CHAPTER LX.

QUEEN VICTORIA.—1837.

How Hanover was separated from England; how the Queen married her cousin, Prince Albert; how a fresh revolution broke out in Paris, and how Louis Philippe escaped to England; how the Chartists held meetings; how we went to war with Russia; how the Sepoys mutinied in India; how the young men in Great Britain became volunteers; how Parliament was reformed the second time, and means taken to educate the people; how there were a great many discoveries and improvements made 259

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

TOWER OF LONDON _Frontispiece._

GREGORY AND ANGLES Page 17

KING ETHELBERT DECLARES HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN 19

ALFRED LEARNING TO READ 25

ALFRED IN NEATHERD’S COTTAGE 27

KING ALFRED BUILDING HIS NAVY 30

KING EDWARD STABBED BY ORDER OF ELFRIDA 37

WILLIAM RALLIES THE NORMANS AT HASTINGS 46

BATTLE OF HASTINGS 47

DERMOT, KING OF LEINSTER, DOING HOMAGE TO HENRY II. 61

KING RICHARD I. MADE PRISONER BY THE DUKE OF AUSTRIA 71

PRINCE ARTHUR AND HUBERT 74

KING JOHN GRANTING MAGNA CHARTA 77

DEATH OF LLEWELLYN, LAST OF THE WELSH PRINCES 86

EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE WAITING ON JOHN, KING OF FRANCE 100

DEATH OF WAT TYLER 103

HENRY OF HEREFORD CLAIMING THE CROWN OF ENGLAND 106

ESCAPE OF QUEEN MARGARET 123

DEATH OF THE LITTLE PRINCES IN THE TOWER 129

MARRIAGE OF HENRY VII. AND ELIZABETH OF YORK 134

HENRY VIII. EMBARKING FOR FRANCE 140

WOLSEY ENTERING LEICESTER ABBEY 143

THE PROTECTOR SOMERSET ACCUSING HIS BROTHER BEFORE KING EDWARD VI. 160

LADY JANE GREY REFUSING THE CROWN 165

THE SPANISH ARMADA 182

QUEEN ELIZABETH REVIEWING HER ARMY AT TILBURY 183

KING JAMES I. WITH STEENIE AND BABY CHARLES 193

STRAFFORD GOING TO EXECUTION 200

PARTING OF KING CHARLES AND HIS CHILDREN 206

KING CHARLES I. ON THE SCAFFOLD 207

CROMWELL TURNS OUT THE PARLIAMENT 213

KING CHARLES II. ENTERS LONDON AT HIS RESTORATION 217

MARLBOROUGH AT BLENHEIM 235

THE PRETENDER AT HOLYROOD HOUSE 244

FARMHOUSE OF HOUGOUMONT ON THE FIELD OF WATERLOO 250

THE MARRIAGE OF QUEEN VICTORIA 261

LITTLE ARTHUR’S

HISTORY OF ENGLAND.