AGNES STRICKLAND'S
QUEENS OF ENGLAND,
Vol. II. of III, Abridged
By Rosalie Kaufman
Fully Illustrated
Boston: Estes & Lauriat
1882
Original
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. MARY, FIRST QUEEN-REGNANT OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
CHAPTER III. ELIZABETH, SECOND QUEEN-REGNANT OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND.
CHAPTER VI. HENRIETTA MARIA, QUEEN-CONSORT OF CHARLES I., KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
CHAPTER VII. CATHARINE OF BRAGANZA, QUEEN OF CHARLES II., KING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
CHAPTER IX. MARY BEATRICE OF MODENA, QUEEN-CONSORT OF JAMES II.
CHAPTER X. MARY II., QUEEN-REGENT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
CHAPTER XII. ANNE, QUEEN-REGNANT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
PREFACE.
Up to Queen Anne, this work is based upon Agnes Strickland's "Queens of England;" but subsequent to that period many authorities have been consulted, and only such matter used as would seem appropriate. My first care was to prepare a narrative which should interest young people, but I have endeavored also to produce a result that would prove a source, not only of pleasure, but of profit. The limits of the design make it evident that some eminent names and noteworthy events could receive slight mention, or none at all, and that politics could be introduced only