Volume 14 — VOLUME XIV

PAGE An Outline Narrative of the Great Events, xiii CHARLES F. HORNE The Battle of Lexington (a.d. 1775), 1 RICHARD FROTHINGHAM The Battle of Bunker Hill (a.d. 1775), 19 JOHN BURGOYNE JOHN HENEAGE JESSE JAMES GRAHAME Canada Remains Loyal to England Montgomery's Invasion (a.d. 1775), 30 JOHN M'MULLEN Signing of the American Declaration of Independence (a.d. 1776), 39 THOMAS JEFFERSON JOHN A. DOYLE The Defeat of Burgoyne at Saratoga (a.d. 1777), 51 SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY The First Victory of the American Navy (a.d. 1779), 68 ALEXANDER SLIDELL MACKENZIE Joseph II Attempts Reform in Hungary (a.d. 1780), 85 ARMINIUS VAMBERY Siege and Surrender of Yorktown (a.d. 1781), 97 HENRY B. DAWSON LORD CORNWALLIS British Defence of Gibraltar (a.d. 1782), 116 FREDERICK SAYER Close of the American Revolution (a.d. 1782), 137 JOHN ADAMS JOHN JAY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HENRY LAURENS JOHN M. LUDLOW Settlement of American Loyalists in Canada (a.d. 1783), 156 SIR JOHN G. BOURINOT The First Balloon Ascension (a.d. 1783), 163 HATTON TURNOR Framing of the Constitution of the United States (a.d. 1787), 173 ANDREW W. YOUNG JOSEPH STORY Inauguration of Washington His Farewell Address (a.d. 1789-1797), 197 JAMES K. PAULDING AND GEORGE WASHINGTON French Revolution: Storming of the Bastille (a.d. 1789), 212 WILLIAM HAZLITT Hamilton Establishes the United States Bank (a.d. 1791), 230 ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND LAWRENCE LEWIS, JR. The Negro Revolution in Haiti (a.d. 1791) Toussaint Louverture Establishes the Dominion of his Race, 236 CHARLES WYLLYS ELLIOTT Republican France Defies Europe The Battle of Valmy (a.d. 1792), 252 ALPHONSE M. L. LAMARTINE The Invention of the Cotton-gin (a.d. 1793) Enormous Growth of the Cotton Industry in America, 271 CHARLES W. DABNEY R. B. HANDY DENISON OLMSTED The Execution of Louis XVI (a.d. 1793) Murder of Marat: Civil War in France, 295 THOMAS CARLYLE The Reign of Terror (a.d. 1794), 311 FRANÇOIS P. G. GUIZOT The Downfall of Poland (a.d. 1794), 330 SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON The Rise of Napoleon The French Conquest of Italy (a.d. 1796), 339 SIR WALTER SCOTT Overthrow of the Mamelukes (a.d. 1798) The Battle of the Nile, 353 CHARLES KNIGHT Jenner Introduces Vaccination (a.d. 1798), 363 SIR THOMAS J. PETTIGREW Universal Chronology (a.d. 1775-1799), 377 JOHN RUDD