Church
144
A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
PREFACE
WHAT IS A GOLDEN DEED?
THE STORIES OF ALCESTIS AND ANTIGONE
THE CUP OF WATER
HOW ONE MAN HAS SAVED A HOST
THE PASS OF THERMOPYLAE
THE ROCK OF THE CAPITOL
THE TWO FRIENDS OF SYRACUSE
THE DEVOTION OF THE DECII
REGULUS
THE BRAVE BRETHREN OF JUDAH
THE CHIEF OF THE ARVERNI
WITHSTANDING THE MONARCH IN HIS WRATH
THE LAST FIGHT IN THE COLISEUM
THE SHEPHERD GIRL OF NANTERRE
LEO THE SLAVE
THE BATTLE OF THE BLACKWATER
GUZMAN EL BUENO
FAITHFUL TILL DEATH
WHAT IS BETTER THAN SLAYING A DRAGON
THE KEYS OF CALAIS
THE BATTLE OF SEMPACH
THE CONSTANT PRINCE
THE CARNIVAL OF PERTH
THE CROWN OF ST. STEPHEN
GEORGE THE TRILLER
SIR THOMAS MORE'S DAUGHTER
UNDER IVAN THE TERRIBLE
FORT ST. ELMO
THE VOLUNTARY CONVICT
THE HOUSEWIVES OF LOWENBURG
FATHERS AND SONS
THE SOLDIERS IN THE SNOW
GUNPOWDER PERILS
HEROES OF THE PLAGUE
THE SECOND OF SEPTEMBER
THE VENDEANS
MODERN BROODS OR DEVELOPMENTS UNLOOKED FOR By Charlotte Mary Yonge CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I
TORTOISES AND HARES
1
CHAPTER II
THE GOYLE
16
CHAPTER III
THE FIRST SUNDAY
23
CHAPTER IV
CYCLES
34
CHAPTER V
CLIPSTONE FRIENDS
45
CHAPTER VI
THE FRESCOES OF ST. KENELM’S
57
CHAPTER VII
SISTER AND SISTERS
67
CHAPTER VIII
SNOBBISHNESS
75
CHAPTER IX
GONE OVER TO THE ENEMY
80
CHAPTER X
FLOWN
93
CHAPTER XI
ADRIFT
103
CHAPTER XII
“THE KITTIWAKE”
108
CHAPTER XIII
CHIMERAS DIRE
119
CHAPTER XIV
PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED
128
CHAPTER XV
BROODS ASTRAY
135
CHAPTER XVI
THE REGIMENT OF WOMEN
146
CHAPTER XVII
FOXGLOVES AND FLIRTATIONS
158
CHAPTER XVIII
PALACES OR CHURCHES
165
CHAPTER XIX
TWO WEDDINGS
179
CHAPTER XX
FLEETING
194
CHAPTER XXI
THE ELECTRICIANS
204
CHAPTER XXII
ANGEL AND BEAR
213
CHAPTER XXIII
WILLOW WIDOWS
224
CHAPTER XXIV
CRUEL LAWYERS
237
CHAPTER XXV
BEAR AS ADVISER
245
CHAPTER XXVI
NEW PATHS
258
CHAPTER XXVII
A SENTENCE
266
CHAPTER XXVIII
SUMMONED
274
CHAPTER XXIX
SAFE
284
CHAPTER XXX
THE MAIDEN ROCKS
293
CHAPTER XXXI
THE WRECK
300
CHAPTER XXXII
ANCHORED
306
CHAPTER XXXIII
FAREWELL
310
CHANTRY HOUSE By Charlotte M. Yonge CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
A Nursery Prose
1
CHAPTER II.
Schoolroom Days
11
CHAPTER III.
Win and Slow
17
CHAPTER IV.
Ubi Lapsus, Quid Feci
25
CHAPTER V.
A Helping Hand
34
CHAPTER VI.
The Valley of Humiliation
43
CHAPTER VII.
The Inheritance
50
CHAPTER VIII.
The Old House
59
CHAPTER IX.
Rats
67
CHAPTER X.
Our Tuneful Choir
73
CHAPTER XI.
‘They Fordys’
82
CHAPTER XII.
Mrs. Sophia’s Feud
89
CHAPTER XIII.
A Scrape
96
CHAPTER XIV.
The Mullion Chamber
107
CHAPTER XV.
Rational Theories
117
CHAPTER XVI.
Cat Language
126
CHAPTER XVII.
