180

51. The Terror of the Plague (II) 183

52. The Terror of Fire (I) 187

53. " " " (II) 192

54. Rogues and Vagabonds 197

55. Under George the Second (I) 201

56. Under George the Second (II) 206

57. Under George the Second (III) 210

58. Under George the Second (IV) 214

59. Under George the Second (V) 218

60. The Government of the City (I) 222

61. The Government of the City (II) 226

62. The Government of the City (III) 228

63. London 230

Notes 235

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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1. The New Houses of Parliament: designed by Barry, opened 1852 _Frontispiece_

2. Early British Pottery 9

3. Roman London 15

4. Remains of a Viking Ship, from a Cairn at Gokstad 22

5. Martyrdom of St. Edmund by the Danes 31

6. Saxon Horsemen 33

7. Saxon Church at Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts 36

8. City Gates 39

9. Remains of the Wall 40

10. Part of the Roman Wall at Leicester 41

11. Tower in the Earlier Style. Church at Earl's Barton 44

12. A Norman Ship 46

13. Building a Church in the later Style 47

14. Lay Costumes in the Twelfth Century 50

15. Costume of Shepherds in the Twelfth Century 51

16. Ecclesiastical Costume in the Twelfth Century 52

17. Royal Arms of England from Richard I. to Edward III. 54

18.