. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. time the title has been conferred upon the eldest son of theruling sovereign of England. While the King was making ready to conquer Scotland, a c
. The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. time the title has been conferred upon the eldest son of theruling sovereign of England. While the King was making ready to conquer Scotland, a curious opportu-nity offered for asserting his authority. Two claimants for the Scottish thronfepresented themselves in the persons of John Baliol and Robert Bruce, the latter Ia forebear of the famous king and general of the same name. Both were ofNorman descent, and agreed to leave the settlement of their dispute to Edward,who accepted the office of umpire on condition that whoever he selected shouldfirst acknowledge the overlordship of England. This was agreed to, and Edwardnamed Baliol; but hardly had the latter been crowned, when he renounced hisallegiance and allied himself to France. Edward pushed his campaign so in-flexibly against the Scots that they were compelled to yield. Baliol surren-dered the crown in 1296, and Edward seized Scotland as a forfeit fief. Hereceived the homage of the Scottish parliament and placed Englishmen in all. England—Conquest of Scotland loii the leading offices. At the Abbey of Scone, near Perth, the English seizedthe piece of rock on which the Scotch kings were always placed at their coro-nation. According to legend, this stone had been the pillow of Jacob at Bethel,and wherever the talisman was, there the Scots should reign. Edward placedthe stone, inclosed in a throne, in Westminster Abbey, where both sovereign since then—including Edward VII. in 1902—has beencrowned upon them. Scotland would not stay subdued, and Willia
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