Long Parliament--Death of Strafford and Laud--Oliver Cromwell--Death
of Charles I.--Long Parliament Dispersed--Charles II.

CHAPTER X

Act of Habeas Corpus--Death of Charles II.--Milton--Bunyan--James II.
--William and Mary--Battle of Boyne

CHAPTER XI.

Anne--Marlborough--Battle of Blenheim--House of Hanover--George I.--
George II.--Walpole--British Dominion in India--Battle of Quebec--John
Wesley

CHAPTER XII.

George III.--Stamp Act--Tax on Tea--American Independence Acknowledged
--Impeachment of Hastings--War of 1812--First English Railway--George
IV.--William IV.--Reform Bill--Emancipation of the Slaves

CHAPTER XIII.

Victoria--Famine in Ireland--War with Russia--Sepoy Rebellion--Massacre
at Cawnpore

CHAPTER XIV.

Atlantic Cable--Daguerre's Discovery--First World's Fair--Death of
Albert--Suez Canal--Victoria Empress of India--Disestablishment of
Irish Branch of Church of England--Present Conditions