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

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Magna Charta, 1215: King John submits to the Barons, and signs
the Great Charter of British Liberties . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_

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Queen Elizabeth going on board the "Golden Hind" . . . . . . . . 80

Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament, 1653 . . . . . . . . . 116

Nelson's Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 . . . . . . . 144

The British Squares at Quatre-Bras, 1815 . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

The British in India: A native prince receiving the decoration
of the order of the Star of India from Albert Edward, the
Prince of Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND.