The Last Discovery
399
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
‘What I do remember, is my mother reading to me as I lay in my crib’
Frontispiece.
A feeble water-coloured drawing of the trio
Vignette.
‘That is poor Margaret who married your ancestor’
Page 154
Lady Margaret’s ghost
346
GRISLY GRISELL
OR THE LAIDLY LADY OF WHITBURN
A TALE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES
By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
An Explosion
1
II.
The Broken Match
12
III.
The Mirror
26
IV.
Parting
36
V.
Sister Avice
46
VI.
The Proctor
57
VII.
The Pilgrim of Salisbury
68
VIII.
Old Playfellows
80
IX.
The King-maker
87
X.
Cold Welcome
101
XI.
Bernard
112
XII.
Word from the Wars
127
XIII.
A Knot
137
XIV.
The Lonely Bride
150
XV.
Wakefield Bridge
159
XVI.
A New Master
169
XVII.
Strange Guests
177
XVIII.
Witchery
185
XIX.
A March Hare
195
XX.
A Blight on the White Rose
205
XXI.
The Wounded Knight
213
XXII.
The City of Bridges
222
XXIII.
The Cankered Oak Gall
231
XXIV.
Grisell’s Patience
244
XXV.
The Old Duchess
253
XXVI.
The Duke’s Death
260
XXVII.
Forget Me Not
268
XXVIII.
The Pageant
274
XXIX.
Duchess Margaret
285
XXX.
The Wedding Chimes
295
CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY
FROM ROLLO TO EDWARD II.
1873
By Charlotte Mary Yonge
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
CAMEOS
INTRODUCTION.
CAMEO I. ROLF GANGER. (900-932.)
CAMEO II. WILLIAM LONGSWORD AND RICHARD THE FEARLESS. (932-996.)
CAMEO III. YOUTH OF THE CONQUEROR. (1036-1066.)
CAMEO IV. EARL GODWIN. (1012-1052.)
CAMEO V. THE TWO HAROLDS. (1060-1066.)
CAMEO VI. THE NORMAN INVASION. (1066.)
CAMEO VII. THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS. (1066.)
CAMEO VIII. THE CAMP OF REFUGE. (1067-1072.)
CAMEO IX. THE LAST SAXON BISHOP. (1008-1095.)
CAMEO X. THE CONQUEROR. (1066-1087.)
CAMEO XI. THE CONQUEROR’S CHILDREN. (1050-1087.)
CAMEO XII. THE CROWN AND THE MITRE.
CAMEO XIII. THE FIRST CRUSADE. (1095-1100.)
CAMEO XIV. THE ETHELING FAMILY. (1010-1159.)
CAMEO XV. THE COUNTS OF ANJOU. (888-1142.)
CAMEO XVI. VISITORS OF HENRY I. (1120-1134.)
CAMEO XVII. THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARD. (1135-1138.)
CAMEO XVIII. THE SNOWS OF OXFORD. (1138-1154.)
CAMEO XIX. YOUTH OF BECKET. (1154-1162)
CAMEO XX. THE CONSTITUTIONS OF CLARENDON. (1163-1172.)
CAMEO XXI. DEATH OF BECKET. (1166-1172.)
CAMEO XXII. THE CONQUEST OF IRELAND. (1172)
CAMEO XXIII. THE REBELLIOUS EAGLETS. (1149-1189.)
CAMEO XXIV. THE THIRD CRUSADE. (1189-1193)
CAMEO XXV. ARTHUR OF BRITTANY. (1187-1206.)
CAMEO XXVI. THE INTERDICT. (1207-1214.)
CAMEO XXVII. MAGNA CHARTA. (1214-1217.)
CAMEO XXVIII. THE FIEF OF ROME. (1217-1254.)
CAMEO XXIX. THE LONGESPÉES IN THE EGYPTIAN CRUSADES. (1219-1254.)
CAMEO XXX. SIMON DE MONTFORT. (1232-1266.)
CAMEO XXXI. THE LAST OF THE CRUSADERS. (1267-1291.)
CAMEO XXXII. The CYMRY. (B.C. 66 A.D. 1269.)
CAMEO XXXIII. THE ENGLISH JUSTINIAN. (1272-1292.)
CAMEO XXXIV. THE HAMMER OF THE SCOTS. (1292-1305.)
CAMEO XXXV. THE EVIL TOLL. (1294-1305.)
CAMEO XXXVI. ROBERT THE BRUCE (1305-1308.)
CAMEO XXXVII. THE VICTIM OF BLACKLOW HILL.
CAMEO XXXVIII. BANNOCKBURN. (1307-1313.)
CAMEO XXXIX. THE KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE. (1292-1316.)
CAMEO XL. THE BARONS’ WARS. (1310-1327.)
CAMEO XLI. GOOD KING ROBERT’S TESTAMENT. (1314-1329.)
INDEX.
THE ARMOURER'S PRENTICES
By Charlotte M. Yonge
1889
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
THE VERDURER’S LODGE
1
CHAPTER II.
THE GRANGE OF SILKSTEDE
13
CHAPTER III.
KINSMEN AND STRANGERS
24
CHAPTER IV.
A HERO’S FALL
39
CHAPTER V.
THE DRAGON COURT
49
CHAPTER VI.
A SUNDAY IN THE CITY
63
CHAPTER VII.
YORK HOUSE
77
p. xiiCHAPTER VIII.
QUIPSOME HAL
89
CHAPTER IX.
ARMS SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL
102
CHAPTER X.
TWO VOCATIONS
112
CHAPTER XI.
AY DI ME GRENADA
130
CHAPTER XII.
A KING IN A QUAGMIRE
142
CHAPTER XIII.
A LONDON HOLIDAY
157
CHAPTER XIV.
THE KNIGHT OF THE BADGER
170
CHAPTER XV.
HEAVE HALF A BRICK AT HIM
184
CHAPTER XVI.
MAY EVE
194
CHAPTER XVII.
ILL MAY DAY
210
p. xiiiCHAPTER XVIII.
PARDON
229
CHAPTER XIX.
AT THE ANTELOPE
246
CHAPTER XX.
CLOTH OF GOLD ON THE SEAMY SIDE
264
CHAPTER XXI.
SWORD OR SMITHY
281
CHAPTER XXII.
AN INVASION
297
CHAPTER XXIII.
UNWELCOME PREFERMENT
315
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE SOLDIER
331
CHAPTER XXV.
OLD HAUNTS
343
p. xvLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
“See there, Master Alderman”
Front. Page 312
“Ha! Ha!” laughed Henry, “hast found him out, lads?”
153
“And see here, your Grace!”
224
YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY
OF
ROME.
By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
1.—Italy
2.—The Wanderings of Æneas
3.—The Founding of Rome. B.C. 753-713
4.—Numa and Tullus. B.C. 713-618.
5.—The Driving Out of the Tarquins. B.C. 578-309
6.—The War with Porsena
7.—The Roman Government
8.—Menenius Agrippa's Fable. B.C. 494
9.—Coriolanus and Cincinnatus. B.C. 458
10.—The Decemvirs. B.C. 450
11.—Camillus' Banishment
12.—The Sack of Rome. B.C. 390
13.—The Plebeian Consulate. B.C. 367
14.—The Devotion of Decius. B.C. 357
15.—The Samnite Wars
16.—The War with Pyrrhus. 280-271
17.—The First Punic War. 264-240
18.—Conquest of Cisalpine Gaul. 240-219
19.—The Second Punic War. 219
20.—The First Eastern War. 215-183
21.—The Conquest of Greece, Corinth, and Carthage. 179-145
22.—The Gracchi. 137-122
23.—The Wars of Marius. 106-98
24.—The Adventures of Marius. 93-84
25.—Sulla's Proscription. 88-71
26.—The Career of Pompeius. 70-63
27.—Pompeius and Cæsar. 61-48
28.—Julius Cæsar. 48-44
29.—The Second Triumvirate. 44-33
30.—Cæsar Augustus. B.C. 33-A.D. 14
31.—Tiberius and Caligula. A.D. 14-41
32.—Claudius and Nero. A.D. 41-68
33.—The Flavian Family. 62-96
34.—The Age of the Antonines. 96-194
35.—The Prætorian Influence. 197-284
36.—The Division of the Empire. 284-312
37.—Constantine the Great. 312-337
38.—Constantius. 337-364
39.—Valentinian and his Family. 364-392
40.—Theodosius the Great. 392-395
41.—Alaric the Goth. 395-410
42.—The Vandals. 403
43.—Attila the Hun. 435-457
44.—Theodoric the Ostrogoth. 457-561
45.—Belisarius. 533-563
46.—Pope Gregory the Great. 563-800
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
The Pope's Doortender. (Frontispiece.)
The Tiber
Curious Pottery
Jupiter
The Coast
Mount Etna
Carthage
Roman Soldier
Gladiatorial Shows at a Banquet
The Forum
Janus
Actors
Sybil's Cave
Brutus condemning his sons
Roman Ensigns, Standards, Trumpets etc.
Head of Jupiter
Female Costumes
Female Costumes
Senatorial Palace
View of a Roman Harbor
Roman Camp
Ploughing
Death of Virginia
Chariot Races
Arrow Machine
Siege Machine
Ruins of the Forum at Rome
Entry of the Forum Romanum by the Via Sacra
Costumes
Costume
Curtius leaping into the Gulf
The Apennines
Combat between a Mirmillo and a Samnite
Combat between a light armed Gladiator and a Samnite
Ancient Rome
Pyrrhus
Roman Orator
Roman Ship
Roman Order of Battle
The wounded Gaul
Hannibal's Vow
In the Pyrenees,
Meeting of Hannibal and Scipio at Zama
Archimedes
Hannibal
Corinth
Cornelia and her Sons
Roman Centurion
Marius
One of the Trophies, called of Marius, at the Capitol at Rome
The Catapult
Island on the Coast
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Cornelius Sulla
Coast of Tyre
Mountains of Armenia
Cicero
Colossal Statue of Pompeius of the Palazzo Spada of Rome
Pompeius
Amphitheatre
The Arena
Julius Cæsar
Cato
Funeral Solemnities in the Columbarium of the House of Julius Cæsar at
the Porta Capena in Rome
Marcus Antonius
Marcus Brutus
Alexandria
Caius Octavius
Statue of Augustus at the Vatican
Paintings in the House of Livia
Ruins of the Palaces of Tiberius
Agrippina
Rome in the time of Augustus Cæsar
Claudius
Nero
Arch of Titus
Vesuvius previous to the Eruption of A.D. 63
Persecution of the Christians
Coin of Nero
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
Marcus Aurelius
Septimus Severus
Antioch
Alexander Severus
Temple of the Sun at Palmyra
The Catacombs at Rome
Coin of Severus
Diocletian
Diocletian in Retirement
Constantine the Great
Constantinople
Council of Nicea
Catacombs
Julian
Arch of Constantine
Alexandria
Goths
Convent on the Hills
Julian Alps
Roman Hall of Justice
Colonnades of St. Peter at Rome
Alaric's Burial
Roman Clock
Spanish Coast
Vandals plundering
Pyramids and Sphynx, Egypt
Hunnish Camp
St. Mark's, Venice
The Pope's House
Romulus Augustus resigns the Crown
illustration
Naples
Constantinople
Pope Gregory the Great
The Pope's Pulpit
Battle of Tours
HISTORY OF FRANCE.
By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
THE EARLIER KINGS OF FRANCE 1
CHAPTER II.
THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR 25
CHAPTER III.
THE STRUGGLE WITH BURGUNDY 43
CHAPTER IV.
THE ITALIAN WARS 52
CHAPTER V.
THE WARS OF RELIGION 63
CHAPTER VI.
POWER OF THE CROWN 81
CHAPTER VII.
THE REVOLUTION 102
CHAPTER VIII.
FRANCE SINCE THE REVOLUTION 116
LITTLE LUCY'S WONDERFUL GLOBE
PICTURED BY L. FROLICH,
And Narrated By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
MOTHER BUNCH 1
CHAPTER II.
VISITORS FROM THE SOUTH SEAS. 14
CHAPTER III.
ITALY 36
CHAPTER IV.
GREENLAND 43
CHAPTER V.
TYROL 50
CHAPTER VI.
AFRICA 57
CHAPTER VII.
LAPLANDERS 63
CHAPTER VIII.
CHINA 70
CHAPTER IX.
[viii]KAMSCHATKA 79
CHAPTER X.
THE TURK 83
CHAPTER XI.
SWITZERLAND 96
CHAPTER XII.
THE COSSACK 102
CHAPTER XIII.
SPAIN 108
CHAPTER XIV.
GERMANY 114
CHAPTER XV.
PARIS IN THE SIEGE 120
CHAPTER XVI.
