IV. AT COLEBROOK DALE, AND ON A JOURNEY TO WALES.

V. THE LAST YEAR AT HOME.

VI. MARRIAGE, AND SETTLEMENT IN LONDON.

VII. FAMILY CARES AND TRIALS.

VIII. WORK AT PLASHET.

IX. FIRST SIGHT OF NEWGATE PRISON.

X. PRISON WORK.

XI. OTHER BENEFICENT WORKS.

XII. VISITS TO THE CONTINENT.

XIII. IN LONDON AND IN PARIS

XIV. LAST YEARS.

SELINA, COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON

I. EARLY YEARS.

II. HER CONVERSION.

III. HELP IN THE WORK OF WESLEY AXD WHITEFIELD.

IV. FAMILY BEREAVEMENTS.

V. WHITEFIELD AS LADY HUNTINGDON'S CHAPLAIN.

VI. LADY HUNTINGDON'S CHAPELS.

VII. THE COLLEGE AT TREVECCA AND CHESHUNT.

VIII. THE CALVINISTIC CONTROVERSY.

IX. SPA FIELDS CHAPEL.

X. CLOSING YEARS.

RACHEL, LADY RUSSEL. I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

II. RECEIVING "LIFE."

III. LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY.

IV. TRIED IN THE FURNACE OF PAIN.

V. COMING FORTH AS GOLD.

VI. THE MINISTRY OF SONG

VII. "SEEING THE KING."

VIII. "UNDER THE SURFACE."

HANNAH MORE. I. EARLY II

II. IN "VANITY FAIR."

III. CHARACTERISTICS, FRIENDSHIPS, AND EARLY LITERARY WORK.

IV. COWSLIP GREEN.

V. BARLEY WOOD, CLOSING YEAES AND DEATH.

SUSANNA WESLEY. I. PARENTAGE AND EDUCATION.

II. THEOLOGICAL STUDIES.

III. MARRIAGE.

IV. EPWORTH.

V. THE SCHOOL IN THE HOME.

VI. THE CHURCH IN THE HOME.

VII. STRUGGLES WITH POVERTY.

VIII. A NEW DEPARTURE.

IX. RELATION TO HER SONS.

X WIDOWHOOD.

XI. THE FOUNDRY AT MOORFIELDS.

XII. LAST DAYS AND DEATH.

XIII. CONCLUSION.

MRS. HEMANS.

I. EARLY DAYS.

II. FIRST POEMS.

III. MARRIAGE. (2)

IV. WORK AND FRIENDS.

V. THE HOME IN WALES.

VI. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.

VII. REMOVAL FROM WALES.

VIII. WAVEETEEE.

IX. HOME IN THE LAKE COUNTRY.

X. ASPIRATIONS DURING FAILING HEALIH.

XI. "THE BETTER LAND" REACHED.

XII. ABIDING WORDS.

MADAME GUYON I. HER BIRTH AND BRINGING-UP.

II. MARRIED LIFE.

III. LIGHT BREAKS IN.

IV. AFFLICTIONS AND GLOOM.

V. HER PUBLIC WORK.

VI. IN PRISON.

VII. LAST YEARS.

VIII. HER TEACHING.

ANN JUDSON. CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS.

CHAPTER II. THE ROAD TO RANGOON.

CHAPTER III. PREPARATION TIME.

CHAPTER IV. A HEAVY AFFLICTION.

CHAPTER V. SOWING TIME.

CHAPTER VI. INQUIRERS AND CONVERTS.

CHAPTER VII. PRISONERS OF WAR.

CHAPTER VIII. "THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION."

MARY LOUISA WHATELY.

II. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIAN LIFE AND SERVICE.

III. FIRST EFFORTS IN CAIRO.

IV. MISSION WORK IN CAIRO AND ON THE NILE.

V. PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS.

VI. THE MEDICAL MISSION.

VII. LITERARY EFFORTS.

VIII. RESULTS.

IX. TWILIGHT.

AGNES JONES[1]

CHAPTER II. AT WORK IN THE VINEYARD.

