.
Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities."
Campbell's "Ye Mariners of England."
Wolfe's "Burial of Sir John More."
The Junius Letters.
Macaulay's "Warren Hastings."
Wilkes' "North Briton, No. 45."
Thackeray's "Four Georges."

XIV

THE VICTORIAN AGE (A)

Papers,--

1. Victoria, The Woman and the Queen.

Personality, husband, children, homes.

2. Victoria's Prime Ministers and their Policies.

Palmerston, Gladstone, Disraeli.
The Period of Reform.
Free Trade.

3. Victorian Wars.

Opium War in China.
Afghanistan.
Crimea.
Sepoy Mutiny.
Khartoum and Chinese Gordon.
Boer War.

4. The British Empire.

Australia.
New Zealand (Democracy).
South Africa.
Canada.

Suggested Readings,--

Victoria's "Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands."
Disraeli's "Lothair" and "Coningsby."
Morley's "Life of Gladstone."
Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade."
Kipling's "Barrack Room Ballads."

XV

THE VICTORIAN AGE (B)

Papers,--

1. The Growth of Democracy.

2. Industry and Invention.

3. Science.

Tyndall, Huxley, Darwin, Spencer.

4. Literature.

Poets, Novelists, Essayists, Historians, Dramatists.

5. Art.

Painting, Sculpture, Architecture.
Decorative Art (William Morris).

Suggested Readings,--

Lecky's "Democracy."
Huxley's "Lay Sermons."
Darwin's "Origin of Species."
Add Selections from the Victorian poets and novelists.

XVI

THE ENGLAND OF TO-DAY

Papers,--

1. Edward VII and George V.

As men, monarchs; their Queens.

2. Lloyd-George and Asquith.

Welsh Disestablishment.
Education Bill.
The Ulster Question.

3. Woman Suffrage in England.

Both Points of View.
English laws regarding women.

4. The European War of 1914.

Modern war weapons and devices.

5. Novelists, poets and playwrights of to-day in England. (See English
literature.)

General References.

Encyclopaedia Britannica and its year books, and bibliographies.

For literature, Halleck's "English literature" (American Book
Co.).

For History, "A Short History of England," by E. P. Cheyney (Ginn
& Co.).

For books not in your town library, write the State Librarian at
your State Capital.

CHAPTER XXIV

A MODEL CONSTITUTION

The following outline of a Constitution is given, to be followed by
clubs according to their need.

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE I