THE SUCCESSORS OF EGBERT, AND THE DANES 185-198 The Pagans waste Sceapige, 187-Alderman Ealcher, 189- The Lindsey Men defeat the Danes, 191-The Story of King Alfred as a Scholar, 201―The Northmen conquer North- umbria, 203-The Story of the Cakes, 205-Pirates beaten at London and Oxford, 227-Edward's Statesmanship, 229- Norwich and Thetford burnt, 277-Buying off the Pagans, 279-Hampshire and Berkshire ravaged, 281-Demoralized state of the Country, 283-Forty-eight Thousand Pounds Ransom, 285-Sweyn virtually King of England, 287- Danegelt of £82,500, 297-Canute's Journey to Rome, 299— Organization of the House Carles, 301-Canute favours the Death of Godwin, 335-The Welsh burn Hereford, 337— Prophecy of Edward the Confessor, 353-Harold is crowned The Pope, William's Ally, 363—Embarkment of the Normans, 365-William on English Soil, 367-Harold raises Levies in LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Frontispiece.-Bronze Shield, Late Celtic work, found in the Thames at Batter- 1.-Neolithic Spear-head, or Celt. Found ... ... ... ... 4 2.—Shield of the Bronze Age. Found in a turbary called Rhyd-y-gorse, Aberystwith. From the original in the British Museum 3.-View of Stonehenge (Restoration) 4.-Stonehenge-present state. ... ... From a photograph by Messrs. Poulton 6 8 II 6.—Plan of Camp at Ambresbury Banks, Epping Forest (supposed British town). Taken by permission from Transactions of the Essex Field Club" ... ... ... 28 ... 7.-Coin of Claudius. (The first occasion on which allusion is made to Britain on the coinage of Rome.) By permission of the Rev. J. Collingwood 8.—Trajan's Column. From a cast in the South Kensington Museum ... 9.-Roman Gates of Chester ... ... ... 44 57 58 ... 10.-Coin of Vespasian. By permission ... 12. Inscription found at Castle Cary 13.-Coin of Hadrian. By permission the Rev. J. Collingwood Bruce ... of ... 6I 65 67 |