THE AMERICAN GUEST 126
CHAPTER XVII.
THE DREAM OF ALL NATIONS 137
[ix]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
"I'M LOOKING AT THE GREAT BIG GLOBE THAT UNCLE JOE SAID I MIGHT TOUCH," SAID LUCY
Front.
"DO PLEASE SIT DOWN, THERE'S A GOOD MOTHER BUNCH, AND TELL ME ALL ABOUT THEM?"
19
LUCY HAD A GREAT SNEEZING FIT, AND WHEN SHE LOOKED AGAIN INTO THE SMOKE, WHAT DID SHE SEE BUT TWO LITTLE BLACK FIGURES
23
"I AM SO GLAD TO SEE YOU: HUSH, DON! DON'T BARK SO"
26
"I CAN EAT MUCH BETTER WITHOUT," SAID LAVO
31
LAVO HAD CLIMBED UP THE SIDE OF THE DOOR, AND WAS SITTING ASTRIDE ON THE TOP OF IT
34
"AH! CECCO, CECCO!" CRIED THE LITTLE GIRL, PAUSING AS SHE BEAT HER TAMBOURINE
39
"IS THAT THE WAY YOU GET FISH?" SHE ASKED
46[x]
"HELP ME: I'M AFRAID," SAID LUCY
53
HARK! THERE'S A CRY, AND OUT JUMPS A LITTLE BLACK FIGURE, WITH A STOUT CLUB IN HIS HAND
59
AND HERE BESIDE HER WAS A LITTLE FELLOW WITH A BOW AND ARROWS SUCH AS SHE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE
65
"IS IT NOT GOOD?" SAID THE LITTLE HOSTESS
73
WHISKING OVER THE SNOW, WITH ALL HER MIGHT AND MAIN, MUFFLED UP IN CLOAKS AND FURS
78
"MARRIED! OH NO, YOU ARE JOKING"
87
"I WILL SHOW YOU WHERE YOU LIVE—THIS IS CONSTANTINOPLE"
93
"I CUT IT OUT WITH MY KNIFE; ALL MYSELF"
99
WHILE HE JERKED OUT HIS ARMS AND LEGS AS IF THEY WERE PULLED BY STRINGS
103
"SEE NOW," CRIED THE SPANIARD; "STAND THERE! AH! HAVE YOU NO CASTANETS?"
111
[xi]"WHAT ARE YOU ABOUT, LITTLE BOY?"
115
"AH! MADEMOISELLE, GOOD MORNING; ARE YOU COME HERE TO TAKE SHELTER FROM THE SHELLS?"
122
"WHAT CAN THAT BE, COMING AT THIS TIME OF DAY?"
127
"GOOD MORNING, WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?"
130
OH! SUCH A DIN
136
AUNT CHARLOTTE'Sstories of GREEK HISTORY
By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
chap.
page
I.
Olympus
11
II.
Light and Dark
18
III.
The Peopling of Greece
26
IV.
The Hero Perseus
35
V.
The Labours of Hercules
42
VI.
The Argonauts
51
VII.
The Success of the Argonauts
59
VIII.
The Choice of Paris
68
IX.
The Siege of Troy
76
X.
The Wanderings of Ulysses
84
XI.
The Doom of the Atrides
94
XII.
After the Heroic Age
102
XIII.
Lycurgus and the Laws of Sparta. b.c. 884–668
110
XIV.
Solon and the Laws of Athens. b.c. 594–546
118
XV.
Pisistratus and his Sons. b.c. 558–499
126
XVI.
The Battle of Marathon. b.c. 490
134
XVII.
The Expedition of Xerxes. b.c. 480
142
XVIII.
The Battle of Platæa. b.c. 479–460
151
XIX.
The Age of Pericles. b.c. 464–429
159
p. 6XX.
The Expedition to Sicily. b.c. 415–413
167
XXI.
The Shore of the Goat’s River. b.c. 406–402
174
XXII.
The Retreat of the Ten Thousand. b.c. 402–399
181
XXIII.
The Death of Socrates. b.c. 399
189
XXIV.
The Supremacy of Sparta. b.c. 396
196
XXV.
The Two Theban Friends. b.c. 387–362
203
XXVI.
Philip of Macedon. b.c. 364
210
XXVII.
The Youth of Alexander. b.c. 356–334
217
XXVIII.
The Expedition to Persia. b.c. 334
224
XXIX.
