OUR NATIVE LAND,

OR

SCENES AND SKETCHES

FROM BRITISH HISTORY,

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

"SCRIPTURAL INSTRUCTION FOR THE LEAST AND THE LOWEST," "LESSONS ON THE METALS OF THE BIBLE," &c.

VOLUME I.

SEELEY, JACKSON, AND HALLIDAY, FLEET STREET; AND B. SEELEY, HANOVER STREET;

LONDON: MDCCCLV.

226. c. 82.

BODI

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.

CHAP.

1. OUR NATIVE LAND

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11. NINETEEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO

III. THE FIRST CONQUEST

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SAXON KINGS

IX. A SCENE IN ROME, AND ITS CONSE-

X. LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE

XI. THE BEST AND GREATEST OF THE

XII. THE LOVE OF POWER, AND WHAT IT

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XVI. INGRATITUDE AND DISOBEDIENCE

XVII. THE LION-HEARTED KING...

XVIII. A CRUEL KING, AND A WEAK ONE

XIX. THE WARRIOR KING

XX. AN AMBITIOUS CAREER, AND ITS END

XXI. THE DAWN OF THE REFORMATION
XXII. AN ILLGOTTEN CROWN

XXIII. THE WARS OF THE ROSES ...

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