The Siege of Hillside
136
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Portrait
149
CHAPTER XIX.
The White Feather
159
CHAPTER XX.
Veni, Vidi, Vici
171
CHAPTER XXI.
The Outside of the Courtship
179
CHAPTER XXII.
Bristol Diamonds
186
CHAPTER XXIII.
Quicksands
198
CHAPTER XXIV.
After the Tempest
208
CHAPTER XXV.
Holiday-making
217
CHAPTER XXVI.
C. Morbus, Esq.
229
CHAPTER XXVII.
Peter’s Thunderbolt
236
CHAPTER XXVIII.
A Squire of Dames
245
CHAPTER XXIX.
Love and Obedience
251
CHAPTER XXX.
Una or Duessa
260
CHAPTER XXXI.
Facilis Descensus
269
CHAPTER XXXII.
Waly, Waly
278
CHAPTER XXXIII.
The River’s Bank
284
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Not in Vain
293
CHAPTER XXXV.
Griff’s Bird
299
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Slack Water
307
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Outward Bound
316
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Too Late
328
CHAPTER XXXIX.
A Purpose
337
CHAPTER XL.
The Midnight Chase
344
CHAPTER XLI.
Wills Old and New
350
CHAPTER XLII.
On a Spree
357
CHAPTER XLIII.
The Price
364
CHAPTER XLIV.
Paying the Cost
371
CHAPTER XLV.
Achieved
378
CHAPTER XLVI.
Restitution
385
CHAPTER XLVII.
The Fordyce Story
392
CHAPTER XLVIII.
The Last Discovery
399 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
‘What I do remember, is my mother reading to me as I lay in my crib’
Frontispiece.
A feeble water-coloured drawing of the trio
Vignette.
‘That is poor Margaret who married your ancestor’
Page 154
Lady Margaret’s ghost
346
GRISLY GRISELL OR THE LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES By Charlotte M. Yonge CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
An Explosion
1
II.
The Broken Match
12
III.
The Mirror
26
IV.
Parting
36
V.
Sister Avice
46
VI.
The Proctor
57
VII.
The Pilgrim of Salisbury
68
VIII.
Old Playfellows
80
IX.
The King-maker
87
X.
Cold Welcome
101
XI.
Bernard
112
XII.
Word from the Wars
127
XIII.
A Knot
137
XIV.
The Lonely Bride
150
XV.
Wakefield Bridge
159
XVI.
A New Master
169
XVII.
Strange Guests
177
XVIII.
Witchery
185
XIX.
A March Hare
195
XX.
A Blight on the White Rose
205
XXI.
The Wounded Knight
213
XXII.
The City of Bridges
222
XXIII.
The Cankered Oak Gall
231
XXIV.
Grisell’s Patience
244
XXV.
The Old Duchess
253
XXVI.
The Duke’s Death
260
XXVII.
Forget Me Not
268
XXVIII.
The Pageant
274
XXIX.
Duchess Margaret
285
XXX.
The Wedding Chimes
295
CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY FROM ROLLO TO EDWARD II. 1873 By Charlotte Mary Yonge
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
CAMEOS
INTRODUCTION.
CAMEO I. ROLF GANGER. (900-932.)
CAMEO II. WILLIAM LONGSWORD AND RICHARD THE FEARLESS. (932-996.)
CAMEO III. YOUTH OF THE CONQUEROR. (1036-1066.)
CAMEO IV. EARL GODWIN. (1012-1052.)
CAMEO V. THE TWO HAROLDS. (1060-1066.)
CAMEO VI. THE NORMAN INVASION. (1066.)
CAMEO VII. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS. (1066.)
CAMEO VIII. THE CAMP OF REFUGE. (1067-1072.)
CAMEO IX. THE LAST SAXON BISHOP. (1008-1095.)
CAMEO X. THE CONQUEROR. (1066-1087.)
CAMEO XI. THE CONQUEROR’S CHILDREN. (1050-1087.)
CAMEO XII. THE CROWN AND THE MITRE.
CAMEO XIII. THE FIRST CRUSADE. (1095-1100.)
CAMEO XIV. THE ETHELING FAMILY. (1010-1159.)
CAMEO XV. THE COUNTS OF ANJOU. (888-1142.)
CAMEO XVI. VISITORS OF HENRY I. (1120-1134.)
CAMEO XVII. THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARD. (1135-1138.)
