This History Reader was
ever published in the United Kingdom for the school children. It consist of a
consecutive outline of English History till the end of the 19th Century, interspersed with picturesque narratives of the great events, from the
Earliest Time to the Victoria Era. The Bilingual edition is specially prepared
for the Chinese children as to improve their language skills meanwhile help
them to accumilate more knowledge about the history of the United Kingdom.
目錄:
01 THE EARLY BRITONS 早期不列颠人
02 HOW THE EARLY BRITONS LIVED 早期不列颠人的生活
03 CUSTOMS OF THE DRUIDS 德鲁伊宗教的流风习俗
04 THE ROMAN TIMES 罗马时代
05 CAESAR’S SECOND INVASION 恺撒的第二次入侵
06 DEFEAT OF CARACTACUS 卡拉克塔库斯战败
07 CARACTACUS AT ROME 卡拉克塔库斯在罗马
08 DEFEAT AND DEATH OF BOADICEA 波阿迪西亚之变
09 BOADICEA 波阿迪西亚
10 AGRICOLA 阿格里科拉
11 FROM THE ENGLISH SETTLEMENT TO EGBERT从英国人定居到埃格伯特称王
12 HENGIST AND HORSA亨吉斯特与霍萨
13 KING ARTHUR亚瑟王
14 THE PASSING OF ARTHUR亚瑟之路
15 THE ENGLISH BECOME CHRISTIAN 英格兰人始信基督教
16 EDWIN OF DEIRA 德伊勒的埃德温国王
17 THE RISE OF WESSEX 韦塞克斯崛起
18 FROM EGBERT TO AETHELSTAN 从埃格伯特到埃塞斯坦
19 KING ALFRED’S WANDERINGS 阿尔弗雷德流亡掠影
20 KING ALFRED AND THE DANES 阿尔弗雷德与丹麦敌寇
21 FROM THELSTAN TO THE NORMAN CONQUEST 从埃塞斯坦到诺曼征服
22 DUNSTAN, ABBOT OF GLASTONBURY 格拉斯顿堡修道院院长邓斯坦
23 HOW A DANE BECAME KING 丹麦人何以称王英格兰
24 STORIES OF KING CANUTE 卡努特国王轶事
25 THE NORMAN TRIUMPH AT HASTINGS 诺曼人的黑斯廷斯大捷
26 THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS 黑斯廷斯之战
27 OLD ENGLISH SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT 早期英国社会与政府
28 OLD ENGLISH LIFE AND CUSTOMS 早期英国生活与习俗
THE NORMAN LINE
诺曼王朝
29 WILLIAM I. —THE CONQUEROR 征服者威廉一世
30 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 征服者威廉
31 HEREWARD THE ENGLISHMAN 赫里沃德
32 SIEGE OF THE CAMP OF REFUGE 围攻避难营
33 THE BURIAL OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR 征服者威廉之葬礼
34 WILLIAM II. —RUFUS 威廉二世——鲁弗斯王
35 THE CRUSADERS’ WAR-SONG 十字军战歌
36 A FATAL ARROW 夺命之箭
37 HENRY I. —BEAUCLERC 亨利一世——博克莱尔王
38 THE WHITE SHIP白 船
39 THE CHILDREN OF HENRY THE FIRST 亨利的孩子
40 STEPHEN 斯蒂文
41 THE BATTLE OF THE STANDARD 军旗之战
42 THE FEUDAL SYSTEM 封建制度
43 NORMAN LIFE AND CUSTOMS 诺曼时代的生活与风俗
44 CURFEW SONG OF ENGLAND 英格兰晚钟之歌
PART II ENGLAND, 1154 to 1603 A. D.
公元1154~1603 年的英格兰
THE PLANTAGENETS—HOUSE OF ANJOU
金雀花王朝——安茹王朝
45 HENRY II. —CURTMANTLE亨利二世——卡特曼特尔王
46 STRONGBOW’S INVASION OF IRELAND斯特朗博入侵爱尔兰
47 RICHARD I. —COEUR DE LION, OR THE LION-HEART 理查德一世——狮心王
48 THE ADVENTURES OF THE LION-HEART 狮心王的大冒险
49 RICHARD COEUR DE LION A CAPTIVE 被俘虏的狮心王
50 JOHN—LACKLAND 约翰——无地王
51 MAGNA CARTA 大宪章
52 KING JOHN 约翰王
53 HENRY III. —WINCHESTER 亨利三世——温彻斯特王
54 SIR SIMON THE RIGHTEOUS 义人西蒙
55 EDWARD I. —LONGSHANKS 爱德华一世——长腿王
56 WALES AND SCOTLAND 威尔士与苏格兰
57 THE DYING BARD’S PROPHECY 诗人的临死预言
58 EDWARD II. —CAERNARVON 爱德华二世——卡那封王
59 DEATH OF DE BOUNE 德波恩之死
60 EDWARD III. —WINDSOR 爱德华三世——温莎王
61 THE BLACK PRINCE 黑王子
62 RICHARD II. —BORDEAUX 理查德二世——波尔多王
63 THE RIOT AND DEATH OF WAT TYLER 沃特·泰勒之变
64 THE DEATH OF TYLER 泰勒之死
65 BOLINGBROKE AND RICHARD 博林布鲁克与理查德
66 SOCIAL CONDITION—HOUSE OF ANJOU 安茹王朝的社会状况
THE PLANTAGENETS—H
內容試閱:
THE EARLY BRITONS
早期不列颠人
1. Two thousand years ago,
the country in which we live was almost covered with dense forests, where roamed
wolves, bears, wild boars, and white-maned bulls. The Britons who lived in it then
were the forefathers of the Welsh. But they were a wild and almost savage race.
The country was very little known to other nations.a
2. In those days there were
no large towns, nor pretty villages, nor well-built houses; no churches, nor
school-houses. Here and there, where the forest had been cleared, there were a
few poor huts, made of rods tied into the shape of a bee-hive or a sugarloaf,
and covered with mud and turf. Perhaps a trench or ditch was cut around the
huts, to keep off the wild beasts.
3. The Early Britons did not
till the soil. They sowed no corn or other seeds. They lived on roots and
fruits, and on the flesh of animals kill in hunting. In winter, they wore skins
to keep themselves warm; but in summer they went almost naked; and they painted
strange figures on their bodies, to make them look terrible to their enemies.
4. Those who lived near the
south coast were not so savage. They traded in tin and in pearls with people
who came across the English Channel. From their visitors they learned to till
the soil, to grow corn, and to rear cattle. They had also learned to wear gay
clothing, and chains of silver and of gold.
5. The Britons were fond of
war. They fought with bows and arrows, with spears and clubs. They fought on
foot and on horseback, and in chariots armed with scythes, which they drove
wildly among their foes.
6. In religion they were
pagans. They worshipped the sun and the moon and the serpent; and they looked
on the oak, with the mistletoe growing on it, as a sacred tree. Their priests
were called Druidsa. They had long beards, and
they wore white robes. They made laws, they taught the young, they healed the
sick, and they off ered sacrifi ces to their gods. Sometimes these sacrifi ces
consisted of men, —criminals and prisoners taken in war, —who were burned in
large cages of wicker-work.