World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales


This is the tenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part X covers the second part of the history of England, from the Stuart Kings till the early 1900s. Also included are excerpts from the history of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Irish and Welsh legends and Scottish ballads. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The murder of King Duncan: First Witch: Sandra Schmit / Second Witch: Devorah Allen / Third Witch: Monika M.C. / Macbeth: alanmapstone / Banquo: Tomas Peter / Ross: Nemo / Angus: Todd HW / Duncan: Jim Locke / Malcolm: SaraHale / Lady Macbeth: Eva Davis / Messenger: Adrian Stephens / Chief Justice: April6090 / Narrator: Sonia (17 hr 9 min)

Chapters

001 - Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Sc… 2:37
002 - England Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical note 2:21
003 - King James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter Sco… 27:32
004 - The gunpowder plot (1605), by David Hume 7:50
005 - A charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 28:04
006 - Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth Praed 6:00
007 - The battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobl… 6:08
008 - Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-18… 2:44
009 - England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical note 2:31
010 - The trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob Abbott 22:25
011 - Cromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p… 0:50
012 - A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel Butler 2:24
013 - How Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume Gu… 9:41
014 - Praise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of Clarendon 9:02
015 - Cromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p… 1:55
016 - England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historica… 2:31
017 - In the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel Defoe 12:28
018 - The fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles Dickens 11:02
019 - The song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen Hawker 2:36
020 - James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Ed… 1:47
021 - A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace Thackeray 19:07
022 - The government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace Thackeray 24:56
023 - Sunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph Addison 5:40
024 - England Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical note 1:52
025 - The vicar of Bray, by Author unknown 4:22
026 - The ''Bubbles'' of the reign of King George I (1720), by Charles Mackay 9:44
027 - When George II became king, by William Makepeace Thackeray 2:50
028 - The funeral of George II (1760), by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford 4:52
029 - Dr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English … 2:40
030 - William Pitt and the Stamp Act (1766), by George Bancroft 9:03
031 - The quarrel of Squire Bull and his son (1775 to 1783), by James Kirke Pau… 7:32
032 - A maid of honor at the court of George III (1786), by Madame d'Arblay 10:32
033 - The royal visit to Oxford (1786), by Madame d'Arblay 16:13
034 - England Part V: The Napoleonic wars: Historical note 2:06
035 - The battle of the Baltic (101), by Thomas Campbell 3:57
036 - Trafalgar (1805), by William C. Bennett 5:11
037 - The burial of Sir John Moore (1809), by Charles Wolfe 2:55
038 - Wellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, Englis… 1:58
039 - Just before Waterloo (1815), by William Makepeace Thackeray 18:34
040 - Waterloo (1815), by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen 5:29
041 - ''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English arti… 1:31
042 - England Part VI: The last hundred years in England: Historical note 2:47
043 - When Victoria became Queen (1837), by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsf… 6:53
044 - The charge of the light brigade (1854), by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2:21
045 - Balaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, pain… 1:45
046 - Santa Filomena (1854-1856), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3:58
047 - Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), by L. F. Jennings 14:40
048 - Gladstone's fight for home rule (1893), from the Atlantic Monthly 9:21
049 - The latest English revolution (1911), from the Outlook 3:56
050 - The coronation of George V (1911), by Sydney Brooks 19:57
051 - Scotland Part I: Ballads and legends of Early Scotland: Historical note 2:03
052 - Legends of St. Columba (563 ?), by Adamnan, ninth abbot of the Ionian Mon… 11:59
053 - The murder of King Duncan (1040), by William Shakespeare 37:27
054 - The invasion of the Norsemen (1263), by Charles Mackay 12:07
055 - Sir Patrick Spens, an old ballad 4:43
056 - Scotland Part II: Two Scottish heroes: Historical note 2:05
057 - The capture of William Wallace (1305), by Jane Porter 11:17
058 - The coronation of Robert Bruce (1306), by Grace Aguilar 25:21
059 - Bruce at Bannockburn (1314), by P. Hume Brown 9:44
060 - Scots wha hae, by Robert Burns 2:07
061 - Scotland Part III: To the death of Mary: Historical note 2:06
062 - The bier-right (latter part of the fourteenth century), by Sir Walter Sco… 12:29
063 - How the Scots lived while James I was king (1422-1437), by P. Hume Brown 10:38
064 - On the Field of Flodden (1513), by Sir Walter Scott 6:27
065 - Edinburgh after Flodden Field (1513), by William E. Aytoun 7:06
066 - ''The goodman of Ballangiech'' (between 1513 and 1542), by Sir Walter Sco… 9:09
067 - John Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wi… 1:56
068 - The flight of Mary, Queen of Scots, to England (1568), by Sir Walter Scott 27:35
069 - Sacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, Engli… 2:02
070 - The fate of Mary, Queen of Scots (1587), by Sir Walter Scott 15:41
071 - Scotland Part IV: A century of unrest: Historical note 2:58
072 - Why Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sar… 12:04
073 - Gathering song of Donald the Black, by Sir Walter Scott 3:13
074 - The execution of Montrose (1650), by William E. Aytoun 2:42
075 - The burial march of Dundee (1689), by William E. Aytoun 4:48
076 - The massacre of Glencoe (1692), by P. Hume Brown 4:50
077 - A rescue at the battle of Prestonpans (1745), by Sir Walter Scott 11:29
078 - The order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1… 1:46
079 - How Flora MacDonald saved Prince Charlie (1745), by Charles Sanford Terry 17:21
080 - Ireland Part I: The golden age of Erin: Historical note 3:24
081 - Oisin in Tir na n-Og, an Irish folk-story 25:03
082 - The chase of Slieve Cullinn, an old Irish legend 14:41
083 - The story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston Joyce 15:52
084 - The ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by… 8:24
085 - O'Rourke's tower and great cross, Clonmacnoise, photograph p. 434 1:59
086 - The book of Kells (seventh century), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spenc… 3:53
087 - How Brian Boru held the ford of Tribute (941), by E. S. Brooks 27:38
088 - Ireland Part II: Six centuries of oppression: Historical note 2:27
089 - The house of the Geraldines, by Justin H. McCarthy 7:24
090 - The Geraldines, by Thomas Davis 5:15
091 - The vengeance of Cromwell (1649), by Oliver Cromwell 2:54
092 - After the rebellion of 1641 (1653), by Mrs. E. M. Field 25:59
093 - The siege of Londonderry (1689), by Thomas Babington Macaulay 23:12
094 - The battle of the Boyne (1690), by Thomas Babington Macaulay 16:09
095 - The wearin' o' the Green (1798) 3:05
096 - Emmet's grave, by Justin F. McCarthy 2:23
097 - The harp that once through Tara's halls, by Thomas Moore 1:21
098 - Ireland Part III: Ireland and her people: Historical note 2:42
099 - The ''Grand Canal Hotel'', by Charles Lever 23:19
100 - An Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald Griffin 16:23
101 - The winning back of the land (1808-1903), by Charles Johnston and Carita … 16:28
102 - An Irish cottage, photograph p. 544 1:59
103 - The Irish people (twentieth century), by Katharine Tynan 9:49
104 - Wales Part I: Legends of Wales: Historical note 1:20
105 - King Arthur, by Bessie Raynor Parkes 2:28
106 - The dream of Maxen Wledig, from the Mabinogion 14:27
107 - Beth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Rober… 6:52
108 - The wearing of leek, an old song translated from the Welsh, by Henry Davi… 3:09
109 - Wales Part II: Stories of the Welsh rebellions: Historical note 1:54
110 - How the Welsh kept the Christmas of 1115, by Sabine Baring-Gould 13:46
111 - ''When the eighteen fell'' (1282), by Owen Rhoscomyl 9:41
112 - The rebellion of Owen Glyndwr (1402-1415), by Owen Rhoscomyl 6:33
113 - The march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; trans… 3:37
114 - How a Welshman became king of England (1485), by Owen Rhoscomyl 12:59
115 - Wales Part III: Scenes of Welsh life: Historical note 1:56
116 - The Eisteddfod, by Jeannette Marks 24:02