CAMEO XVIII. THE SNOWS OF OXFORD. (1138-1154.)
CAMEO XIX. YOUTH OF BECKET. (1154-1162)
CAMEO XX. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CLARENDON. (1163-1172.)
CAMEO XXI. DEATH OF BECKET. (1166-1172.)
CAMEO XXII. THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND. (1172)
CAMEO XXIII. THE REBELLIOUS EAGLETS. (1149-1189.)
CAMEO XXIV. THE THIRD CRUSADE. (1189-1193)
CAMEO XXV. ARTHUR OF BRITTANY. (1187-1206.)
CAMEO XXVI. THE INTERDICT. (1207-1214.)
CAMEO XXVII. MAGNA CHARTA. (1214-1217.)
CAMEO XXVIII. THE FIEF OF ROME. (1217-1254.)
CAMEO XXIX. THE LONGESPÉES IN THE EGYPTIAN CRUSADES. (1219-1254.)
CAMEO XXX. SIMON DE MONTFORT. (1232-1266.)
CAMEO XXXI. THE LAST OF THE CRUSADERS. (1267-1291.)
CAMEO XXXII. The CYMRY. (B.C. 66 A.D. 1269.)
CAMEO XXXIII. THE ENGLISH JUSTINIAN. (1272-1292.)
CAMEO XXXIV. THE HAMMER OF THE SCOTS. (1292-1305.)
CAMEO XXXV. THE EVIL TOLL. (1294-1305.)
CAMEO XXXVI. ROBERT THE BRUCE (1305-1308.)
CAMEO XXXVII. THE VICTIM OF BLACKLOW HILL.
CAMEO XXXVIII. BANNOCKBURN. (1307-1313.)
CAMEO XXXIX. THE KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE. (1292-1316.)
CAMEO XL. THE BARONS’ WARS. (1310-1327.)
CAMEO XLI. GOOD KING ROBERT’S TESTAMENT. (1314-1329.)
INDEX.
THE ARMOURER'S PRENTICES By Charlotte M. Yonge 1889
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
THE VERDURER’S LODGE
1
CHAPTER II.
THE GRANGE OF SILKSTEDE
13
CHAPTER III.
KINSMEN AND STRANGERS
24
CHAPTER IV.
A HERO’S FALL
39
CHAPTER V.
THE DRAGON COURT
49
CHAPTER VI.
A SUNDAY IN THE CITY
63
CHAPTER VII.
YORK HOUSE
77
p. xiiCHAPTER VIII.
QUIPSOME HAL
89
CHAPTER IX.
ARMS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL
102
CHAPTER X.
TWO VOCATIONS
112
CHAPTER XI.
AY DI ME GRENADA
130
CHAPTER XII.
A KING IN A QUAGMIRE
142
CHAPTER XIII.
A LONDON HOLIDAY
157
CHAPTER XIV.
THE KNIGHT OF THE BADGER
170
CHAPTER XV.
HEAVE HALF A BRICK AT HIM
184
CHAPTER XVI.
MAY EVE
194
CHAPTER XVII.
ILL MAY DAY
210
p. xiiiCHAPTER XVIII.
PARDON
229
CHAPTER XIX.
AT THE ANTELOPE
246
CHAPTER XX.
CLOTH OF GOLD ON THE SEAMY SIDE
264
CHAPTER XXI.
SWORD OR SMITHY
281
CHAPTER XXII.
AN INVASION
297
CHAPTER XXIII.
UNWELCOME PREFERMENT
315
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE SOLDIER
331
CHAPTER XXV.
OLD HAUNTS
343 p. xvLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
“See there, Master Alderman”
Front. Page 312
“Ha! Ha!” laughed Henry, “hast found him out, lads?”
153
“And see here, your Grace!”
224
YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF ROME. By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
1.—Italy
2.—The Wanderings of Æneas
3.—The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713
4.—Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618.
