| CHAPTER I | PAGE |
| Ancient Britain—Cæsar's Invasion—Britain a Roman Province—Boadicea—Lyndin or London—Roman Legions Withdrawn—Angles and Saxons—Cerdic—Teutonic Invasion—English Kingdoms Consolidated | 9 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Augustine—Edwin—Cædmon—Bæda—Alfred—Canute—Edward the Confessor—Harold—William the Conqueror | 25 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| "Gilds" and Boroughs—William II.—Crusades—Henry I.—Henry II.—Becket's Death—Richard I.—John—Magna Charta | 40 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Henry III.—Roger Bacon—First True Parliament—Edward I.—Conquest of Wales—of Scotland—Edward II.—Edward III.—Battle of Crécy—Richard II.—Wickliffe | 51 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| House of Lancaster—Henry IV.—Henry V.—Agincourt—Battle of Orleans—Wars of the Roses—House of York—Edward IV.—Richard III.—Henry VII.—Printing Introduced | 62 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Henry VIII.—Wolsey—Reformation—Edward VI.—Mary | 73 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Elizabeth—East India Company Chartered—Colonization of Virginia—Flodden Field—Birth of Mary Stuart—Mary Stuart's Death—Spanish Armada—Francis Bacon | 82 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| James I.—First New England Colony—Gunpowder Plot—Translation of Bible—Charles I.—Archbishop Laud—John Hampden—Petition of Right—Massachusetts Chartered—Earl Strafford—Star Chamber | 97 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Long Parliament—Death of Strafford and Laud—Oliver Cromwell—Death of Charles I.—Long Parliament Dispersed—Charles II | 114 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Act of Habeas Corpus—Death of Charles II.—Milton—Bunyan—James II.—William and Mary—Battle of the Boyne | 122 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Anne—Marlborough—Battle of Blenheim—House of Hanover—George I.—George II.—Walpole—British Dominion in India—Battle of Quebec—John Wesley | 131 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| George III.—Stamp Act—Tax on Tea—American Independence Acknowledged—Impeachment of Hastings—War of 1812—First English Railway—George IV.—William IV.—Reform Bill—Emancipation of the Slaves | 143 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Victoria—Famine in Ireland—War with Russia—Sepoy Rebellion—Massacre at Cawnpore | 159 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Atlantic Cable—Daguerre's Discovery—First World's Fair—Death of Albert—Suez Canal—Victoria Empress of India—Disestablishment of Irish Branch of Church of England—Present Conditions | 169 |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| Death of Queen Victoria—Russo-Japanese War | 191 |
| HISTORY OF IRELAND | |
| Pre-Christian Ireland—From Augustine to English Conquest—From Henry II. to Elizabeth—From Elizabeth to William III. and Mary—From William III. to Act of Union—From Act of Union to death of Parnell—New Land Acts | 199 |
| HISTORY OF SCOTLAND | |
| Early Celtic Period—Period from Malcolm III. to Robert Bruce—From Bruce to James I.—From James I. to Union of Crowns—From Union of Crowns to Treaty of Union—Brief Summary of Period Since the Treaty of Union | 249 |
