The Second Book of History, including the Modern History of Europe, Africa, and Asia

Abstract

ch48-France continued. Conde. Cardinal Henry. Character of Louis. Damiens. Marriage of the Duke de Berri to Marie Antoinette. Suppression of the Jesuits. Louis XVI. Early portion of his reign. M. Necker. Americanagents in Paris. Reflections on the prevalent spirit in France. Treaty between France and the United States of America. French Cabinet

ch12-England continued. Henry VI. Joan of Arc. Her great success. The French king crowned at Rheims. Captivity of Joan of Arc. Her death. Contest of York and Lancaster. Duke of York. Warwick. Margaret. Edward IV

ch40-Great Britain concluded. Reign of George III. Lord Chatham. George IV. William IV

ch31-Ireland. Geographical sketch. Giants' Causeway. Dublin. Reflections. Cork. Saint Patrick. Dermod Macmorogh. English invasion. Its consequences

ch93-General View

ch7-England continued. Henry I. Shipwreck and death of Prince William. Henry II and the Monks. Thomas a Becket. His violent death

ch53-Spain continued. Ancient history. Goths. Moors. Defeat of the Saracens. Don Alonzo. Kingdom of Navarre. Don Garcia Ximenes. Almanzor. Union of Castile, Leon, and Oviedo. Conquests of the Christians. Charles of Navarre

ch91-Asia continued. Conquest of Mecca. Mahomet purges the Caaba. Battle. Destruction of the idols. Tabuc. Year of Embassies. Extension of his conquests. Last public acts of Mahomet. His death. His sepulchre. Person. Reflections

ch79-Middle Ages. Northern nations. Christianity. Ordeals. Charlemagne. The Saracens. The Feudal System. Lords and people. Effects of the system. Crusades. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Peter the Hermit. Urban II. The pope. Expedition to Palestine. Siege of Jerusalem. Other crusades. Saint Louis. Chivalry. Ceremonies of knighthood. Fall of chivalry. Its influence

ch73-Russian continued. Catharine I. Her successors. Elizabeth. Peter III. His wife dethrones him, and is proclaimed empress by the title of Catharine II. Her reign and character. Paul Petrowitz. Alexander I. His career. Death. Nicholas I. His character. Conduct towards Poland. Reflections

ch10-England. Death of Edward I. Favorites of Edward II. Conquests of Edward III. Battle of Cressy. Anecdote of the prince of Wales. King John a prisoner. Order of the Garter. Chivalrous character ofthe reign of Edward III. Language

ch11-England continued. Richard II. Wat Tyler's insurrection. Valiant conduct of the king. Conspiracy. Richard deposed. Henry IV. Hotspur. Prince of Wales. Anecdote. Henry V. Disorders in France. Battle of Agincourt. Treaty of peace

ch74-Lapland. Geographical sketch. Inhabitants. Norway. Resources of the inhabitants. Climate. Peasantry. Language. History. Government. Annexed to Sweden

ch25-Scotland continued. James IV. His character. Splendor of his court. Invasion of England. Battle of Flodden hill. Regency. Custody of the prince. His escape. Character. Death

ch61-Greece. Geographical sketch. Antiquities. Athens. Reflections. Modern Greeks. Their character. Ionian isles. Territories of Ancient Greece. Independent states. Confederacy. Division of the Greek empire

ch20-Scotland continued. Early history. Scots and Picts. Policy of Edward I. William of Scotland. Bruce and Baliol. Sir William Wallace

ch33-Great Britain. Oliver Cromwell. Prince Charles marches to England. His adventures. Cromwell dissolves the parliament. Barebone's parliament. Death of Cromwell. General Monk. Charles II

ch28-Scotland continued. James VI. His favorites. Plot. Death of Mary. Gowrie Conspiracy. Death of Elizabeth. Accession of James to the throne of England

ch45-France continued. Francis I. Catharine de Medici. Bayard. Captivity of Francis. War with Charles V. Pillage of Rome. Henry II. Persecution of the protestants. Francis II. Charles IX. Civil wars. Massacre of Saint Bartholomew. Henry III. War with the protestants. Death of Catharine de Medici