5.—The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309
6.—The War with Porsena
7.—The Roman Government
8.—Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494
9.—Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458
10.—The Decemvirs. B.C. 450
11.—Camillus' Banishment
12.—The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390
13.—The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367
14.—The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357
15.—The Samnite Wars
16.—The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271
17.—The First Punic War. 264-240
18.—Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul. 240-219
19.—The Second Punic War. 219
20.—The First Eastern War. 215-183
21.—The Conquest of Greece, Corinth, and Carthage. 179-145
22.—The Gracchi. 137-122
23.—The Wars of Marius. 106-98
24.—The Adventures of Marius. 93-84
25.—Sulla's Proscription. 88-71
26.—The Career of Pompeius. 70-63
27.—Pompeius and Cæsar. 61-48
28.—Julius Cæsar. 48-44
29.—The Second Triumvirate. 44-33
30.—Cæsar Augustus. B.C. 33-A.D. 14
31.—Tiberius and Caligula. A.D. 14-41
32.—Claudius and Nero. A.D. 41-68
33.—The Flavian Family. 62-96
34.—The Age of the Antonines. 96-194
35.—The Prætorian Influence. 197-284
36.—The Division of the Empire. 284-312
37.—Constantine the Great. 312-337
38.—Constantius. 337-364
39.—Valentinian and his Family. 364-392
40.—Theodosius the Great. 392-395
41.—Alaric the Goth. 395-410
42.—The Vandals. 403
43.—Attila the Hun. 435-457
44.—Theodoric the Ostrogoth. 457-561
45.—Belisarius. 533-563
46.—Pope Gregory the Great. 563-800
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Pope's Doortender. (Frontispiece.)
The Tiber
Curious Pottery
Jupiter
The Coast
Mount Etna
Carthage
Roman Soldier
Gladiatorial Shows at a Banquet
The Forum
Janus
Actors
Sybil's Cave
Brutus condemning his sons
Roman Ensigns, Standards, Trumpets etc.
Head of Jupiter
Female Costumes
Female Costumes
Senatorial Palace
View of a Roman Harbor
Roman Camp
Ploughing
Death of Virginia
Chariot Races
Arrow Machine
Siege Machine
Ruins of the Forum at Rome
Entry of the Forum Romanum by the Via Sacra
Costumes
Costume
Curtius leaping into the Gulf
The Apennines
Combat between a Mirmillo and a Samnite
Combat between a light armed Gladiator and a Samnite
Ancient Rome
Pyrrhus
Roman Orator
Roman Ship
Roman Order of Battle
The wounded Gaul
Hannibal's Vow
In the Pyrenees,
Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama
Archimedes
Hannibal
Corinth
Cornelia and her Sons
Roman Centurion
Marius
One of the Trophies, called of Marius, at the Capitol at Rome
The Catapult
Island on the Coast
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Cornelius Sulla
Coast of Tyre
Mountains of Armenia
Cicero
Colossal Statue of Pompeius of the Palazzo Spada of Rome
Pompeius
Amphitheatre
The Arena
Julius Cæsar
Cato
Funeral Solemnities in the Columbarium of the House of Julius Cæsar at the Porta Capena in Rome
Marcus Antonius
Marcus Brutus
Alexandria
Caius Octavius
Statue of Augustus at the Vatican
Paintings in the House of Livia
Ruins of the Palaces of Tiberius
Agrippina
Rome in the time of Augustus Cæsar
Claudius
Nero
Arch of Titus
Vesuvius previous to the Eruption of A.D. 63
Persecution of the Christians
Coin of Nero
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
Marcus Aurelius
Septimus Severus
Antioch
Alexander Severus
Temple of the Sun at Palmyra
The Catacombs at Rome
Coin of Severus
Diocletian
Diocletian in Retirement
Constantine the Great
Constantinople
Council of Nicea
Catacombs
Julian
Arch of Constantine
Alexandria
Goths
Convent on the Hills
Julian Alps
Roman Hall of Justice
Colonnades of St. Peter at Rome
Alaric's Burial
Roman Clock
Spanish Coast
Vandals plundering
Pyramids and Sphynx, Egypt
Hunnish Camp
St. Mark's, Venice
The Pope's House
Romulus Augustus resigns the Crown
illustration
Naples
Constantinople
Pope Gregory the Great
The Pope's Pulpit
Battle of Tours
HISTORY OF FRANCE. By Charlotte M. Yonge CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I. THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE 1 CHAPTER II. THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR 25 CHAPTER III. THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY 43 CHAPTER IV. THE ITALIAN WARS 52 CHAPTER V. THE WARS OF RELIGION 63 CHAPTER VI. POWER OF THE CROWN 81 CHAPTER VII. THE REVOLUTION 102 CHAPTER VIII. FRANCE SINCE THE REVOLUTION 116
LITTLE LUCY'S WONDERFUL GLOBE PICTURED BY L. FROLICH, And Narrated By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE MOTHER BUNCH 1
CHAPTER II. VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH SEAS. 14
CHAPTER III. ITALY 36
CHAPTER IV. GREENLAND 43
CHAPTER V. TYROL 50
CHAPTER VI. AFRICA 57
CHAPTER VII. LAPLANDERS 63
CHAPTER VIII. CHINA 70
CHAPTER IX. [viii]KAMSCHATKA 79
CHAPTER X. THE TURK 83
CHAPTER XI. SWITZERLAND 96
CHAPTER XII. THE COSSACK 102
CHAPTER XIII. SPAIN 108
CHAPTER XIV. GERMANY 114
CHAPTER XV. PARIS IN THE SIEGE 120
CHAPTER XVI. THE AMERICAN GUEST 126
CHAPTER XVII. THE DREAM OF ALL NATIONS 137
[ix] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE "I'M LOOKING AT THE GREAT BIG GLOBE THAT UNCLE JOE SAID I MIGHT TOUCH," SAID LUCY Front. "DO PLEASE SIT DOWN, THERE'S A GOOD MOTHER BUNCH, AND TELL ME ALL ABOUT THEM?" 19 LUCY HAD A GREAT SNEEZING FIT, AND WHEN SHE LOOKED AGAIN INTO THE SMOKE, WHAT DID SHE SEE BUT TWO LITTLE BLACK FIGURES 23 "I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YOU: HUSH, DON! DON'T BARK SO" 26 "I CAN EAT MUCH BETTER WITHOUT," SAID LAVO 31 LAVO HAD CLIMBED UP THE SIDE OF THE DOOR, AND WAS SITTING ASTRIDE ON THE TOP OF IT 34 "AH! CECCO, CECCO!" CRIED THE LITTLE GIRL, PAUSING AS SHE BEAT HER TAMBOURINE 39 "IS THAT THE WAY YOU GET FISH?" SHE ASKED 46[x] "HELP ME: I'M AFRAID," SAID LUCY 53 HARK! THERE'S A CRY, AND OUT JUMPS A LITTLE BLACK FIGURE, WITH A STOUT CLUB IN HIS HAND 59 AND HERE BESIDE HER WAS A LITTLE FELLOW WITH A BOW AND ARROWS SUCH AS SHE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE 65 "IS IT NOT GOOD?" SAID THE LITTLE HOSTESS 73 WHISKING OVER THE SNOW, WITH ALL HER MIGHT AND MAIN, MUFFLED UP IN CLOAKS AND FURS 78 "MARRIED! OH NO, YOU ARE JOKING" 87 "I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE YOU LIVE—THIS IS CONSTANTINOPLE" 93 "I CUT IT OUT WITH MY KNIFE; ALL MYSELF" 99 WHILE HE JERKED OUT HIS ARMS AND LEGS AS IF THEY WERE PULLED BY STRINGS 103 "SEE NOW," CRIED THE SPANIARD; "STAND THERE! AH! HAVE YOU NO CASTANETS?" 111 [xi]"WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT, LITTLE BOY?" 115 "AH! MADEMOISELLE, GOOD MORNING; ARE YOU COME HERE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THE SHELLS?" 122 "WHAT CAN THAT BE, COMING AT THIS TIME OF DAY?" 127 "GOOD MORNING, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?" 130 OH! SUCH A DIN 136
AUNT CHARLOTTE'Sstories of GREEK HISTORY By Charlotte M. Yonge CONTENTS
chap.
page
I.
Olympus
11
II.
Light and Dark
18
III.
The Peopling of Greece
26
IV.
The Hero Perseus
35
V.
The Labours of Hercules
42
VI.
The Argonauts
51
VII.
The Success of the Argonauts
59
VIII.
The Choice of Paris
68
IX.
The Siege of Troy
76
X.
The Wanderings of Ulysses
84
XI.
The Doom of the Atrides
94
XII.
After the Heroic Age
102
XIII.
Lycurgus and the Laws of Sparta. b.c. 884–668
110
XIV.
Solon and the Laws of Athens. b.c. 594–546
118
XV.
Pisistratus and his Sons. b.c. 558–499
126
XVI.
The Battle of Marathon. b.c. 490
134
XVII.
The Expedition of Xerxes. b.c. 480
142
XVIII.
The Battle of Platæa. b.c. 479–460
151
XIX.
The Age of Pericles. b.c. 464–429
159
p. 6XX.
The Expedition to Sicily. b.c. 415–413
167
XXI.