| Departure of English and French from Genoa in 1390 to Chastise the |
| Barbary Corsairs. (From the Froissart MS. in the British Museum) | Frontispiece | |
| The Crown of England being Offered to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, at |
| Baynard's Castle, in 1483. (By Sigismund Goetze) | To face p. | 50 |
| Caxton Showing the First Specimen of his Printing to King Edward IV., |
| at the Almonry, Westminster. (By Daniel Maclise, R.A.) | " | 64 |
| The Grand Assault upon the Town of Africa by the English and French. |
| (From the Froissart MS. in the British Museum) | " | 72 |
| Froissart Presenting his Book of Love Poems to Richard II., in 1395.—The |
| Landing of the Lady de Coucy at Boulogne. (From the Froissart MS. in |
| the British Museum) | " | 74 |
| Cardinal Wolsey Going in Procession to Westminster Hall. (By Sir John |
| Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S.) | " | 118 |
| Cardinal Wolsey at Leicester Abbey. (By Sir John Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S.) | " | 154 |
| Sweethearts and Wives. (Moss-troopers Returning from a Foray.) |
| (By S. E. Waller) | " | 190 |
| Lady Jane Grey's Reluctance to Accept the Crown of England. |
| (By C. R. Leslie, R.A.) | " | 222 |
| Cranmer at Traitors' Gate. (By F. Goodall, R.A.) | " | 226 |
| Queen Elizabeth. (By F. Zucchero) | " | 246 |
| The Preaching of John Knox before the Lords of the Congregation, |
| 10th June, 1559. (By Sir David Wilkie, R.A.) | " | 256 |
| The Invincible Armada. (By Albert Goodwin, R.W.S.) | " | 312 |
| "The Surrender": An Incident of the Spanish Armada. (By Seymour |
| Lucas, R.A.) | " | 322 |
| A Story of the Spanish Main. (By Seymour Lucas, R.A.) | " | 338 |
| William Shakespeare. (From the Painting known as the Chandos Portrait, and |
| attributed to Richard Burbage, in the National Portrait Gallery) | " | 374 |
| Map of the World at the End of the Sixteenth Century, showing the |
| Discoveries of British and other Explorers | " | 394 |
| The Departure of the "Mayflower." (By A. W. Bayes) | " | 474 |
| Illuminated Page, with Bordering. (From the Froissart MS. in the British Museum) | " | 512 |
| Visit of Charles I. to the Guildhall. (By Solomon J. Solomon, R.A.) | " | 582 |
| Strafford Going to Execution. (By Paul Delaroche) | " | 604 |