ch68-Germany continued. Ferdinand III. Treaty of Westphalia. Leopold I. War with Spain. The crown of Spain relinquished. Charles VI. Prince Eugene. Maria Theresa. Joseph II. Germany during the French revolution. Francis II. Battle of Austerlitz. Confederacy of the Rhine. Germanic confederation. Holy Alliance

ch84-Asia continued. Asiatic Turkey. Productions. Inhabitants. Architecture. Government. Smyrna. Diarbekir. Other towns. Jerusalem. Caucasian countries. Siberia. Inhabitants. Animals. Towns. The Samoides. Independent Tartary

ch19-Scotland. Geographical sketch. Highlanders. Climate. Edinburgh. Palace of Holyrood. Glasgow. Orkney and Shetland islands

ch41-France. Geographical sketch. Language. Paris. Rivers. Principal cities

ch9-Wales. Geographical sketch. The old bards. Lewellyn. Murder of the Bards. Wales united to England

ch27-Scotland continued. Insurrection. Rizzio. Death of Darnley. Bothwell. Captivity of the queen. Escape. Battle. Mary flies to England. Her imprisonment. Death of Knox

ch58-Italy. Geographical sketch. Lombardy and Venice. Tuscany. Sardinia. States of the church. Kingdom of the two Sicilies. Reflections. Splendid buildings. Florence. Naples. Venice. Other cities. Productions. Language

ch16-England continued. Lady Jane Gray and Lord Dudley. Their execution. Philip and Mary. Sanguinary persecutions. Commerce of England. Manner of building. Succession of Elizabeth. Mary Stuart. Murder of Rizzio. Fortunes of Mary. Her imprisonment

ch3-England continued. Caesar's invasion. Roman conquest. Caractacus. Attack on Mona. Boadicea. Roman wall. Expulsion of the Romans

ch13-England continued. Queen Margaret and the robbers. Marriage of Edward IV. Death of Warwick. Murder of prince Edwards and king Henry. Richard III. Union of York and Lancaster

ch39-Great Britain continued. War with France. War in the East. Siege of Calcutta. Taking of Quebec. Death of Wolfe. Remarks on the Reign of George II

ch21-Scotland continued. Robert Bruce. Edward's invasion. Government. Entails. Earl of Murray. Edward Baliol. David II. First of the Stuarts

ch78-Netherlands and Belgium. Divisions. Face of the country. Belgic provinces. Commerce. Amsterdam. Other cities. Character of the inhabitants. Early history. Administration of the Duke of Alva. Prince of Orange. Independence. Commerce. Belgium. Oppressions of the French

ch1-England. Geographical sketch. Autumn. London. Westminster abbey. Principal cities. Education. Navy

ch89-Asia and Oceanica. Thibet. Productions. Religion. Chinese Tartary. Empire of Japan. Character of the inhabitants. Jeddo. Commerce of the Japanese. Efforts of English merchants to establish a trade. Oceanica. New Holland. Polynesia. Climate

ch50-France continued. Execution of the king. Marie Antoinette. Divisions of the Convention. Fall of Robespierre. Coalition against France. Napoleon Buonaparte. Invasion of Egypt. Second Coalition. Buonaparte proclaimed emperor

ch57-Portugal. Geographical sketch. Lisbon. Character and Religion. Early history. Alphonso. John I. John II. Discovery of the Cape of Good Hope. Golden age of Portuguese monarchy. Royal family flies to Brazil. Death of John IV. Pedro resigns in favor of his daughter. Don Miguel

ch61-Turkey. Geographical sketch. Religion and Government. Character of the people. Constantinople. Origin of the Turks. Empire in Asia Minor. Othman. Byrsa. Foundation of their European empire. Bajazet I. Battle of Angora

ch49-France continued. Treaties. Political embarrassments. Insurrections. National Guard. Attack on Versailles. Jacobin Club. Attack on the Tuileries. Robespierre. Judgment of death on Louis

ch81-Africa continued. LowerGuinea. Cimbebas. Cape Town. The Caffres. Abyssinia. Egypt. Antiquities. Chief towns. Islands

ch6-England continued. Harold. William of Normandy invades and conquers England. Death of Harold. Reign of William. His domestic troubles. Anecdotes of William Rufus. The crusades. Fashions. Death of the king

ch90-Asia continued. Religion of Mahomet. His birth. Early life. Marriage. Origin of his religion. His reception. His promises and menaces.Tribe of Koreish. Medina. Abu Sophyan. Flight of Mahomet. Tradition. Arrives at Medina. First military exploit. Defeat. Abu Sophyan appears before Medina. He is obliged to retire. Pilgrimage to Mecca. Chaibar. Mahomet poisoned

ch44-France continued. Charles the Wise. Charles VI. His adventure in the forest. Insanity. Battle of Agincourt. Maid of Orleans. Charles VII. Louis XI. Revolt of Liege. Murder of Charles of Burgundy. Charles VIII. Louis XII. His death

ch69-Prussia. Geographical sketch. Government. Berlin. Other towns. Character of the people. Ancient history. Teutonic knights. Modern Prussia. Sigismund. Thirty Years' War. Frederic William

ch54-Spain continued. Combination against Henry IV of Castile. Civil war. Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella. Court of the Inquisition. Conquest of Grenada. Christopher Columbus. Regency of Cardinal Ximenes. Charles. Death of Maximilian. Charles V elected emperor of Germany

ch87-Chin India. Geographical sketch. Birman Empire. Religion. Cochin China. Tributary districts. Productions. Inhabitants. Government. Annam. Early History. The brother Tayson. Siam. Bankok. Character of the people. Malacca. Character of the Malays. Former power. Manners and customs. Religion

ch8-Richard Coeur de Lion. John. His quarrel with the Pope. Magna Charta. Henry III. Civil war. Edward and Eleanor

ch71-Polance. Geographical sketch. Ancient Principalities. John Sobieski. His exploits. Frederic Augustus. Stanislaus. Poniatowski. Dismemberment. Revolution of 1798. Kosciusko. Death of Stanislaud. Poland annexed to the Russian empire. Recent struggle of Poland. Reflections

ch62-Turkey concluded. Amurat II. Mahomet II. Siege of Constantinople. Taking of the city, and death of Constantine, the last of the Greek emperors. Satin Sophia. Bajazet II. Solyman the Magnificent. Revolts of the Janizaries. Mahomet III. Great Plague. Othman II. Mahomet IV. Decline of Turkish power. Present state

ch76-Sweden continued. Charles XII. His early conquests. Defeat at Oultowa. Flight to Turkey. Siege of Frederickshalle. Death of Charles. Ulrica. Adolphus Frederic. Gustavus III. Gustavus IV. Charles XIII. Bernadotte

ch82-Africa continued. Ancient Africa. Egypt. Early history. Roman government. Rebellion. Saladin. His sucessor. The Mamelukes. Ibrahim. Siege of Damascus. Mohammed Bey. Acre. Expedition of Buonaparte. Carthage. State of Africa

ch25-Scotland continued. Mary. Her education. Claim to the throne of England. Leaves France. Early part of her reign. John Knox. Marriage of the queen

ch14-England continued. Henry VII. Perkin Warbeck. His adventures and fate. Discovery of the Western World. General progress of Human Affairs. Henry VIII. Cardinal Wolsey. Field of the Cloth of Gold. Martin Luther. Anne Boleyn. Fate of Wolsey

ch80-Africa. Geographical sketch. Barbary States. Algiers. Tunis. Inhabitants. Desert of Africa. Caravans. Animals. Bornou. The Felatahs. Timbuctoo. Other nations. Climate. Sierra Leone. Liberia. Guinea

ch66-Austrian Dominions. Geographical sketch. Hungary. Vienna. Buda. Inhabitants. Germany. Russian Provinces. Wurtemberg. Hanover. Saxony. Baden. Education. Confederation. German character

