JOHN LINGARD 246

_Louis IX Leads the Last Crusade (A.D. 1270)_,
JOSEPH FRANÇOIS MICHAUD 275

_Height of the Mongol Power in China (A.D. 1271)_,
MARCO POLO 287

_Founding of the House of Hapsburg (A.D. 1273)_,
WILLIAM COXE 298

_Edward I Conquers Wales (A.D. 1277)_,
CHARLES H. PEARSON 316

_Japanese Repel the Tartars (A.D. 1281)_,
EDWARD H. PARKER
MARCO POLO 327

_The Sicilian Vespers (A.D. 1282)_,
MICHELE AMARI 340

_Expulsion of Jews from England (A.D. 1290)_,
HENRY HART MILMAN 356

_Exploits and Death of William Wallace, the "Hero of
Scotland" (A.D. 1297-1305)_,
SIR WALTER SCOTT 369

_First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church
(A.D. 1300)_,