pope of Rome. This of course rendered him hateful to his subjects, who gloried in being a Protestant people.

Charles the Second and his Queen..

5. He had not been on the throne more than three years, when, as he had forfeited his right to the crown by his popish propensities, some of the greatest men in England determined to get rid of him. They invited William, prince of Orange, to come over from Holland to their assistance, and they promised to make him king.

6. This prince, himself, had no direct title to the crown, but he had married Mary, the daughter of James the Second. No sooner had he landed in England, than all the courtiers left King James, and hurried to pay obeisance to the Prince of Orange, and he and his wife were crowned in 1689, as King William and Queen Mary. James made his escape into France, and some of his adherents afterwards endeavoured to set him on the throne again, but without success.

7. This change of government of which I have been speaking is generally called the glorious Revolution of 1688. Some constitutional regulations were now adopted,

in order to restrain the royal power; and all the other descendants of James, except the Princess Anne, a Protestant, were excluded from the throne.

8. King William was a great general, and carried on a war against France with success. He was very fond of hunting, and this amusement hastened his death; for he was thrown from his horse, in the year 1702, and died in about a month. His queen had died some years before him.

Gentleman of the time of William the Third.

9. Anne, another daughter of the banished James, now ascended the throne, and the reign of this queen was a glorious one for England. The renowned Duke of Marlborough gained many splendid victories over the French; but the chief glory of the age proceeded from the great writers who lived in her time.

10. Queen Anne reigned twelve years, and died in 1714, at the age of forty-nine. She was the last sovereign of England who belonged to the family of the Stuarts, which, as you remember, began to reign in England in 1603.

QUESTIONS. 1. What of Charles the Second during his banishment? 2. What of the plague? The fire of London? -3. When did Charles the Second die? Who succeeded him?- -4. What did James wish to do?-5. What did some of the great men do? Whom did they invite from Holland ?- 6. What title had William to the throne? When was he crowned ?

What of

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King James?- -7. What of the Revolution of 1688 ? did William die ?9. What of Anne? Her reign? the Duke of Marlborough? What was the chief glory of Anne's -10. When did Anne die ? When did the Stuarts begin

reign ?to reign?

CHAPTER CXLV. EUROPE continued.-The House of Hanover.

Officer and Serjeant of the time of George the First.

1. KING JAMES died in France, in the year 1701. He left a son, whom Louis the Fourteenth caused to be proclaimed King of England; but the people of England were determined not to have a Roman Catholic king, and

called him the Pretender. The nearest Protestant heir to the throne was the Elector of Hanover, a German prince, whose mother was, a grand-daughter of James the First. He was now about fifty-five years old.

2. He was accordingly proclaimed King of England, by the title of George the First, and with him began the dynasty of the House of Hanover. He could not speak a word of English, and knew nothing about the kingdom which he was to govern, and he spent much of his time in his native country, for he dearly loved Hanover. He died in 1727, and was succeeded by his son, George the Second, who was likewise a native of Germany.

3. During part of George the Second's reign, England was at war with Spain and France. The king commanded his army in person, and the English were victorious in the battle of Dettingen, but they lost the battle of Fontenoy.

Costumes in the time of George the Second.

4. In 1745, the grandson of James the Second, assisted by the King of France, attempted to regain the crown of England. He landed in Scotland, and marched into England with a small army of Highlanders, but he was at last defeated, and forced to fly; and many of his adherents were beheaded or hanged.

5. In 1755, another war broke out with France, and some of the principal battles were fought in America. The city of Quebec and the Canadas were conquered by the English during this war. Shortly after this event, George the Second died, at the age of seventy-seven.

Costumes in the time of George the Third.

6. His grandson, George the Third, began to reign in 1760, when he was about twenty-one years old. The events of his long reign were far too numerous and important for me to attempt any account of them; they must be studied in the history of our country, and the young reader cannot do better than go to the Rev. Mr. GLEIG'S Family History of England, for this purpose. George the Third died at Windsor Castle in 1820, in the eighty-second year of his age.

7. The son of George the Third was, in 1811, declared Prince Regent in consequence of his father's affliction, and on his father's death, in 1820, he was crowned as King George the Fourth.

8. During his regency, England combatted the power of Buonaparte, and in 1815 that famous conqueror was finally overthrown. The other events of his reign are so recent, that they scarcely yet belong to history. He died