Chapter C: Arthur Pearson Limited

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(_See page 54._) _Frontispiece._]

MEN WHO HAVE MADE THE EMPIRE

by

GEORGE GRIFFITH

Third Edition

London C. Arthur Pearson Limited Henrietta Street, W.C. 1899

To
THE GLORIOUS MEMORY
OF
THE MIGHTY DEAD
AND TO
THE HONOUR OF THE LIVING
WHO ARE
CARRYING ON THEIR NOBLE WORK,
THE FOLLOWING PAGES
ARE INSCRIBED.

“_Fair is our lot--O goodly is our heritage!
(Humble ye, my people, and be fearful in your mirth!)
For the Lord our God Most High
He hath made the deep as dry,
He hath smote for us a pathway to the ends of all the earth!_”

A SONG OF THE ENGLISH

CONTENTS

I.
PAGE
WILLIAM THE NORMAN 1

II.

EDWARD OF THE LONG LEGS 21

III.

THE QUEEN’S LITTLE PIRATE 39

IV.

OLIVER CROMWELL 71

V.

WILLIAM OF ORANGE 97

VI.

JAMES COOK 119

VII.

LORD CLIVE 143

VIII.

WARREN HASTINGS 169

IX.

NELSON 193

X.

WELLINGTON 223

XI.

“CHINESE GORDON” 249