Preface

Invasion of Caesar: The Discovery of Tin and Subsequent Enlightenment of Britain

The Various Roman Yokes: Their Growth, Degeneration, and Final Elimination

The Advent of the Angles: Causes Which Led to the Rehabilitation of Britain on New Lines

The Influx of the Danes: Facts Showing Conclusively Their Influence on the Britain of Today

The Troublous Middle Ages: Demonstrating a Short Reign for Those Who Travel at a Royal Gait

The Danish Oligarchy: Disaffections Attending Chronic Usurpation Proclivities

Other Disagreeable Claimants: Foreign Foibles Introduced, Only to be Expunged with Characteristic Pugnacity

The Norman Conquest: Complex Commingling of Facetious Accord and Implaccable Discord

The Feudal System: Successful Inauguration of Homogeneal Methods for Restricting Incompatable Demagogues

The Age of Chivalry: Light Dissertation on the Knights-Errant, Maids, Fools, Prelates, and Other Notorious Characters of that Period

Conquest of Ireland: Uncomfortable Effects Following the Cultivation of an Acquisitorial Propensity

Magna Charta Introduced: Slight Difficulties Encountered in Overcoming an Unpopular and Unreasonable Prejudice

Further Disagreements Recorded: Illustrating the Amiability of the Jew and the Perversity of the Scot

Irritability of the French: Interminable Dissension, Assisted by the Plague, Continues Reducing the Population

More Sanguinary Triumphs: Onward March of Civilization Graphically Delineated with the Historian's Usual Completeness

Unpleasant Caprices of Royalty: Introduction of Printing as a Subsidiary Aid in the Progress of Emancipation

Biography of Richard III: Being an Allegorical Panegyric of the Incontrovertible Machinations of an Egotistical Usurper

Disorder Still the Popular Fad: General Admixture of Pretenders, Religion, Politics, and Disgruntled Monarchs