ch24-Scotland continued. James II. His murder of Douglas. Overtures to the nobles. James III. Story of Cochrane. League against the king. His death

ch15-England continued. Suppression of monasteries. Fate of Anne Boleyn. Religious persecutions. Character of Edward VI. Reformation. Death of Somerset. Death of the king

ch37-Great Britain continued. War with Spain. Commodore Anson. New Spain. Continental affairs

ch60-Italy continued. State of anarchy. Ecclesiastical dominion. Grefory VII. The pontiff. Genoa. Henry VII of Germany. The Guelphs and Ghibellines. Faction. League of the Italian cities. The Holy See returned to Rome. Family of the Medici. Cosmo and his sons. Modern history

ch51-France concluded. Career of Buonaparte. His divorce from Josephine. Expedition into Russia. Burning of Moscow. Fifth Coalition. Buonaparte's Abdication. His return from exile. Battle of Waterloo. Residence of the ex-emperor at Saint Helena, and his death. Louis XVIII. Charles X. Revolution

ch92-Asia continued. Abubeker. Omar. Amron. Burning of the Alexandrian Library. Othman. Other successors of Mahomet. Schism among the Mussulmen. Almansor. Haroun al Raschid. Races of the caliphs. Disunion of the states. India. Genghis Khan. Aurengzbe. His successor. Nadir Shab. Persian Empire. Tamerlane. Kerim Khan

ch5-England continued. Alfred the Great. Anecdote of Neatherd's wife. Visit to the Danish Camp. Reign of Alfred. His character. Edward the Elder. His violent death. His successor. Anecdote of Canute

ch46-France continued. Louis XIV. Cardinal Mazarine. Colbert. Turenne. Court of Louis XIV. His character. Madame de Maintenon. Anecdote. Misfortunes. Death of the king. Louis XV. Regency of Orleans. Visit of the Czar Peter to Russia

ch2-England continued. Early inhabitants. Their armies. Religion. The Druids. Their rites. Superstitions. Stonehenge

ch88-China. Geographical sketch. Internal communication. Productions. Character and dress of the Chinese. Despotic government. Architecture. Exisiting religion. Marriage. Pekin. Canton. Nankin. Chinese Wall. Obscurity of the ancient history of China

ch29-Great Britain. Union of the crowns. Gunpowder Plot. Conduct of the king. His person and character. Remarks on the progress of society at this period

ch22-Scotland continued. Robert II. Douglas and Percy. Murder of the Duke of Rothsay. Coronation of James

ch70-Prussia continued. Frederic I. Frederic William I. His character and habits. Frederic the Great. Seven Years' War. Severe discipline of Frederic. Anecdote. His powers. His successor. Frederic William III. Russian Campaign. Waterloo. Recent efforts of the Prussian monarch

ch36-Great Britain continued. George I. Whig ministry. Rebellion in Scotland. The Pretender, George II

ch65-Switzerland. Geographical sketch. Scenery. Glaciers. Mountains. Lake of Geneva. Berne. Other towns. Character of the people. Early history. William Tell. Independence. Confederacy. Invasion by France. Their constitution restored

ch67-Germany. Original inhabitants. Western empire. Louis III. Conrad. Henry I and his successors. Henry IV. Contest between the Empire and the Papal See. Rodolphus of Hapsburg. Alber I. Revolt of the Swiss Cantons. Frederic IV. Charles V. His career and abdication. Ferdinand and his successors. Matthias. Ferdinand II

ch23-Scotland continued. Court of James. Conspiracy. A Prophecy. Death of James. Execution of the traitors. Regency. Murder of the Douglases

ch42-France continued. Hugh Capet. Robert. Philip I. Louis VIII. Albigenses. Louis IX. Crusade to Palestine. Philip III. Knights Templar. Charles IV. Philip VI. Crecy. John. Poictiers. Captivity and death of John

ch77-Denmark. Geographical sketch. Inhabitants. Language. Government. Copenhagen. Enemies. Waldemar I. Queen Margaret. Her successors. Frederic III. Christian VII. Fortunes of his queen. Frederic VI

ch56-Spain concluded. Release of Francis. Charles invades France. Resigns his power and dominion to his son. Philip II. The Invincible Armada. Revolt of the Low Countries. Philip III. Banishment of the Moors. Philip IV. Charles II. Crown of Spain falls to the house of Bourbon. Ferdinand VI. Charles III. Charles IV. FerdinandVII

ch86-Hindoostan. Geographical sketch. Mountains. Climate. Vegetable and animal productions. Minerals. Inhabitants. Castes. Government. Chief cities. Early History. Invasion by Mahomet. European visitors

ch72-Russia. Geographical sketch. Saint Petersburg. Moscow. Inhabitants. Religion.Peasantry. The Finns. The Cossacks. Early history. Peter the Great. His character. War against the Turks. Young nobility. Travels of Peter. His marriage. Catharine. Chief events of his reign. Death

ch64-Greece continued. The Saracents. Greek fire. Justinian II. Constantine V. Empress Irene. Her fall and death. Constantinople taken by the crusaders. Recovered by the Greeks. Alexius Commenus. Constantinople taken by the Turks. Despotism. Barbarity. Grecian emancipation. Preparations for this purpose. Rebellion. Destruction of Scio. Independent government. Present state

ch38-Great Britain continued. Charles Edward. Battle of Culloden. Adventures of the prince. Death

ch52-Spain. Geographical sketch. Mountains. Rivers. Religion. Clergy. Government. Nobility. Language. Character. Madrid. Toledo. Other towns. Gibraltar. Islands

ch34-Great Britain continued. Manners of Charles II. His marriage. The Cabal. Conspiracy. Tyranny. Judge Jeffries. Plague of London. James II. William and Mary

ch17-England continued. Death of Mary Stuart. Spanish invasion. The Invincible Armada. Preparations of the queen for defence. Meeting of the two fleets. Storm and dispersion of the Armada

ch4-England continued. The Saxons. Other northern tribes. Prince Arthur. Saxon Heptarchy. Egbert. British children at Rome. Mission of forty monks to England

ch18-England continued. Earl of Essex. Courtiers of Elizabeth. Conspiracy of Essex. His death. Character of Elizabeth. Nobility. Sir Walter Raleigh. Crowns of England and Scotland united

ch30-Great Britain continued. Charles I. His visit to Spain. Taxations and disturbances. Death of Buckingham. John Hampden. Scottish covenant. Death of Strafford. Civil war. Oliver Cromwell. Execution of Charles

ch35-Great Britain continued. James in Ireland. His death. Reign of William. Anne. Duke of Marlborough. Gibraltar. Whig ministry displaced. Fall of Marlborough. Tory dissensions. Death of Anne

ch59-Italy continued. Roman State. Government. Emperors. Augustan age. Constantine. Character of the Romans. Decline. Odoacer. Kingdom of the Heruli. Theodoric the Great. Justinian. Narses. Albonius. The Lombards. Separation of the Greek and Roman churches. Growth of the absolute power of the Pope

ch32-Ireland continued. Its condition during the administration of successive English kings. Rebellion

ch55-Spain continued. Charles's visit to England. His coronation. Constellation of royal talent. Reformation. Martin Luther. His imprisonment. War with Francis I. His captivity. Visit from Charles. Anecdote

ch85-Persia. Valley of Shiraz. The simoom. Productions. Inhabitants. Ispahan. Teheran. Antiquities. Persepolis. Amusements. Ancient monarchy. Nadir Shab. Present state. Afganistan. Cashmere. Beloochistan

ch83-Asia. Geographical sketch. Arabia. Its divisions. Reflections. Tribes of Arabs. Their character and pursuits. The camel Their religion. Mecca. Medina

ch75-Sweden. Inhabitants. Stockholm. Swedish monarchy. Christian II. Gustavus Vasa. Gustavus Adolphus. Christina