Alexander’s Eastern Conquests. b.c. 331–328
231
XXX.
The End of Alexander. b.c. 328
238
XXXI.
The Last Struggles of Athens. b.c. 334–311
245
XXXII.
The Four New Kingdoms. b.c. 311–287
252
XXXIII.
Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. b.c. 287
258
XXXIV.
Aratus and the Achaian League. b.c. 267
265
XXXV.
Agis and the Revival of Sparta. b.c. 244–236
272
XXXVI.
Cleomenes and the Fall of Sparta. b.c. 236–222
279
XXXVII.
Philopœmen, the Last of the Greeks. b.c. 236–184
286
XXXVIII.
The Fall of Greece. b.c. 189–146
293
XXXIX.
The Gospel in Greece. b.c. 146–a.d. 60
300
XL.
Under the Roman Empire
308
XLI.
The Frank Conquest. 1201–1446
315
XLII.
The Turkish Conquest. 1453–1670
322
XLIII.
The Venetian Conquest and Loss. 1684–1796
328
XLIV.
The War of Independence. 1815
334
XLV.
The Kingdom of Greece. 1822–1875
340
p. 7 Decorative chapter header
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
page
Mount Olympus
11
Head of Jupiter
14
Supposed Temple of Jupiter Panhellenius in Ægina
19
Head of Pallas
21
Triptolemus
23
Mars and Victory
25
Mount Parnassus
27
The World according to the Greeks
30
Perseus and Andromeda
38
Cyclopean Wall
41
Scene in the Arachnæan Mountains near Argos
44
Building the Argo
53
Corinth
62
Plains of Troy
69
Greek Ships
73
Achilles binding his Armour on Patroclus
78
Sepulchral Mound, known as the Tomb of Ajax
80
Laocöon
82
Funeral Feast
83
Ulysses tied to the Mast
89
p. 8Port of Ithaca
91
Plain of Sparta, with Mount Taygetus
97
Greek Interior
106
Greek Robe
107
Male Costume
108
Gate of Mycenæ
119
Shores of the Persian Gulf
129
View in the Vicinity of Athens
141
Pass of Thermopylæ
145
Salamis
148
Persian Soldier
152
Tombs at Platæa
153
The Acropolis, Athens
162
Propylæa, Athens
163
The Academic Grove, Athens
168
Athens
180
Babylon
182
Greek Armour
188
Socrates
190
Plato
193
View on the Eurotas in Laconia
202
Thessalonica
209
Demosthenes
212
Diana of Ephesus
218
Alexander
222
Bacchanals
223
Alexander the Great
225
Second Temple of Diana at Ephesus
227
Princes of Persia
234
Supposed Walls of Babylon
242
p. 9Site of Susa, ancient Metropolis of Persia
244
Gate of Hadrian in Athens
247
Macedonian Soldier
255
Delphi and the Castalian Fount
262
Corinth
267
View looking across Isthmus of Corinth
269
Ruins of a Temple at Corinth
271
Temple of Neptune
285
Crowning the Victor in the Isthmian Games
290
Livadia, the ancient Mideia in Argolis
292
Sappho
295
Lessina, the ancient Eleusis, on the Gulf of Corinth
297
View from Corinth
301
Parthenon and Erectheum
304
Distant View of Parnassus
307
Plains of Philippi
309
Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople
313
An Amphitheatre
314
Promontory of Actium
318
Mount Helicon
321
Cathedral of St. Sophia
323
Temple of Minerva, on the Promontory of Sunium
330
Ancyra, Galatia
332
The Acropolis, Restored
337
The Isles of Greece
344
Plain of Marathon
346
SOWING AND SEWING
A Sexagesima Story
By Charlotte M. Yonge
CONTENTS
Book spine
CHAPTER I.
THE SERMON PAGE
1
CHAPTER II.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL 13
CHAPTER III.
THE WORKING PARTY 28
CHAPTER IV.
TEACHER AMY 49
CHAPTER V.
[viii]THE TROUSSEAU 64
CHAPTER VI.
STITCH, STITCH, STITCH 79
CHAPTER VII.
WANDERING EYES 101
CHAPTER VIII.
AMY'S VISITS 115
CHAPTER IX.
AWKWARD MEETINGS 127
CHAPTER X.
THE RECKONING 150
CHAPTER XI.
WHICH SHALL PROSPER? 159