The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales - Eva March Tappan

Title: The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
Author: Eva March Tappan
Category: Poetry / War & Military / History
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This is the tenth 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. Part X covers the second part of the history of England, from the Stuart Kings till the early 1900s. Also included are excerpts from the history of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Irish and Welsh legends and Scottish ballads. - Summary by Sonia
Cast list for The murder of King Duncan:
First Witch: Sandra Schmit / Second Witch: Devorah Allen / Third Witch: Monika M.C. / Macbeth: alanmapstone / Banquo: Tomas Peter / Ross: Nemo / Angus: Todd HW / Duncan: Jim Locke / Malcolm: SaraHale / Lady Macbeth: Eva Davis / Messenger: Adrian Stephens / Chief Justice: April6090 / Narrator: Sonia

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Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader, German painter 1815-1900, painting frontispieceEngland Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical noteKing James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter ScottThe gunpowder plot (1605), by David HumeA charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth HigginsonSir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth PraedThe battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-with-links-of-iron, sergeant in Ireton's regiment (1645), by Thomas Babington MacaulayCharles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 46England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical noteThe trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob AbbottCromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p. 60A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel ButlerHow Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume GuizotPraise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of ClarendonCromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p. 74England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historical noteIn the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel DefoeThe fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles DickensThe song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen HawkerJames II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward Mathew Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 92A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace ThackerayThe government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace ThackeraySunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph AddisonEngland Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical noteThe vicar of Bray, by Author unknownThe ''Bubbles'' of the reign of King George I (1720), by Charles MackayWhen George II became king, by William Makepeace ThackerayThe funeral of George II (1760), by Horace Walpole, Earl of OrfordDr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 136William Pitt and the Stamp Act (1766), by George BancroftThe quarrel of Squire Bull and his son (1775 to 1783), by James Kirke PauldingA maid of honor at the court of George III (1786), by Madame d'ArblayThe royal visit to Oxford (1786), by Madame d'ArblayEngland Part V: The Napoleonic wars: Historical noteThe battle of the Baltic (101), by Thomas CampbellTrafalgar (1805), by William C. BennettThe burial of Sir John Moore (1809), by Charles WolfeWellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, English painter 1847, painting p. 174Just before Waterloo (1815), by William Makepeace ThackerayWaterloo (1815), by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 186England Part VI: The last hundred years in England: Historical noteWhen Victoria became Queen (1837), by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of BeaconsfieldThe charge of the light brigade (1854), by Alfred, Lord TennysonBalaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 194Santa Filomena (1854-1856), by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowBenjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), by L. F. JenningsGladstone's fight for home rule (1893), from the Atlantic MonthlyThe latest English revolution (1911), from the OutlookThe coronation of George V (1911), by Sydney BrooksScotland Part I: Ballads and legends of Early Scotland: Historical noteLegends of St. Columba (563 ?), by Adamnan, ninth abbot of the Ionian MonasteryThe murder of King Duncan (1040), by William ShakespeareThe invasion of the Norsemen (1263), by Charles MackaySir Patrick Spens, an old balladScotland Part II: Two Scottish heroes: Historical noteThe capture of William Wallace (1305), by Jane PorterThe coronation of Robert Bruce (1306), by Grace AguilarBruce at Bannockburn (1314), by P. Hume BrownScots wha hae, by Robert BurnsScotland Part III: To the death of Mary: Historical noteThe bier-right (latter part of the fourteenth century), by Sir Walter ScottHow the Scots lived while James I was king (1422-1437), by P. Hume BrownOn the Field of Flodden (1513), by Sir Walter ScottEdinburgh after Flodden Field (1513), by William E. Aytoun''The goodman of Ballangiech'' (between 1513 and 1542), by Sir Walter ScottJohn Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wilkie, English artist 1785-1841, painting p. 334The flight of Mary, Queen of Scots, to England (1568), by Sir Walter ScottSacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, English artist 1803-1881, painting p. 336The fate of Mary, Queen of Scots (1587), by Sir Walter ScottScotland Part IV: A century of unrest: Historical noteWhy Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sara J. Lippincott)Gathering song of Donald the Black, by Sir Walter ScottThe execution of Montrose (1650), by William E. AytounThe burial march of Dundee (1689), by William E. AytounThe massacre of Glencoe (1692), by P. Hume BrownA rescue at the battle of Prestonpans (1745), by Sir Walter ScottThe order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 388How Flora MacDonald saved Prince Charlie (1745), by Charles Sanford TerryIreland Part I: The golden age of Erin: Historical noteOisin in Tir na n-Og, an Irish folk-storyThe chase of Slieve Cullinn, an old Irish legendThe story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston JoyceThe ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by Patrick Weston JoyceO'Rourke's tower and great cross, Clonmacnoise, photograph p. 434The book of Kells (seventh century), by Charles Johnston and Carita SpencerHow Brian Boru held the ford of Tribute (941), by E. S. BrooksIreland Part II: Six centuries of oppression: Historical noteThe house of the Geraldines, by Justin H. McCarthyThe Geraldines, by Thomas DavisThe vengeance of Cromwell (1649), by Oliver CromwellAfter the rebellion of 1641 (1653), by Mrs. E. M. FieldThe siege of Londonderry (1689), by Thomas Babington MacaulayThe battle of the Boyne (1690), by Thomas Babington MacaulayThe wearin' o' the Green (1798)Emmet's grave, by Justin F. McCarthyThe harp that once through Tara's halls, by Thomas MooreIreland Part III: Ireland and her people: Historical noteThe ''Grand Canal Hotel'', by Charles LeverAn Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald GriffinThe winning back of the land (1808-1903), by Charles Johnston and Carita SpencerAn Irish cottage, photograph p. 544The Irish people (twentieth century), by Katharine TynanWales Part I: Legends of Wales: Historical noteKing Arthur, by Bessie Raynor ParkesThe dream of Maxen Wledig, from the MabinogionBeth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Robert SpencerThe wearing of leek, an old song translated from the Welsh, by Henry DaviesWales Part II: Stories of the Welsh rebellions: Historical noteHow the Welsh kept the Christmas of 1115, by Sabine Baring-Gould''When the eighteen fell'' (1282), by Owen RhoscomylThe rebellion of Owen Glyndwr (1402-1415), by Owen RhoscomylThe march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; translated by John OxenfordHow a Welshman became king of England (1485), by Owen RhoscomylWales Part III: Scenes of Welsh life: Historical noteThe Eisteddfod, by Jeannette Marks

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