THE LIBRARY

OF

Historic Characters

AND

Famous Events

OF ALL NATIONS AND

ALL AGES

A. R. SPOFFORD, Librarian of Congress, Emeritus
FRANK WEITENKAMPF, Astor Library, New York
and PROFESSOR J. P. LAMBERTON

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

ILLUSTRATED with Photograv-
ures from Paintings by Great Artists
and from Authentic Portraits

Volume IX

BOSTON

J. B. MILLET CO.

1909

459.09

HARYAND COLEGEL

APR 29 1911

CAMBRIDGE, MASS

Put. J. R. Hart,

ibambridge

COPYRIGHT, 1900
Br J. B. MILLET

VESPASIAN: The Empire passes from Vitellius to Vespasian

TITUS: The Destruction of Jerusalem

Speech of Titus to the Romans before Jerusalem.

SENECA: Seneca in Exile

TRAJAN: Trajan's Encounters with the Christians

HADRIAN: The Imperial Tourist.

ST. AMBROSE: St. Ambrose rebukes Theodosius

ST. AUGUSTINE: The Monk Pelagius

5-8

13-16

21

25-27

31-35

41-46

51-56

61-65

FREDERIC BARBAROSSA: Barbarossa, the Mediaval Cæsar
EMPEROR FREDERIC II.: The Unbelieving Crusader.

70-73

80-84

JAMES I.: The Gunpowder Plot

87-92

WILLIAM III.: William of Orange made King of England

99-103

MARLBOROUGH: The Battle of Blenheim

110-115

QUEEN ANNE: The Union of England and Scotland.

SIR ROBERT WALPOLE: Walpole, the Peace Minister

CHARLES V.: Spanish Rule in Germany

DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA: The Naval Battle of Lepanto.

QUEEN CHRISTINA: The Abdication of Christina .

MARIA THERESA: Count Kaunitz, the Diplomatist.

JOSEPH II.: The Germanic League

GEORGE III.: George, Be a king.

202-206

WILLIAM PITT: England Refuses to Negotiate with France (1800)
EDMUND BURKE: American Love of Freedom

QUEEN LOUISA OF PRUSSIA: Queen Louisa and Napoleon.

TALLEYRAND: The Parting of the Ways

GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT: The Capture of Mexico

ZACHARY TAYLOR: Buena Vista.

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS: American Policy in Foreign Affairs (1851).

CHARLES SUMNER: Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia

SALMON P. CHASE: The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson .

ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS:.

Slavery the Corner-stone of the Confederacy. Liberty and Union

NAPOLEON III.: The Coup d'État

VICTOR HUGO: The Exile of St. Helena

One Year after the Coup d'Etat. Mourning

VICTOR EMMANUEL: The Italian Campaign of 1859

EMPEROR WILLIAM I.: The Head of the New German Empire

MARSHAL VON MOLTKE: The Battle of Sedan .

VASCO DA GAMA: The Cape of Good Hope

FERDINAND DE LESSEPS: The Suez Canal

GENERAL C. G. GORDON :

Gordon's Entry into Khartoum.

For the Grave of Gordon