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The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland - Eva March Tappan

This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part VII include the stories from the Nibelungen saga of the Germans, masterpieces of the Dutch Painters and the famous apple-shooting episode from Schiller's drama William Tell. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The shot of William Tell:
Walter: Stoofy / William Tell: ToddHW / Friesshard: Foon / Leuth: Jim Locke / Sacristan: Aaron White / Rosselmann: TJ Burns / Furst: alanmapstone / Stauffacher: Nemo / Melchthal: Eva Davis / Peasants: Sandra Schmit / Women: Monika M.C. / Harras: Frédéric Surget / Gessler: Tomas Peter / Bertha: Devorah Allen / Rudenz: Philip Watson / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Tell's escape:
William Tell: Jim Locke / Fisherman: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia
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Thusnelda in the triumphal procession of Germanicus, by Karl Theodor von Piloty (born at Munich, October 1, 1826. Died there, July 21, 1886), painting frontispieceGermany Part I: In pagan times: Historical noteHow the early Germans lived, by Caius Cornelius TacitusAn appeal to Caesar (58 B.C.), by T. Rice HolmesHerman, who freed the Germans from Rome (9 A.D.), by Kate Freiligrath KroekerBoniface and the oak of Thor (about 723), by the Right Rev. W. Pakenham WalshGermany Part II: Emperors of mediaeval Germany: Historical noteHow Charlemagne overcame the Saxons, by Dr. William ZimmermannThe Margrave Gero and the Vandals, by Theodor von Heyden (German artist, 1827), painting p. 36The election of Frederick Barbarossa (the red-bearded) (1152), by Cyrus Townsend BradyFrederick of the Red Beard and the Pope (1177), from the old chroniclesFrederick Barbarossa at the feet of the Pope, by Albert Maignan (France, 1844-1908), painting p. 48Barbarossa, by Friedrich RückertGermany Part III: Stories of the Middle Ages: Historical noteHow Siegfried won a bride for King Gunther, from the NibelungenliedBishop Hatto and his mouse tower (about 968), by Robert SoutheyThe Lorelei, by Heinrich HeineThe little Faust tower of Munich, by Frantz TrautmannGermany Part IV: Life in the fifteenth century: Historical noteThe great Hanseatic League, by Eva March TappanThe walled cities of Germany, by Sabine Baring-Gould, with the collaboration of Arthur GilmanGerman life in the fifteenth century, by Johannes JanssenThe contest of the master-singers, by August HagenJohn Gutenberg, inventor of printing (middle of the sixteenth century), by Eva March TappanGermany Part V: From the Reformation to the death of Frederick the Great: Historical noteMartin Luther as a boy (about 1500), by Mrs. Elizabeth R. CharlesThe sacking of Magdeburg (1631), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerThe giant regiment of Frederick William I of Prussia (between 1713 and 1740), by Thomas CarlyleThe childhood of Frederick the Great (about 1720), by Thomas CarlyleFrederick the Great and the First Silesian War (1740-1745), by Thomas Babington MacaulayThe round table of Frederick the Great at Sans Souci, by Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel (Germany, 1815-1905), painting p. 178Germany Part VI: German authors and composers: Historical noteStories from the eighteenth century, by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMorning prayers in the Bach family, by Toby Edward Rosenthal (American painter, 1848), painting p. 190Handel, the master of Oratorio (1685-1759), by L. B. UrbinoThe unwritten overture of Mozart (1756-1791), by Heribert RauA visit to Beethoven (1770-1827), by Richard WagnerGermany Part VII: Two wars with France: Historical noteThe oath at the grave of Frederick the Great (1806), by Louisa Mühlbach (Klara M. Mundt)Why the philosopher's letter was not mailed (1806), by Louisa Mühlbach (Klara M. Mundt)The Queen of Prussia's ride (1806), by A. L. A. SmithWilliam of Prussia proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles, by Anton von Werner (Germany, 1843), painting p. 236The troubles of a correspondent in the Franco-Prussian War (1870), from "All the Year Round"German wounded in the Gallery of Mirrors, Versailles, by Victor Bachereau-Reverchon (French artist, 1842), painting p. 248The watch on the Rhine, by Max SchneckenburgerGermany Part VIII: Modern Germany: Historical noteBismarck in the Reichstag and at home (about 1880), by George Makepeace TowleStudent life at the German universities (about 1900), by Mrs. Alfred SidgwickA day with the German Emperor (1898), by Maurice LeudetThe German Fatherland, by Ernst Moritz ArndtThe Netherlands Part I: From the Roman conquest to the Reformation: Historical noteBesieging a Roman camp (54 B.C.), by T. Rice HolmesThe rebellion of Civilis (69 A.D.), by Caius Cornelius TacitusHow Count William of Holland was made a knight (1247), from the old chroniclesHow Philip van Artevelde was made Governor of Ghent (1386), by Sir John FroissartThe childhood of Charles V: a reading by Erasmus, by Eduard Jean Conrad Hamman (Belgian painter, 1819), painting p. 302The Netherlands Part II: How Holland won her freedom: Historical noteThe ''beggars'' of Holland (1566), by John Lothrop MotleyThe siege of Leyden (1574), by John Lothrop MotleyThe assassination of William the Silent (1584), by John Lothrop MotleySir Philip Sidney and the glass of water (1586), by John Lothrop MotleyHow a turf-boat captured the city of Breda (1590), by G. T. HoareThe Netherlands Part III: The period of commercial greatness: Historical noteHow a mud-hole became a garden, by William Elliot GriffisWhen the pilgrim fathers went to Holland (1608), by William BradfordThe surrender of Breda, by Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velasquez (Spanish painter, 1599-1660), painting p. 368The escape of Hugo de Groot (1621), by Frederick Spencer BirdThe return of Spinoza (about 1653), by Israel ZangwillThe rival tulip-growers (1672), by Alexandre DumasWhen William III of England came home to his fatherland (1691), by Thomas Babington MacaulayThe Netherlands Part IV: Little stories of Netherland artists: Historical noteKing Philip presenting Rubens to Velasquez, by Leon y Escosura (Spanish artist, 1834-1901), painting p. 406Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), by Theodore ChildAnton Vandyck (1599-1641), by Clara Erskine ClementRembrandt's ''The Night Watch'', by Théophile GautierThe Night Watch, by Rembrandt van Ryn (born at Leyden, 1607. Died in 1669), painting p. 414Rembrandt in his studio, by Jean Léon Gérôme (French artist, 1824-1904), painting p. 416The Netherlands Part V: The Netherlands in recent years: Historical noteThe American Revolution in Holland, by Hendrik Willem van LoonContrary land, by Mary Mapes DodgeThe festival of Saint Nicholas, by Mary Mapes DodgeIn and out of a cab in Amsterdam, by F. Hopkinson SmithThe beloved Queen Wilhelmina (born in 1880), by William Elliot GriffisSwitzerland Part I: In earliest times: Historical noteThe siege of the Lake-Dwellers, by Sir Arthur HelpsThe flight of the Helvetians (58 B.C.), by Eva March TappanThe Devil's Bridge over the Reuss, by H. A. GuerberSwitzerland Part II: How the Swiss gained their freedom: Historical noteThe meeting at the Rütli (1307), by Heinrich ZschokkeThe shot of William Tell (1307), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerTell's escape (1307), by Johann Christoph Friedrich von SchillerSong of the Battle of Morgarten (1315), by Felicia Dorothea HemansThe death of Winkelried (1386), by Walter ThornburySwitzerland Part III: Stories from Swiss history: Historical noteThe Baron of Raron and the ''Mazze'' (fifteenth century), by J. WilsonPeace or war ? (1474), by Sir Walter ScottHow the Swiss met Charles the Bold of Burgundy (1476) by Heinrich ZschokkeThe milk porridge incident: a story of the Reformation, by Clarence RookThe prison of Chillon, by Jacob AbbottThe lion at Luzern, by Boyd WinchesterSwitzerland Part IV: Stories of Alpine adventure: Historical noteSwept down by an avalanche, by Heinrich ZschokkeThe slide of Alpnach, by L. A. GilbertThe first ascent of the Matterhorn, by Edward WhymperTobogganing on a glacier, by John Addington SymondsSwitzerland Part V: Life in the mountains: Historical noteOur borrowed scientists, by W. D. McCrackanThe tiny farms of Switzerland, by Boyd WinchesterHow Switzerland defends herself, by Clarence RookHow the Swiss built the greatest tunnel in the world, by Francis Fox
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