CHAPTER III. FOREIGN TRAINING.

CHAPTER IV. IN LONDON SLUMS.

CHAPTER V. HOSPITAL WARDS.

CHAPTER VI. AMONGST THE PAUPERS.

ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF GORDON. I. EARLY DAYS.

II. MARCHIONESS OF HUNTLY.

III. DUCHESS OF GORDON.

IV. GOOD WORKS AT GORDON CASTLE.

V. THE HEAVY BLOW.

VI. WIDOWHOOD AT HUNTLY LODGE.

VII. ANXIETIES AND REST.

VIII. GOOD WORKS ABROAD.

IX. QUICKENED SPIRITUAL LIFE.

X. THE END IS PEACE.

Title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 17

Author: Charles Francis Horne

Language: English

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Keith M. Eckrich, Tom Allen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

VOL. XVII

THE GREAT EVENTS BY FAMOUS HISTORIANS

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians.

Non-sectarian, non-partisan and non-sectional.

On the plan evolved from a consensus of opinions gathered from the most distinguished scholars of America and Europe, including brief introductions by specialists to connect and explain the celebrated narratives, arranged chronologically, with thorough indices, bibliographies, chronologies, and courses of reading.

Editor-in-Chief: Rossiter Johnson, LL.D.

Associate Editors: Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. and John Rudd, LL.D.

With a staff of specialists

CONTENTS of VOLUME XVII

AN OUTLINE NARRATIVE OF THE GREAT EVENTS, Charles F. Horne

(1844) THE INVENTION OF THE TELEGRAPH, Alonzo B. Cornell

(1846) REPEAL OF THE ENGLISH CORN LAWS, Justin McCarthy

(1846) THE DISCOVERY OF NEPTUNE, Sir Oliver Lodge

(1846) THE ACQUISITION OF CALIFORNIA, Henry B. Dawson

(1847) THE FALL OF ABD-EL-KADER, Edgar Sanderson

(1847) THE MEXICAN WAR, John Bonner

(1847) FAMINE IN IRELAND, Sir Charles Gavan Duffy

(1848) MIGRATIONS OF THE MORMONS, Thomas L. Kane

(1848) THE REFORMS OF PIUS IX; HIS FLIGHT FROM ROME, Francis Bowen

(1848) THE REVOLUTION OF FEBRUARY IN FRANCE, FranÇois P.G. Guizot and Mme. Guizot de Witt

(1848) REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN GERMAN, C. Edmund Maurice

(1848) THE REVOLT IN HUNGARY, Arminius Vembery

(1848) THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA, John S. Hittell

(1849) THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC, Jessie White Mario

(1849) LIVINGSTONE'S AFRICAN DISCOVERIES, David Livingstone and Thomas Hughes

(1851) THE COUP D'ETAT OF LOUIS NAPOLEON, Alexis de Tocqueville

(1851) THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN AUSTRALIA, Edward Jenks

(1854) THE RISE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, Abraham Lincoln

(1854) THE OPENING OF JAPAN, Matthew C. Perry

(1855) THE CAPTURE OF SEBASTOPOL, Sir Edward B. Hamley and Sir Evelyn Wood

(1857) THE INDIAN MUTINY, J. Talboys Wheeler

(1859) THE BATTLES OF MAGENTA and SOLFERINO, Pietro Orsi

(1859) DARWIN PUBLISHES HIS ORIGIN OF SPECIES, Charles Robert Darwin

(1860) THE KINGDOM OF ITALY ESTABLISHED, Giuseppe Garibaldi and John
       Webb Probyn

(1861) THE EMANCIPATION OF RUSSIAN SERFS, Andrew D. White and Nikolai
       Turgenieff

(1844-1861) UNIVERSAL CHRONOLOGY, Daniel Edwin Wheeler