lasses of
readers which former authors have had in view. It is for this reason,
and with this view, that the present series of historical narratives
is presented to the public. The author, having had some opportunity to
become acquainted with the position, the ideas, and the intellectual
wants of those whom he addresses, presents the result of his labors to
them, with the hope that it may be found successful in accomplishing
its design.

CONTENTS.

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I. HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH 13

II. THE EXPEDITION INTO SPAIN 34

III. ACCESSION TO THE THRONE 58

IV. BUCKINGHAM 81

V. THE KING AND HIS PREROGATIVE 107

VI. ARCHBISHOP LAUD 131

VII. THE EARL OF STRAFFORD 155

VIII. DOWNFALL OF STRAFFORD AND LAUD 177

IX. CIVIL WAR 203

X. THE CAPTIVITY 234

XI. TRIAL AND DEATH 261

ENGRAVINGS.

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PORTRAIT OF HAMPDEN _Frontispiece_.

ILLUMINATED TITLE

TOWER OF LONDON 1

CHARLES I. AND ARMOR BEARER 10

QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA 11

WINDSOR CASTLE 22

THE ESCURIAL 55

ST. STEPHEN'S 76

LAMBETH PALACE 133

WESTMINSTER HALL 187

STRAFFORD AND LAUD 199

THE KING'S ADHERENTS ENTERING YORK 221

THE LANDING OF THE QUEEN 228

NEWARK 236

CARISBROOKE CASTLE 254

RUINS OF CARISBROOKE CASTLE 265

[Illustration: CHARLES I. AND ARMOR BEARER]

[Illustration: QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA]